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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.
Sierra Hull was the featured guest on this past weekend’s edition of Bluegrass Breakdown, hosted by Dave Higgs on Nashville Public…
Tuesday night at IBMA I found myself wandering around on the lower two levels of the convention center during the After…
The Santa Cruz Guitar Company introduced their latest artist signature model at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville last month. It’s…
Your blog authors have been busy in the studio all week working on a couple of new AcuTab projects that were…
AcuTab Publications has news of several new bluegrass instructional DVDs due during the summer and fall of 2008. Just completed shooting…
Our friend Craig Havighurst has posted a YouTube video bio of Sierra Hull. Craig produced the video for Rounder Records to…
Today (5/6) marks the official release of Secrets, Sierra Hull’s debut on Rounder. This sixteen year old wunderkind has been wowing…
Our thanks to Ron Block for this powerful and concise re-statement of the principle of “God made man.” We’ve heard it…
Another piece of news we picked up here at IBMA is the imminent launch of Dan Tyminski’s band. All of the…
When Alison Krauss & Union Station played a show in Norfolk, VA a few weeks ago, banjo/guitar player Ron Block made…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music