Your authoritative and definitive news source for all things bluegrass, updated six days a week, with airplay charts, events directory, interviews, & puzzles.
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These charts are compiled weekly from actual airplay reported by over 50 independent contributing Bluegrass DJ’s. Only songs less than 18 months from date of original release appear here.
A weekly look at the most played songs of the week on radio.
A monthly aggregate of the most played bluegrass songs of the month on radio.
Weekly radio favorites focusing on the intersection between progressive bluegrass & Americana.
Weekly rundown of the most played bluegrass gospel tracks on radio.
Deb Shuffler Corley, Jennie Shuffler Brittain and George Shuffler at Track Recorders – photo © Akira Otsuka Akira Otsuka has shared…
A Quiz ….. From the very beginning playing bluegrass music has been a particularly precarious job, even for the very, very…
This report (and photos) from George Shuffler’s funeral service yesterday comes from Becky Johnson, host of The Bluegrass Breakdown Show. It…
Born in Valdese, North Carolina, on April 11, 1925, George Saunders Shuffler was a very significant creative force in the bluegrass…
Here are two more responses to the passing of George Shuffler from prominent grassers feeling the loss. First up is Jack…
George Shuffler, Tom Gray, and James Alan Shelton perform during Shuffler’s induction to the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame – photo…
This remembrance is a contribution from James Alan Shelton, guitarist with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys. Today marks the…
Another leading light of the first generation of bluegrass artists has passed. George Shuffler, long time member of both The Stanley…
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the original bluegrass band, we find ourselves missing a good many of the pioneers…
This report on bluegrass icon George Shuffler is a contribution from Richard Thompson and James Alan Shelton. Crosspicking bluegrass guitar pioneer…
Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music
