Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart

Australian Charts 2018

International Charts 2018

Australian Blues & Roots will be and has been hanging out at some local festivals and gigs lately...come over to check out the write-ups and photos on our review page.

Bello Winter Music 2018
Blues on Broadbeach 2018
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2018
Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 2017

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2017

Blues on Broadbeach 2017

Holler Roots Music Festival 2017

Mullum Music Festival 2016
Blues on Broadbeach 2016
Bluesfest 2016
Bello Winter Music 2016
Bello Winter Music 2015

Festival season 2018

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So what did 2018 bring to you music wise?

Did you get along to any of these...Thredbo Blues Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival, Australian Blues Festival in Goulburn, Kiama jazz and blues festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival, WOMAdelaide, Port Fairy Folk Festival, mid-winter Echuca-Moama Blues festival...?

Or maybe The National Folk Festival in Canberra or the 29th Bluesfest at Byron Bay over the easter weekend.

Maybe you made it along to one of the boutique festivals which are peppered throughout the year...the Bello winter Music Festival or its sibling, the Mullum Music Festival, at the end of November...

So how are you going to get your fix of music in 2019...We here at ABARAC can highly recommend the 30th Bluesfest party...it's gonna be a hoot!!!

The Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts has been compiling airplay of great Australian Blues music and related genres since January 2010...in April 2018 we produced our 100th chart!

Thankyou to all the independent radio presenters who contribute their music for inclusion each and every month, the publicists, labels and distributors and of course the hard working musicians who put in the big efforts to play and record the music we all love.

You can check out all charts back to chart #1 here acrossthetracks-anthonym.blogspot.com

Testimonials & citations

"What you guys are doing is helping build an enthusiastic, healthy, Aussie Blues and Roots scene. Keep up the great work!" -- 2015 Mitch Grainger - Musician

"The hard work and support community radio puts in for Australian blues is astounding ... this chart is absolutely essential for the growth of Aussie blues. A big thanks to all the presenters." -- 2015 Lloyd Spiegel - Musician

"As a performing artist and a radio presenter I find ABARAC a very valuable tool to gain insight into what the interest is in what is an expanding genre...Blues/roots...Its certainly changing and our charts reflect this change." -- 2015 Tony Jaggers - 2EAR FM 107.5 & 102.9, Moruya, NSW

"In July 2015, Wards Xpress celebrated their 20th anniversary by releasing The Back Roads retrospective album (a remastered selection of tracks from the band’s back-catalogue). The album hit the No. 1 position on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart and stayed there for the next three months." -- Ward's Xpress, Bluesfest promotional material - Byron Bay 2016