The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.