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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.
A song written and recorded by two different Kentucky musicians has been turned into a children’s picture book. Me and the Red Bird River was written by Carla Gover, and originally recorded by her…
A new bluegrass festival will debut next month in Waynesboro, PA, billed as Destination Bluegrass, which will be hosted at the…
This report on the recent JAM retreat is a contribution from Brett Morris, Executive Director of Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc. Last…
Though known in the bluegrass world primarily as a reso-guitarist, Matt Leadbetter is also a recording artist for Sound Biscuit Records….
Alison Brown at the 2026 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival – photo © Dave Berry Another year of great free music has…
Wonderful news from David Parmley following yesterday’s cardiac surgery at the University of Kentucky yesterday. He was scheduled for a quadruple…
Since releasing his groundbreaking album Spider Tales in 2020, Jake Blount has become known for his preservation of the old time…
Stuart Duncan inducts Jim VanCleve into National Fiddler Hall of Fame – photo © Jamey Booher Photography When Jim VanCleve was…
This will be a slightly revised and edited look back at a three-part column series about music categorizing that I wrote…
Down The Road Records has just released a new single from Sister Sadie, the female bluegrass supergroup headed up by veteran…
This remembrance of bluegrass mandolinist JK Spence is a contribution from his friend, Kevin Williamson. Saturday, October 3, saw the unexpected…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
