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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.
Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are…
Of all of the many mandolin masters that would be on a list of those to honor Bill Monroe in this,…
Jesse Brock is ready to make the leap from sideman to band leader. While he’s working on a solo project, he’s…
Here is another video from Grey Fox, again with a Kenny Baker tribute theme. This time, we have Tim O’Brien and…
Mandolin Cafe takes a look at John McGann, one of the less heralded heroes of the 8 string world, in the…
We just received word from Tim Raybon, Marty’s brother, about a change in their touring band – and upcoming auditions for…
Do you live in the middle of nowhere and can’t find a bluegrass teacher? Or work strange hours and need to…
North Carolina singer, songwriter and mandolinist Russell Johnson has a new CD, Anytime Anyplace But Only You. Russell is well-known in…
The good folks at The Music Link are offering mandolinists a chance to grab an LM-500 from The Loar for $0.00….
Well… it looks like I was wrong last week about there being no archived copy of the 2011 Mandolin Mashup video…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music