Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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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 has released a video interview with mandolin legend Roland White. In it, Erica Cantrell guides him through a discussion…
Mel Bay has published a new mandolin book, written by Joe Carr. Entitled Mandolin For Seniors, it is a beginner’s manual…
Mel Bay Publications has launched a video artist interview series on YouTube, and several of the first videos posted feature prominent…
A number of companies who offer products to the bluegrass market are offering contests and giveaways to celebrate May as Bluegrass…
Mel Bay Publications has just released the first book in a new series called “School Of.” This particular book is the…
Music instruction publisher Mel Bay recently re-released one of their mainstay titles, Mel Bay’s Complete Mandolin Method. Originally released in book…
Just as we head into the frantic holiday shopping season, Mel Bay Publications has a new book/CD set designed as a…
Here’s a new Mel Bay release that is sure to become an important reference for banjo pickers. Parking Lot Picker’s Songbook…
Bob Taylor, the man behind the immensely popular Taylor Guitars, is the subject of a new documentary-style DVD distributed by Mel…
Mel Bay has released Classic Bluegrass Solos for Mandolin, a collection of 22 transcriptions by Todd Collins. The thrust of this…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
