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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.
We just received an update, and some great studio photos, from Phil Leadbetter. He has been working this past several months…
In addition to being an award-winning resonator guitarist, Phil Leadbetter was also one of the busiest booking agents in bluegrass prior…
Kentucky’s Velvet Blue has released a debut music video from their new CD, Memories & Heartaches. It’s for the song Once…
When we caught up with reso-guitar man Phil Leadbetter in Raleigh, he mentioned that he was getting ready to start work…
We’ve all heard tales of boredom on the road, and the clever and often ingenious ways that touring musicians find to…
This report on the 2013 Festival of the Bluegrass is a contribution from Jim & Valerie Gabehart. Jim shared the review,…
Mike Kelly was kind enough to send a few of the photos he shot on Saturday when the Bluegrass Album Band…
Bill Warren sent along this gallery of images from a Dale Ann Bradley concert he attended last month in Flat Rock,…
We’ve written a good bit about award-winning resonator guitarist Phil Leadbetter this past two years, from the time he was diagnosed…
Here is some of the best bluegrass news we have been able to report in some time. Resonator guitarist Phil Leadbetter,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music