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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

Mike Kear, Sydney Australia

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!

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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 99: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 20 October 2024
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10/20/24 • 110 min

Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown. .
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As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. There are some significant new releases in the last couple of days. In this weeks show, there are some debut songs on the countdown and a dozen songs returning to the countdown. . And there's a new number 1 song in bluegrass 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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 100: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 17 November 2024
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11/17/24 • 105 min

Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown. He says he’s delighted to be back after eye surgery and seeing better now than he has in decades.

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As usual Mike will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. In this weeks show, there are seven debut songs on the countdown and a seven songs returning to the countdown. . . And there's a new number 1 song in bluegrass hitting the top spot in only its second week on the top 20 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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 95: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 22 September 2024
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09/23/24 • 132 min

Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown. Mikes guest co-host this week is prolific bluegrass songwriter Billy Boone Smith from Nashville – they compare notes and Billy tells a lot of great stories.

As usual Mike and Billy spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. This week, there are brand new songs debuting and songs returning to the countdown. And they’ll will count down all the way to the brand new number 1 song – the most played bluegrass song in the world of bluegrass radio, based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.

Mike wants to hear from you about anything related to the countdown or if you think a radio station near you might be interested in having the countdown as a regular two hour show on their roster, write and let him know and he’ll contact them. The email is [email protected]

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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 101: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 24 November 2024
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11/25/24 • 108 min

Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown.

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As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. In this week’s show there are two ties, so there are 22 songs in the countdown. There are 2 debut songs and 11 songs returning to the countdown. For the first time in the 119 weeks of the countdown show there are two number 1 songs in bluegrass sharing the top spot in a tie. And for one of them its only their third week on the countdown. Our list is based on the weekly top 20 survey of airplay 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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 69: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 25 February 2024
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02/25/24 • 106 min

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 song in bluegrass based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night. This week there are .6 debut songs on the countdown and 6 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.. Also Mike will play the top 3 songs on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel Chart just for interest. There are some fabulous songs with wonderful quartet harmony singing.

Available 25 February, 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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 64: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 January 2024
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01/21/24 • 118 min

Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com. This week, Mike is joined by Amanda Cook. She’s a senior executive at leading bluegrass record label Mountain Fever Records, and a band leader. She knows a great many of the people in the bluegrass world, and contributes a lot to the interest this show holds for roots music fans.

As usual Mike and Amanda will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1. Actually there will be 22 songs in the Top 20 this week, because there are two spots on the chart that are ties. He’ll also play 17 old favourites rejoining the countdown. So this week’s countdown has turned out to be a kind of “Best Bluegrass of 2023” The list is drawn from the airplay chart released by BluegrassToday.com just this last Friday night! And Amanda has brought some brand new songs for you trom her label, Mountain Fever Records

Available 21 January, 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! And 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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 76: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 April 2024
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04/22/24 • 105 min

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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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 75: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 14 April 2024
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04/15/24 • 108 min

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.

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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 74: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 07 April 2024
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04/09/24 • 115 min

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.

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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown - Episode 103:  The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 8 December 2024
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12/09/24 • 108 min

Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown.

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As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. In this week’s show there are two songs tied at number 20, so there are 21 songs in the countdown. There are 7 debut songs and 7 songs returning to the countdown. And there is a brand new number 1 song. Our list is based on the weekly top 20 survey of airplay 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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How many episodes does The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown have?

The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown currently has 47 episodes available.

What topics does The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown cover?

The podcast is about Weekly, Country, Music, Bluegrass and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown?

The episode title 'Episode 87: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21 July 2024' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown?

The average episode length on The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown is 113 minutes.

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Episodes of The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown was released on Dec 10, 2023.

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