Episode 142: Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 26 October 2025
Update: 2025-10-27
Description
This week’s Countdown is bursting at the seams — 22 songs thanks to two ties, seven debuts, seven returning favorites, and a brand-new #1! As it happens, the orderof the songs makes it seem like a 3 Act Play!
🪕 Show Highlights
Act 1 – Fresh Blood: Six of the seven debut tracks land right up front, bringing a wave of new energy to kick off the show.
Act 2 – The Comeback Crew: Familiar favorites return for another run up the chart.
Act 3 – The Power End: Three recent Number 1s plus a brand-new chart-topper finish the show in style.
🏆 New Number 1
Southern Legacy – “The Hills of Carter County”
I called it — and here it is at the top! Lead vocals by Josh Williams, written by Jeff Walter and Marc Rossi (Pinecastle Records).
🌟 Debuting This Week
- Mountain Grass Unit – “Hey Mama”
- Deanie Richardson & Kimber Ludiker – “Cacklin’ Hen”
- Kenny & Amanda Smith – “My Runaway”
- Del McCoury Band – “Just Because”
- Blue Highway – “Is Now the Time”
- Rebekah Speer – “Needle in the Heart of West Virginia”
- Shawn Camp – “New Cut Road”
🎧 Also featuring
- Greg Blake – “Nora McNally” (IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year)
- Wyatt Ellis – “Country Boy Rock & Roll”
- Milan Miller – “Tony Rice Tattoo”
- Shawn Camp – “Sis Draper” (last week’s #1)
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – “Richmond on the James” (23 weeks on chart)
- Plus Crandall Creek, Throwdown Thursday, and Daniel Grindstaff with Marty Stuart.
- And a special bonus spin of Blue Highway’s “God Moves in a Windstorm” — tucked somewhere in the show for you to discover.
📻 Produced in Sydney, Australia by Mike Kear.
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