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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.
The Herschel Sizemore documentary film project to which we alluded back in February continues apace. With a working title of Herschel…
Wayne Erbsen’s two latest bluegrass instruction books begin his new Bluegrass Jamming series, with titles for both fiddlers and mandolinists. A…
Attention Galax mandolin contestants! An attempt has been scheduled for August 7 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) to break the Guinness World…
Jim & Valerie Gabehart have announced Steve Acord as the newest member of their band, playing mandolin and singing harmony vocals….
We had extensive coverage last week of the momentous tribute offered to mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore at a benefit concert in…
Jeff Parker, the very talented and wildly entertaining mandolinist with Dailey & Vincent, is expecting to release a solo project this…
I recently had the great pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with one of the great banjo players of the 1970s and…
Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man…
A big package arrived recently from Mel Bay Publications, chock full of new instructional books that may hold some interest for…
While the phrase “du jour” may be familiar to coffee house goers and soup connoisseurs, it may be one that much…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
