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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.
Richard Thompson, our enterprising British corespondent, has found a mandolin gem he recommends to eight stringers worldwide. Lou Martin, born 1944,…
Mandolin Cafe is handling the sale of a Gilchrist Model 1 mandolin, recently acquired through an anonymous donor, which be sold…
On the evening of September 8, 2007, downtown Owensboro Kentucky will be ringing with the sounds of bluegrass mandolin played in…
Brance posted a few weeks ago about The Cool Mandolin Company, founded to promote our favorite eight-stringed instrument – particularly to…
Virginia Tech, here in Southwest, VA, is reaching out to elementary schools in the area with a string program. The Virginia…
CMT.com’s Studio 330 Sessions has compiled clips from a number of their bluegrass-themed shows into a best of program they call…
Here’s a new CD release that’s worth mentioning. Cool Mandolin Company exists for the purpose of promoting the mandolin, especially to…
Steve Parker and Alan Davis have released a new book of tunes for fiddlers and mandolinists. 150 Hot Tunes for Fiddle…
Gibson and Sam Bush are offering a chance to win a new Sam Bush signature model mandolin, valued at nearly $10,000….
Noted instructor and instrumentalist Dix Bruce has two new book/CD sets for fans of the Hot Club of France sound, popularized…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music