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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.
Special Consensus is back in Ireland, and founder/fearless leader Greg Cahill shares how their first day went. Ah… the carefree life…
Back on October 23rd, Special Consensus celebrated their 35th year of performing bluegrass music from their home base of Chicago, IL….
Compass Records has also announced that the next CD from Special Consensus, simply titled 35, will be released on May 25….
Fred Robbins has spent many years chronicling bluegrass music, as a photographer and audio recordist starting in the 1960s, and more…
The bluegrass music industry has been hit hard by the sudden announcement on January 29 that Pinecastle Records was shutting down,…
We just heard from Greg Cahill, Special Consensus founder and fearless leader, about how they are spending their Christmas vacation… “Just…
We heard this morning from Greg Cahill, banjo player, founder and leader of Special Consensus – Special C to their close…
Once again, Special C mandolinist Ashby Frank has been sharing his impressions of the band’s European tour with the readers of…
Once again, Special C mandolinist Ashby Frank will be sharing his impressions of the band’s European tour with the readers of…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music