Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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.
Arising from the ashes like a phoenix, Pinecastle Records is back with new ownership, and a number of familiar faces. The…
We have confirmed that the Riggs family has found a buyer for Pinecastle Records, and that the company has been sold….
The city of Owensboro continues with its commitment to promote bluegrass music and the International Bluegrass Music Museum as part of…
The Associated Press is reporting that the city of Owensboro has a new mission to raise the international profile of the…
In a recent communiqué with a portion of the organizational membership (via IBMA-L), Executive Director Dan Hays recapped last month’s IBMA…
We have just received information that Rounder Records has been acquired by a major independent California-based entity, Concord Music Group. Rounder…
Bluegrass artists and bands have embraced Facebook, just as have musicians and independent artists in all genres worldwide. It can be…
It was a good run… 60 plus years. But now, based on the testimony of a janitor/banjo player in rural West…
Anyone who follows any aspect of the music business these days is keenly aware of the precipitous decline in the sales…
IBMA’s 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class has recently concluded, and we will be posting comments from some of the participants, as we…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
