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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.
What do Alison Krauss, comedian/actor/novelist/art buff Steve Martin, classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, classic rocker Tommy Shaw, and country star Dierks Bentley…
Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers are scheduled to appear on tonight’s (12/5) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show. It airs…
A suitably attired Lonesome River Band delivered another big shot in the arm for bluegrass music with an impeccable performance of…
Sammy Shelor and Lonesome River Band spent yesterday afternoon at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York’s theater district,…
This coming Friday (11/11), Lonesome River Band will not only be the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman,…
The Banjo Project documentary is to be aired November 4, as part of the PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains…
Noam Pikelny’s new banjo album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail, drops tomorrow (10/25), and we will run an interview…
We just heard from Graham Sharp, banjo player with Steep Canyon Rangers, with word about Steve Martin appearing on ABC TV…
Here are some shots Dean Hoffmeyer took roaming the halls of the Nashville Convention Center and The Station Innon Wednesday (9/27).
I had a chance last week to speak with Punch Brothers banjo maestro Noam Pikelny about his new solo project, Beat…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music