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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.
Adam Steffey will be hosting a special CD release event this evening in Nashville – and we are all invited! The…
The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas is now over, along with the national level competitions so closely associated with the…
Chris Thile will be debuting his new Mandolin Concerto with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver this weekend. The piece, in…
Last week we had news of a new book of fiction based on the popular Del McCoury hit, 1952 Vincent Black…
Young mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull has started classes at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but is still touring with…
Mandolin player Buddy Merriam has recently released a new solo CD containing 14 of his traditionally styled, original mandolin compositions. Buddy…
We just got our advance copy of the new Sam Bush CD, Circles Around Me. Sam had told us that it…
We had a piece up on Monday about Sarah Jarosz and her decision to attend college at Boston’s New England Conservatory….
Mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore may be retired from active touring, but he hasn’t stopped writing and the recording the sort of…
With August 1 on the horizon, the airwaves are once again inundated with back to school advertisements. For recently-graduated high schoolers,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music