The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown Mike Kear, Sydney Australia

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! 

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! 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.