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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.
Say that three times fast… Compass Records has just announced the October 1 release of a new solo project from Punch…
July 22, 2013 marked the official release date for Making History with The Pioneers of Bluegrass, a documentary film 11 years…
Wouldn’t it be fun to sit down with a few first or second generation bluegrass artists, and listen to their stories…
This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience…
Richard Thompson’s piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses…
Kenny Baker: June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011 As previously reported, Kenny Baker passed away recently at the Sumner Regional…
Here is another video from Grey Fox, again with a Kenny Baker tribute theme. This time, we have Tim O’Brien and…
To honor the life and music of the great Kenny Baker, Matt Glaser organized a special tribute at the Grey Fox…
Bill Monroe played with some fine fiddlers over the decades – Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements and Bobby Hicks, for starters. But…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music