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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.
On this day … On November 2, 1967, Don Reno and Bill Harrell and The Tennessee Cut-Ups recorded two bluegrass Gospel…
On this Day …. On February 22, 1989, the first bluegrass Grammy was awarded to Bill Monroe, for his MCA album,…
On this Day … On February 5, 1959, Starday Records purchased the masters for four of Charlie Moore’s religious recordings that…
On October 2, 1956, Gary B. Reid was born in Olney, Maryland. He spent all of his formative years in Silver…
On this day 20 years ago Bill Monroe passed away. On September 9, 1996, Bill Monroe, the acknowledged Father of Bluegrass…
On this Day ….. On April 18, 1979, JD Crowe and the New South played at the Kosei Nenkin Sho Hall…
On this Day ….. On March 11, 1966, the Stanley Brothers made their one and only appearance in England, at the…
On this day …. On February 5, 1959, Starday Records purchased the masters to Charlie Moore’s recordings No Grave (Is Gonna…
On This Day … Starting on Friday, September 3, 1965, the first Fincastle Bluegrass Festival, in Fincastle, Virginia, took place. “Wow,…
On this Day …. On Monday June 24, 1985, a group of interested individuals gathered in the board-room of BMI’s Nashville…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music