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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.
One might say that becoming a bluegrass virtuoso was simply written in the stars for Buddy Merriam, a mandolinist originally from…
Last week we shared the wonderful news that Herschel Sizemore had come through his cancer treatment with a clean bill of…
Pioneering bluegrass mandolinist Herschel Sizemore has spent the past few months battling a cancer in his throat, undergoing radiation treatments since…
Northern California is rife with traditional bluegrass. In this writer’s opinion, there are two reasons for that: Vern and Ray, and…
The Holy Grail of the acoustic stringed instrument world, a 1924 Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin, made an appearance on the…
This post is the first in what will be a series of articles on prominent west coast musicians who may not…
I first became aware of Matt Flinner when I was living in Missoula, Montana in the early nineties. One night, after…
It has been five years since Mike Compton released an album: the Acoustic Disc release Stomp, with David Long. Otherwise nothing;…
Roland White is offering a mandolin Christmas gift to anyone who would like to add a holiday favorite to their repertoire….
Frank Wakefield spent a lot of time Saturday night telling people how lousy he is. “I’m the world’s worst mandolin player,”…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
