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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.
As anybody who has lived through several decades knows, trends often come back around just when you least expect it. Beginning…
Ken Irwin photo at Podunk Bluegrass Festival in 2014 © Ted Lehmann Last week (on March 7, 2017) AirPlay Direct announced…
Rounder Records has scheduled digital reissues for 22 important bluegrass and new acoustic albums later this week. These memorable titles, mostly…
How to get a head ache in just 10 minutes. “It doesn’t take that long!”, Bill Nowlin, the author of The…
Rounder Records has been justifiably proud of the success achieved by The Earls of Leicester, the throwback bluegrass band headed by…
To celebrate Record Store Day on April 16th, 2016, Rounder Records has produced a limited quantity of their classic J.D. Crowe &…
Rounder Records is celebrating March, and the imminent arrival of festival season, with 21 reissues of classic titles in their catalog,…
On May 15, 2015, Kari Estrin – the founder of SERFA (Southeastern Regional Folk Alliance) – presented Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton…
Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin. and Bill Nowlin, the founders and original operators of Rounder Records, will receive the 2nd annual…
Concord Music Group, a Beverly Hills-based music publishing and record label conglomerate, has acquired Sugar Hill Records and Vanguard Records from the…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
