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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.
Sierra Hull has a number of major milestones coming up this year. On March 8, Daybreak, her sophomore CD from Rounder…
Janet Davis has released a new mandolin instructional package, The Ultimate Mandolin Songbook. Like its companion book, The Ultimate Banjo Songbook,…
Mandolin Cafe and Northfield Mandolins are giving away a Model NF-F5M F-Style mandolin, valued at $2500. To enter, you simply need…
We had a chance yesterday to catch up with Alan Bibey, one half of the brain trust (with Steve Gulley) behind…
Eric Schlange, proprietor of the popular Hangout sites online, is today launching his latest venture, Mando Hangout. It is powered by…
We’ve had a number of occasions on Bluegrass Today to note the appreciation for J.S. Bach among bluegrass and acoustic string…
A rare few of us have never had trouble meeting new people or standing in front of an audience. Most people…
When Andy Ball joined Lonesome River Band in early 2007 to play mandolin and sing tenor, he told band leader Sammy…
Attention Monroe mando maniacs… If you missed the 2010 Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp faculty concert in Owensboro, KY in September, you can…
Since they were first introduced in the 1930s, musicians have regarded strobe tuners as the most accurate devices for obtaining an…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music