The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, 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 and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.  This week’s show also includes a hot new single frpm the Grascals – released to radio this morning.                   Available 14 April, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com.  This week, Mike’s joined as guest co-host by award winning songwriter Rick Lang, who’s written so many of my favourite bluegrass songs. As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.   Available 07April, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com.  This week, Mike’s joined as guest co-host by Jon Goldfine,  bass player with Chicago Bluegrass Band Henhouse Prowlers. As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.   Available 31 March, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

 Join Mike Kear in Sydney, 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 and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.   Available 24 March, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, 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 and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.   Available 18 March, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, 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 and Countdown to a new number 1. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.   Available 10 March, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, 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 and Countdown to a new number 1 song in bluegrass based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.  This week there are .6 debut songs on the countdown and 6 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.. Also Mike will play the top 3 songs on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel Chart just for interest.  There are some fabulous songs with wonderful quartet harmony singing.  Available 25 February, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia  and ths week’s guest co-host Jana Mougin as they count down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. As usual Mike and Jana will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as we play all the songs in full and Countdown to a new number 1 song in bluegrass based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.  This week there are .3 debut songs on the countdown and 10 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.. Available 18 February, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    Please FOLLOW the podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Please consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. If you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 stations all over the world, as we play all the songs in full and Countdown to the number 1 song in bluegrass based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.  This week there are .4 debut songs on the countdown and 9 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.. Available 11 February, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the brand new number 1.   This week there are .6 debut songs on the countdown and 8 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.    And  Brink  will play some songs that are new or inportant to him that he thinks would be interesting to listeners. Available 4 February, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night! . Ready NOW: Our episode for Sunday, 4 February, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!    And while you’re listening, please FOLLOW our podcast, and turn on Automatic downloads so it will be automatically delivered right to your device as soon as it’s published.  Consider giving us a 5 star rating and consider giving us a nice review.   Those things will help us a great deal. And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countdown as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1.   This week there are .4 debut songs on the countdown and 11 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.    And  Ben will play some songs he or his wife Missy Raines have been working on.   Available 28 January, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1.  Actually there will be 22 songs in the Top 20 this week, because there are two spots on the chart that are ties.     He’ll also play 17 old favourites rejoining the countdown.  So this week’s countdown has turned out to be a kind of  “Best Bluegrass of 2023”   The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And Amanda has brought some brand new songs for you trom her label, Mountain Fever Records  Available 21 January, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And he has some hot bluegrass news and brand new songs for you,  songs that have been available to us for only a few days. Available 14 January, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And he has some hot bluegrass news and brand new songs for you,  courtesy of Bluegrass Today – the world’s leading source of news about Bluegrass and Old Time country music. Available 7 January, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And he has some hot bluegrass news and brand new songs for you,  courtesy of Bluegrass Today – the world’s leading source of news about Bluegrass and Old Time country music. Available 31 December, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And they’ll also play some new Christmas songs as well, since it’s Christmas week.   Available 24 December, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 to the new number 1.  Actually there’s 21 songs in the countdown this week because there is a tie between two songs for one of the positions which means they’ll play both songs that are tied.     They’ll also play 11 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 3 songs debuting on the countdown this week.   The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!   Available 17 December, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.  If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff.   

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 in the countdown this week because theirs is a tie between two songs for one of the positions which means they’ll play both songs that are tied.     They’ll also play 5 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 5 songs debuting on the countdown this week.   The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And they’ll also play some European Bluegrass as well.  Available 10 December, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron ot eh Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.  If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

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 he counts down to the new number 1.  Actually there’s 22 songs in the countdown this week because there’s two ties which means he’ll play both songs that are tied.     He’ll also play 6 old favourites rejoining the countdown, and introduce 5 songs debuting on the countdown this week.   The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night!  And he’ll also play the five finalists in the Australian Golden Guitar awards for the Best bluegrass recording for 2023 Available 3 December, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron ot eh Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.  If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff. 

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia  as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. Mike will play all the songs of the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top Twenty bluegrass hits, from #20 all the way to the brand new number 1 song in the world of bluegrass.  He’ll spin the most played songs on bluegrass radio last week, as reported by BluegrassToday.com – your source for all the bluegrass news that’s worth knowing, And along the way take a side trip to look at what’s happening on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel chart,  and play some of the songs,  and play a brand new Christmas song from Troy Engle.    Countdown to a brand new number 1, and  hear 7 songs returning to the countdown.   Available 26 November, 2023, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!  Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! And join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!