19 episodes

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! 

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

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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! 

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 April 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 April 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. 

    • 1 hr 45 min
    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 14 April 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 14 April 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 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. 

    • 1 hr 48 min
    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 07 April 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 07 April 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 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. 

    • 1 hr 55 min
    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 31 March 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 31 March 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 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. 

    • 2 hrs 3 min
    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 24 March 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 24 March 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.   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. 

    • 1 hr 48 min
    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 18 March 2024

    The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 18 March 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.   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 

    • 1 hr 47 min

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