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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.
Since the death of Tony Rice on Christmas day, the bluegrass and acoustic music world has reacted with a combination of…
This reflection on the late Tony Rice is a contribution from Richard Hoover of the Santa Cruz Guitar Company. He and…
This remembrance of Tony Rice is a contribution from Ron Stewart, surely one of the finest bluegrass musicians working today, and…
This upcoming weekend’s edition of Into The Blue, the most widely syndicated bluegrass radio program in the United States, will feature…
This reflection on the importance of Tony Rice in contemporary bluegrass is a contribution from Reed Jones, bass player and songwriter…
UPDATE 12/30 – Pete received a note yesterday from Dean Budnick, editor at Relix, who was aghast at the oversight, and…
Many thanks to Danny “Hootenany” Clark with The Bluegrass Bus Museum for sharing this vintage video from California’s Grass Valley Festival…
The night Tony Rice first made grown men cry was in September 2013. In a speech marking his induction into the…
Photo © G Milo Photography/MiloFarineauPhotography.com Tony Rice, surely the most influential guitarist and vocalist in the history of bluegrass music, died…
Jan Johansson, fiddler in the North Carolina Triangle region, has posted a lengthy interview with his friend, Tony Rice. Swedish born,…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
