Here are the top bluegrass songs for September 2026, as compiled for the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey by Lee Michael Demsey.  For more details including songwriter and album information, plus a list of the top 15 bluegrass albums of the month, subscribe to Bluegrass Unlimited magazine.

Hear the top 30 songs on the Lee Michael Demsey Show on the last Saturday of every month.

  1. Bend in the River – Grascals (#2 last month, 5 months on the chart)
  2. Finding your Way Home – Red Camel Collective (3, 5)
  3. Can’t Outrun the Blues – Trey Hensley (1, 9)
  4. Bluegrass State of Mind – Danny Paisley 4, 9)
  5. Square Dance Friday Night – Lonesome River Band (7, 11)
  6. Ruby – Dailey & Vincent (8, 5)
  7. A Brand New Whipporwill – Junior Sisk (12, 4)
  8. Sis Draper – Shawn Camp (5, 10)
  9. Little Mountain Home – Mike Mitchell (10, 10)
  10. Bill from Isonville – Southern Legacy (13, 3)
  11. Della Jane’s Heart – Appalachian Road Show (6, 11)
  12. I’m Putting You Out of my Misery – Jaelee Roberts (25, 2)
  13. Family Tree – Della Mae (15, 6)
  14. Way Back When – (9, 12)
  15. Tucson – Trey Hensley (17, 4)
  16. Gas and Oil – Travelin’ McCourys (19, 4)
  17. This Weary Road – Larry Cordle (18, 6)
  18. Pretty Little Widow – Lonesome River Band (21, 3)
  19. The Death of John Henry – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours w/Marty Stuart (11, 8)
  20. We See Love – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours (22, 3)
  21. Denver – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours (30, 2)
  22. Walkin’ Back to Georgia – Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (24, 2)
  23. The World to You – Newfound Road (28, 2)
  24. Memories I Ain’t Missing – Grascals (-, 1)
  25. Walk Out in the Rain – Red Camel Collective (-, 1)
  26. Last Thing on my Mind – Jackson Harris w/Rhonda Vincent (29, 2)
  27. Moon Shines on the Still – Dailey & Vincent (-, 1)
  28. Is Now the Time – Blue Highway (14, 7)
  29. Kentucky Bluebird – Bob Minner w/Tim McGraw, Lori McKenna (-, 1)
  30. Tears of the Cherokee – Kenny & Amanda Smith (-, 1)

Last month’s top 30 – August 2026

  1. Can’t Outrun the Blues – Trey Hensley (#1 last month, 8 months on the chart)
  2. Bend in the River – Grascals (9, 4)
  3. Finding your Way Home – Red Camel Collective (14, 4)
  4. Bluegrass State of Mind – Danny Paisley (5, 8)
  5. Sis Draper – Shawn Camp (2, 9)
  6. Della Jane’s Heart – Appalachian Road Show (3, 10)
  7. Square Dance Friday Night – Lonesome River Band (8, 10)
  8. Ruby – Dailey & Vincent (10, 4)
  9. Way Back When – (4, 11)
  10. Little Mountain Home – Mike Mitchell (12, 9)
  11. The Death of John Henry – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours w/Marty Stuart (13, 7)
  12. A Brand New Whipporwill – Junior Sisk (21, 3)
  13. Bill from Isonville – Southern Legacy (24, 2)
  14. Is Now the Time – Blue Highway (15, 6)
  15. Family Tree – Della Mae (19, 5)
  16. She Knew It All – Daryl Mosely (17, 5)
  17. Tucson – Trey Hensley (22, 3)
  18. This Weary Road – Larry Cordle (20, 5)
  19. Gas and Oil – Travelin’ McCourys (23, 3)
  20. Cost of Living – Authentic Unlimited (6, 10)
  21. Pretty Little Widow – Lonesome River Band (30, 2)
  22. We See Love – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours (29, 2)
  23. Coal Dust – Irene Kelley feat. The Kruger Brothers (25, 4)
  24. Walkin’ Back to Georgia – Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (26, 2)
  25. I’m Putting You Out of my Misery – Jaelee Roberts (-, 1)
  26. Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass – Big Country Bluegrass (11, 12)
  27. In the Mexican Sun – Red Camel Collective (7, 7)
  28. The World to You – Newfound Road (-, 1)
  29. Last Thing on my Mind – Jackson Harris w/Rhonda Vincent (-, 1)
  30. Denver – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours (-, 1)