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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

By: Mike Kear Sydney Australia
  • Summary

  • 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!

    Copyright 2024 Mike Kear, Sydney Australia
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Episodes
  • Episode 83: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 23 June 2024
    Jun 23 2024

    After 2 weeks under the weather fighting it out with Covid-19, Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown.

    Mike plays all the songs on the countdown IN FULL including 11 songs that weren’t in the last podcast. Some of it didn’t make it to the podcast because of there just wasn’t space for it all, but you can hear all the cut pieces and the additional songs on the Patreon Page at http://patreon.com/bttop20

    This week, Mike is joined as guest co-host by Rick Lang. Rick is a high profile songwriter from New Hampshire. Rick is specially known for his Christmas songs and for gospel songs hes written or co-written. Mike and Rick talk about Rick’s work writing songs and pulling the artists and producers into the picture ro put a professional music project together.

    Mike and Rick spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world and Countdown to the number 1 song in bluegrass radio over the past week. The countdown is based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.

    Available NOW, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • Episode 82: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 2 June 2024
    Jun 2 2024

    Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown. This week, Mike is joined as guest co-host by Daniel Grindstaff. Daniel is a high profile banjo player who has released 3 singles in the last year, all of which have gone to number one on our countdown – he’s played with some of the greats of bluegrass – the Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse and later Jesse McReynolds, played many times on the Grand Old Opry, he has just released a new album called Heroes & Friends and his biggest claim to fame? He’s a listener to the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown.

    Daniel and Mike do quite a lot of talking on the show about the artists, the songwriters, the songs, and aspects of Daniel’s life and career. Daniel shares a lot of what it’s like being a respected and in-demand musician. Some of it didn’t make it to the podcast because of time considerations, but you can hear all the cut pieces and some of Jerry’s songs on the Patreon Page at http://patreon.com/bttop20

    Mike and Daniel 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 NOW, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!

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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • Episode 81: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 26 May 2024
    May 27 2024

    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 is joined as guest co-host Songwriter, Performer, Record producer, Co-founder of Billy Blue Records, Great friend to the bluegrass community, Jerry Salley.

    Jerry and Mike do quite a lot of talking on the show, so some of it didn’t make it to the podcast. But you can hear all the cut pieces and some of Jerry’s songs on the Patreon Page at http://patreon.com/bttop20

    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 19 May, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!

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    1 hr and 58 mins

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