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These charts are compiled weekly from actual airplay reported by over 50 independent contributing Bluegrass DJ’s. Only songs less than 18 months from date of original release appear here.
A weekly look at the most played songs of the week on radio.
A monthly aggregate of the most played bluegrass songs of the month on radio.
Weekly radio favorites focusing on the intersection between progressive bluegrass & Americana.
Weekly rundown of the most played bluegrass gospel tracks on radio.
There is much uncertainty in the business of music these days. The continuing decline of CD sales, the steadily increasing, but…
The IBMA reminds labels and independent artists that the organization will again prepare a list of eligible recordings for the 2008…
Our friend Bob Yonke over at Appalachian Studio (and his blog The Bluegrass Painter) was commissioned last year to create a…
We told you last fall about the new theme song for the IBMA Awards Show, The Road From Rosine, which debuted…
Niall Toner will be on Ireland’s RT?â Radio 1 this week with the first two installments of his Nashville Sessions series,…
IBMA’s Bluegrass in the Schools program runs an annual lesson plan competition which encourages school teachers to submit the lesson plan…
Brance and I have landed at IBMA. There’s plenty going on, and we even picked up some news to share. Look…
Brance and I are on our way to Nashville this morning, heading for the IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention and trade…
IBMA begins today, and the official Awards Show is only 3 days away. Here’s an update on our reader poll, and…
Mountain Heart fiddle man Jim VanCleve has the honor of seeing one of his tunes, The Road From Rosine, debuted as…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music