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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.
The Stanley Brothers’ classic 1960 recording of Rank Stranger has been chosen by The Librarian of Congress as one of the…
We got a note last week from our friend Big Mike Ramsey about an event that many of our readers will…
Bob Webster, the WAMU/bluegrasscountry presenter of the Sunday morning programme Stained Glass Bluegrass, and regular contributor Richard F Thompson have collaborated to bring this…
In the course of two days just over fifty years ago, the Stanley Brothers began an era that was to last…
“On Route 23 down in eastern Kentucky…” So begins the mournful song written by Jack Adkins and Buddy Dee, and recorded…
Rebel Records has recently announced news of the forthcoming release on March 25 of a various Artists collection entitled Best Loved…
Veteran fiddle and mandolin player Vernon Derrick passed away on Friday morning (1/4) at the age of 74. He performed with…
Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this news. Forty years before the ‘O Brother/Down From The Mountain’ tour, an earlier…
The widely-anticipated Stanley Brothers collection from Time-Life which we told you about earlier this year, is scheduled for release later this…
Our friends at WorldwideBluegrass.com are promoting a pair of petition drives to get two of bluegrass music’s pioneers into the Country…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
