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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.
ResoSummit, Rob Ickes’ annual workshop weekend for resonator guitarists is scheduled this year for November 10-13. As always, there are 3…
Rob Ickes, reso man with Blue Highway and pioneering slide stylist, has been announced as a recipient of a 2010 Fellowship…
We heard yesterday from Rob Ickes, who shared some details about this year’s ResoSummit, the 4-day resonator guitar symposium he hosts…
Photo by Roy Swann
After losing bass player and vocalist Corey Hensley to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Jim and Valerie Gabehart have regrouped and are…
Back in the late summer of 2008, we first shared news about country crooner Joe Diffie making a return to bluegrass…
Mel Bay Publications has launched a video artist interview series on YouTube, and several of the first videos posted feature prominent…
Here is another set of reflections on Leadership Bluegrass 2010, this time from Carol Beaugard, host of Lonesome Pine RFD, heard…
We posted last week with news about The Chapmans signing with Compass Records. At that time, we promised some more details…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
