Here are the top 30 bluegrass songs for December 2023, 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. Hey Brother – Dan Tyminski Band (#6 last month, 5 months on the chart)
  2. Black and White – Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers (4, 8)
  3. Mamma’s Apron Strings – Larry Sparks (1, 10)
  4. For Your Love – Michael Cleveland feat. Billy Strings, Jeff White (5,7)
  5. Alberta Bound – Special Consensus (8, 6)
  6. Lonesome State of Mind – Blue Highway (2, 9)
  7. Jordan – Darrin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney, Mark Fain (12, 6)
  8. Sunny Days (Are Comin’ Once Again) – Michael Cleveland w/Jeff White & Dan Tyminski (3, 10)
  9. Snake Charmer – Balsam Range (20, 3)
  10. What the Years Do – Balsam Range (11, 6)
  11. Love of the Mountains – Mike Mitchel (14, 6)
  12. Snowbird – Special Consensus (15, 5)
  13. Near Mrs – Lonesome River Band (16, 5)
  14. Forever Young – Daniel Grindstaff w/ Paul Brewster, Dolly Parton (24, 2)
  15. El Dorado – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (22, 3)
  16. How Blue – Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (18, 5)
  17. I Call Her Sunshine – Kody Norris Show (19, 4)
  18. City of New Orleans – Rhonda Vincent (28, 2)
  19. Kentucky Gold – Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush (21, 4)
  20. Fall in Tennessee – Authentic Unlimited (27, 3)
  21. Mayberry State of Mind – Daryl Mosley (23, 4)
  22. What Crosses Your Mind – Danny Paisley (feat. Sage Palser) (9, 7)
  23. Wildflower Too – Darin and Brooke Aldridge (29, 2)
  24. Where the Mountain Lillies Grow – Donna Ulisse (26, 2)
  25. Making Hay – Mike Mitchell (10, 13)
  26. She Don’t Know I’m Alive – Lonesome River Band (20, 2)
  27. Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper’s Dream) – Junior Sisk (-, 1)
  28. Straight 58– Starlett and Big John (7, 11)
  29. Makin’ Tracks to Macon – Starlett and Big John (-, 1)
  30. The Whole of the Moon – Travelin’ McCourys (-, 1)

Last month’s top 30
November 2023

  1. Mamma’s Apron Strings – Larry Sparks (#1 last month, 9 months on the chart)
  2. Lonesome State of Mind – Blue Highway (3, 8)
  3. Sunny Days (Are Comin’ Once Again) – Michael Cleveland w/Jeff White & Dan Tyminski (2, 9)
  4. Black and White – Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers (6, 7)
  5. For Your Love – Michael Cleveland feat. Billy Strings, Jeff White (9, 6)
  6. Hey Brother – Dan Tyminski Band (11, 4)
  7. Straight 58– Starlett and Big John (4, 10)
  8. Alberta Bound – Special Consensus (12, 5)
  9. What Crosses Your Mind – Danny Paisley (feat. Sage Palser) (8, 6)
  10. Making Hay – Mike Mitchell (5, 12)
  11. What the Years Do – Balsam Range (13, 5)
  12. Jordan – Darrin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney, Mark Fain (16, 5)
  13. Long Gone – Authentic Unlimited (7, 7)
  14. Love of the Mountains – Mike Mitchel (17, 5)
  15. Snowbird – Special Consensus (18, 4)
  16. Near Mrs – Lonesome River Band (19, 4)
  17. A Little Bit of Bluegrass – Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road (10, 12)
  18. How Blue – Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (20, 4)
  19. I Call Her Sunshine – Kody Norris Show (22, 3)
  20. Snake Charmer – Balsam Range (27, 2)
  21. Kentucky Gold – Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush (23, 3)
  22. El Dorado – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (28, 2)
  23. Mayberry State of Mind – Daryl Mosley (26, 3)
  24. Forever Young – Daniel Grindstaff w/ Paul Brewster, Dolly Parton (-, 1)
  25. Foggy Morning Breaking – Alison Brown with Steve Martin (15, 6)
  26. Where the Mountain Lillies Grow – Donna Ulisse (-, 1)
  27. Fall in Tennessee – Authentic Unlimited (30, 2)
  28. City of New Orleans – Rhonda Vincent (-, 1)
  29. Wildflower Too – Darin and Brooke Aldridge (-, 1)
  30. She Don’t Know I’m Alive – Lonesome River Band (-, 1)