• 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
  • Episode 80: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 19 May 2024
    May 19 2024

    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, Mike’s guest co-host is Melody Williamson Keyes, from the family band Williamson Branch.

    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!

    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.

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    1 hr and 55 mins
  • Episode 79: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 12 May 2024
    May 12 2024

    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 from Kenny & Amanda Smith and a hit from 1994 that Mike didn’t know about until this week.

    Available 12 May, 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.

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Episode 78: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 5 May 2024
    May 5 2024

    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 several hot new singles released to radio this week.

    Available 5 May, 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.

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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Episode 77: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 28 April 2024
    Apr 29 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’s joined by Mike Mitchell as guest cohost. Mike Mitchell’s from Floyd, Virginia although he was born in Canada. He’s a songwriter, bandleader, fiddle player of renown, singer, and will add some mighty fine nuances to our countdown

    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 28 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.

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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Episode 76: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 April 2024
    Apr 22 2024

    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 from Kenny & Amanda Smith and a hit from 1994 that Mike didn’t know about until this week.

    Available 21 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.

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    1 hr and 45 mins