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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.
To celebrate the launch of God Didn’t Choose Sides Vol. 1: Civil War True Stories About Real People the Lincoln Memorial…
Sitting here in my Tennessee home tonight, with an ice storm having passed through the area today and being on our…
Rural Rhythm is preparing a new all-star project for a February 12 release. God Didn’t Choose Sides offers 13 tracks, each…
Marty Raybon also has a new single this week, That Janie Baker, a song he wrote with John Fountain. It will…
Talented multi-instrumentalist Jayd Raines will be starting the new year back with Marty Raybon & Full Circle. Jayd worked almost 2…
For most bluegrass musicians, summer is festival season. However, a number of today’s top artists took a short break from touring…
Here’s some more music from Rural Rhythm’s Christmas The Mountain Way, their new holiday-themed CD/DVD package. It features live performances from…
The last time we posted about Marty Raybon’s young banjo picker Chris Wade, it was with sad and somewhat depressing news….
Rural Rhythm has released a promotional video in support of their upcoming 2-disc package, Christmas The Mountain Way. It includes both…
This report from Back 40 Bluegrass is the first of what we hope will be many contributions from Bryan Dietz. Back…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music