CHARLIE SIZEMORE is #1 with "No Lawyers in Heaven”

Song appears on chart album,  HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME

Acclaimed bluegrass songwriter/vocalist Charlie Sizemore is celebrating  the #1 single this month on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine Top 30 Hot Singles chart for "No Lawyers in Heaven."  The song is from his current album,  HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME (Rounder Records) that appears at #3 this month on theBluegrass Unlimited Magazine (BU) Top 15 Albums  with the single at #4 on the BU Top 30 Singles.

HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME includes 13 other songs with fan favorites such as: “Ashley Judd”, “Down in the Quarter,"  "Red Wicked Wine" and "Walking the Floor Over Me.”  Not only do fans love the new album, but critics agree Sizemore is at the top of this game:

On-Line Music Magazine Launches Print Version!

"The Demise of Print Media has Been Greatly Exaggerated" as The Alternate Root Magazine Launches a Print Version of its Popular Online American Roots Music Magazine 

The Alternate Root, LLC, publishers of the popular online American Roots Music magazine, The Alternate Root,
are taking bold steps forward by launching a quarterly print version of the magazine scheduled for August 15, 2011.

While many music magazines have ceased print operations and opted for online only versions, this decision seems to be contrary to current trends in the print magazine industry.

..."We're a strange bunch over here going against the model" ...

"It certainly does seem like a strange decision," admits Bill Hurley, the managing partner of The Alternate Root, LLC. "We're a strange bunch over here but we're embracing new technology and going against the model of filling a magazine with 50% advertising, printing the magazine and then praying it sells."

New Bluegrass CHART Promises New Hope for Musicians!

TOP 66 INTERNATIONAL

BLUEGRASS CHART LAUNCHES TODAY

Bluegrass music has a new, weekly bluegrass album radio airplay chart, starting with an ALBUMS CHART, but plans are in the works for a future charts for SINGLES.  The principles involved are also interested in a BLUEGRASS CLASSICS chart, which will include both “deep catalog” songs and new music. 

Prescription Bluegrass Radio was contacted several weeks ago by Daniel Routh of Nu-Blu to participate in a trial run of the system's data input prior to the official launching.  Routh began the concept of this chart last year after the release of his well received "Nights" CD.  He said he was finding it extremely difficult to track where his CD was getting airplay.   We're happy to say that the beta testing of his new chart, using real-world data, went much more smoothly than expected.  Only minor adjustments were necessary and they were  quickly rectified.  Prescription Bluegrass Radio will be a regular weekly reporter to this chart.


The TOP 66 is not intended to duplicate or compete with existing monthly bluegrass airplay charts and surveys. It will offer a new source of information based on weekly spins of bluegrass albums. Data generated by the new chart will include number of spins by bands for THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK, and TWO WEEKS AGO. We’ll also be able to track the number of stations and spins (including your specific station and program info) for each album reported on the chart. In addition to helping to provide an easily accessible, accurate record of how many times and where new bluegrass albums are being played, the Top 66 International Bluegrass Chart will also generate useful information for bands and labels.