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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.
Harvard University has scheduled an academic event on February 6 focused on bluegrass music. The one day seminar is entitled, Fire…
The seating of five newly-elected members of the Board of Directors for the International Bluegrass Music Association has just been announced….
The latest effort from noted bluegrass music author Neil Rosenberg, The Music Of Bill Monroe, which Richard Thompson profiled for us…
Continuing with a Bill Monroe/Neil Rosenberg theme… I recently had occasion to correspond with Neil about his upcoming book, The Music…
Earlier this week I posted about the new Bear Family box set of Bill Monroe material. In an effort to clarify…
Episode #22 of The GrassCast features John’s interview with bluegrass historian, Neil Rosenberg. They discuss his book Bluegrass: A History, which…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music