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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.
James Alan Shelton, stalwart guitarist with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, has re-released a pair of his earlier instrumental…
James Alan Shelton, long-time guitarist with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, has spent the past two days in the…
Rebel Records has released a promo video in advance of Ralph Stanley’s upcoming Gospel album, A Mother’s Prayer. In it, both…
James Alan Shelton has served as lead guitarist with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys for the past 16 years,…
One of the television attractions for April is the PBS documentary series Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People. The four-part…
Martin Guitar & Co., probably the most famous guitar manufacturer, celebrates 175 years of production this week, September 9, 1833 being…
Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this review of a project he found especially worthy. When cross-pick guitar expert and…
James Allen Shelton, guitarist with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, shares memories of getting music for Christmas. Somewhere I…
George Shuffler, pioneering cross picking guitarist and one of the memorable personalities in bluegrass music, will be acknowledged by the North…
Back at the first of the month we told you about guitarist James Alan Shelton’s new CD, Walking Down The Line….
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
