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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.
This story of the recovery of a long lost friend, Hutto #132, comes from prominent bluegrass mandolinist and instructor Scott Napier….
Billy Thibodeau, prominent northeastern bluegrass artist and mandolinist with Rock Hearts, is recuperating in the hospital following quadruple bypass surgery, and…
Randy Jones with Lonesome River Band at MerleFest (5/4/14) – photo © Judith Burnette Randy Jones, noted bluegrass mandolinist and singer,…
The Country Gentlemen Show, formerly known as The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, has announced the addition of Wayne Lanham to the…
Jacob Little, joining The Gospel Plowboys on mandolin North Carolina’s Gospel Plowboys are making a few changes in their band personnel….
Mandolinist and photographer Akira Otsuka and Gary Kopp have spent a great deal of time putting together this tribute to the…
Volume Five has announced two new members of their long-running bluegrass band, led by vocalist and fiddler Glen Harrell. Nick Keen…
Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans and co-proprietor with his two brothers of The Acoustic Shoppe, a full-service bluegrass music store…
Gene Horner in his shop (12/6/16) – photo © Hollie Deese, Nashville Interiors Well-known east Tennessee violin maker and luthier Gene…
15-year-old mandolinist and songwriter Wyatt Ellis rang in 2025 with the release of Winds of Rowan County, a double-sided, limited-edition 45…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
