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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.
For the past few years, we have followed the saga of Phil Leadbetter, the award-winning reso-guitarist, and his battle with cancer….
Tut Taylor, The Flatpickin’ Dobro Man, died on Thursday morning April 9, 2015, at the Wilkes Regional Medical Center in North…
The bluegrass and country music world has lost a true titan. Tut Taylor, known far and wide as the “flatpicking dobro…
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper have announced the addition of Gaven Largent to the band, on both banjo and resonator guitar. He…
Alaskan dobroist Greg Booth has re-released another soulful interpretation of a Christmas classic on reso-guitar. Most years Greg records a new…
John Dopyera, Jr, son of the inventor of the Dobro guitar, John Sr, passed away on November 12. He was 85…
Imagine turning 49 years old, being diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer, and wondering if you’ll live long enough to…
Three Bells is an absolute rarity in the world of recorded music. It’s quite seldom that a new project conveys so much joy,…
Young Grayson Matthew Leadbetter, born September 8 at 9:03 p.m., comes into this world with quite a bluegrass pedigree. His parents…
All of bluegrass rejoiced with the news that Phil Leadbetter, celebrated reso-guitarist, had defeated his cancer after a successful stem cell…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music