Here are the top bluegrass songs for October 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 (#1 last month, 6 months on the chart)
  2. Finding your Way Home – Red Camel Collective (2, 6)
  3. A Brand New Whipporwill – Junior Sisk (7, 5)
  4. Square Dance Friday Night – Lonesome River Band (5, 12)
  5. Bluegrass State of Mind – Danny Paisley 4, 10)
  6. Bill from Isonville – Southern Legacy (10, 4)
  7. I’m Putting You Out of my Misery – Jaelee Roberts (12, 3)
  8. Ruby – Dailey & Vincent (6, 6)
  9. Denver – Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours (21, 3)
  10. Can’t Outrun the Blues – Trey Hensley (3, 10)
  11. Family Tree – Della Mae (13, 7)
  12. Walk Out in the Rain – Red Camel Collective (25, 2)
  13. Gas and Oil – Travelin’ McCourys (16, 5)
  14. Della Jane’s Heart – Appalachian Road Show (11, 12)
  15. Tears of the Cherokee – Kenny & Amanda Smith (30, 2)
  16. Sis Draper – Shawn Camp (8, 11)
  17. Pretty Little Widow – Lonesome River Band (18, 4)
  18. The World to You – Newfound Road (23, 3)
  19. Walkin’ Back to Georgia – Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (22, 3)
  20. Moon Shines on the Still – Dailey & Vincent (27, 2)
  21. Memories I Ain’t Missing – Grascals (24, 2)
  22. Little Mountain Home – Mike Mitchell (9, 11)
  23. Sticks and Stones – Bronwyn (-, 1)
  24. The Signs – Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver (-, 1)
  25. Kentucky Bluebird – Bob Minner w/Tim McGraw, Lori McKenna (29, 2)
  26. My Side of the Mountain – Old Crow Medicine Show feat. Del McCoury, Molly Tuttle (-, 1)
  27. Way Back When – Larry Sparks (14, 13)
  28. Life I Left Behind – Balsam Range (-, 1)
  29. Jenna Lea – Chris Davis Band (-, 1)
  30. Being Poor – Carly Greer (-, 1)

September Top 30

  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 – Larry Sparks (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)