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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.
Lonesome Day Records has announced the signing of Tim Shelton to a multi-project deal. Shelton had until this year been the…
It’s finally here, fellas: Die Hard 5 hits theaters TODAY! Unfortunately, for most of you, Bruce Willis takes a backseat to…
During last weekend’s Pickin’ In The Panhandle festival in West Virginia, we spoke with NewFound Road front man Tim Shelton about…
We had big fun today at the Pickin’ In The Panhandle festival. Just around noon, a real worm strangler hit the…
With this mega-gallery, we conclude Frank Baker’s superb photo journalism at the August 2012 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Frank!
The photos accompanying this review of the first day at Red, White & Bluegrass were taken by Laura Tate Ridge. To…
Here is one last batch of images Woody Edwards captured at ROMP 2012. Follow this link to see the others.
NewFound Road’s February performance on Mountain Stage is set to air on their many NPR affiliates the weekend of May 11….
For week four of the Album of the Week series, I went a little more modern and snagged an album by…
Today’s the day NewFound Road’s latest project, Live At The Down Home, sees its official release on Rounder. It’s a departure…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music