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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.
Most everyone who enjoys bluegrass and old time mandolin is familiar with Mike Compton, from his long career with The Nashville…
Ashley, Silas, and Daniel Luther Daniel Luther of Asheboro, NC, mandolinist with Long Gone Bluegrass, was killed this past week in…
In just a few short years, David Benedict has established himself as among the most creative and disciplined young mandolinists in…
Following up on the successful release of their True Bluegrass Banjo and True Bluegrass Fiddle CDs in 2012, Rebel Records has…
Dick Laird, whose 60-year run in bluegrass included a stint with Jimmy Martin, died Monday at his home in West York,…
Tristan Scroggins has made quite a name for himself over the past few years, playing mandolin with his father’s band, Jeff…
Jesse McReynolds was born on July 9th, 1929 in Coeburn, Virginia. The country was facing the great depression, and southwest Virginia…
With the ever increasing popularity of the mandolin in contemporary music, and the tendency of alt-bluegrass and Americana groups to plug…
Mandolin virtuoso Frank Wakefield was hospitalized recently after being diagnosed with a combination of acute influenza and acute pneumonia. The lifelong…
Kelley Gibson is the 23-year old son of Eric Gibson of the award-winning Gibson Brothers, and a talented bluegrass musician in…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music