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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.
John Cowan – photo © Zdeněk Hataš It would be difficult if not impossible to overestimate John Cowan’s role in bringing…
Backbeat Books has announced a May 21 release for Hold To A Dream – A New Grass Odyssey, the official autobiography…
Monday should have been a lifetime highlight for John Cowan and other members of the New Grass Revival as they videotaped…
Sam Bush – photo by Shelly Swanger Fifty years ago this month, in Louisville, KY, 19-year-old Sam Bush joined the Bluegrass…
The newest performers inducted into IBMA’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame finally and definitively answered the big question in bluegrass. The question:…
John Cowan has always been something of a maverick in, and on the fringes of the bluegrass music world. His first…
We’ve been in touch recently with Fred Robbins, a photographer and bluegrass enthusiast who has posted a brilliant set of photos…
Another major benefit concert is scheduled for March 20 in Louisville, KY. The show is intended to mark 2009 as the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music