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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.
Dr. Ralph Stanley will be celebrating his 80th Birthday tonight at a dinner to support The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional…
The three CD reissues from Rebel that we previewed last month are officially released today. These include a first-time-on-CD reissue of…
Rebel Records is continuing their laudable efforts to get classic LPs released on CD, and/or for digital download. Many serious bluegrass…
We are all the richer for this set of remembrances of our beloved Ralph Stanley, contributed by Richard Thompson, just as…
This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association, and a semi-regular correspondent…
More great bluegrass is on tap in this Saturday night’s Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast. The Del McCoury Band and Ralph…
We posted yesterday that Ralph Stanley had been hospitalized last week with a mild case of pneumonia. We just heard from…
The venerable Dr. Ralph Stanley has been in the hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA since earlier this week, suffering from…
There are a number of other bluegrass artists with Grammy nominations announced yesterday. Rhonda Vincent and Bobby Osborne are nominated in…
This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association. He is also a…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
