The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

Mike Kear, Sydney Australia•www.podomatic.com

Welcome to the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown, hosted by Mike Kear in Australia and guest co-hosts from around the bluegrass world. It's the weekly podcast where we play the 20 hottest songs in the world of bluegrass music, as compiled by BluegrassToday.com.

Each week, we compile a Top 20 Countdown program from the BT chart, and play each song in its entirety from Number 20 all the way to Number 1, just like Casey Kasem used to do it! To keep things spicy, we'll talk a little bit about the world's most interesting bluegrass news for the week. And we have all KINDS of intriguing segments designed to amuse, amaze, engage, and delight you!

We'll publish a new episode every Sunday morning. Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bttop20 and join the conversation!

Keep pickin', keep grinnin', and keep listening!

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Episodes

Episode 67: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 11 February 2024

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike will be joined by a co-host. He’s a guitarist, bandleader, songwriter, luthier, has a great history with some of the top bands in bluegrass. He’s from Topeka Kansas but Is in the process of moving to Owensboro Kentucky. His name is Rick Faris As usual Mike and Rick will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio s...

Feb 11, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 67

Episode 66: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 4 February 2024

As always, Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia will count down the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top Twenty bluegrass hits in full , from #20 all the way to the most played bluegrass song in the world this week - a brand new #1 This week, Mike is joined by a co-hostHe’s one of the most successful bluegrass songwriters in the world with more than 500 songs recorded. His company mission statement is “Drinking coffee and making stuff up”. His name is Mark (Brink) Brinkman . As usual Mike and Brink will spin IN...

Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 66

Episode 65: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 28 January 2024

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike is joined by a co-host. He’s one of those technical people sittting in the control room looking through the window into the recording studio.. Or sitting down in the audience twiddling the knobs to make you sound as good as possible when you sing. His name is Ben Surratt . As usual Mike and Ben will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this ...

Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 65

Episode 64: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 January 2024

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike is joined by Amanda Cook. She’s a senior executive at leading bluegrass record label Mountain Fever Records, and a band leader. She knows a great many of the people in the bluegrass world, and contributes a lot to the interest this show holds for roots music fans. As usual Mike and Amanda will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past w...

Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 64

Episode 63: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 14 January 2024

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1. He’ll also play 6 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 3 songs appearing on the countdown for the first time this week. The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassT...

Jan 14, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 63

Episode 62: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 7 January 2024

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1. He’ll also play 9 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 6 songs appearing on the countdown for the first time this week. The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassT...

Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 62

Episode 61: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown New Year Edition

Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 61

Episode 60: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown Christmas edition

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1. They’ll also play 4 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 7 songs appearing on the countdown for the first time this week. The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by Bluegras...

Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 60

Episode 59: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown for 17 December, 2023

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike’s guest Co-host is Australian Golden Guitar winner Angus Gill , from Wauchope in upstate New South Wales – Record producer, Songwriter, band leader, singer, and all while still in his twenties. As usual Mike and Angus will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down t...

Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 59

Episode 58: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown for 10 December, 2023

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike’s guest Co-host is Angelika Torrie, from Basel in Switzerland, one of the founding directors of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA). As usual Mike and Angelika will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1. Actually there’s 21 songs ...

Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 58

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