The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

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!

Episodes

April 20, 2025 108 mins

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

 

As usual Mike spins IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world. There are 5 debut songs this week, and  4 songs returning to the countdown. And he’ll also take a quick look at what’s happening on the BluegrassToday Weekly Gospel chart this week.   The countdown is the exhibition window...

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

 

As usual Mike spins IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world.  There are 3 debut songs this week, and  10 songs returning to the countdown.   The countdown is the exhibition window to the very best new bluegrass music in the world.

 

We hope you’ll enjoy the next couple of hours as we ...

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

 

As usual Mike spins IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world.  There are 4 debut songs this week, and  9 songs returning to the countdown.   The countdown is the exhibition window to the very best new bluegrass music in the world.

 

We hope you’ll enjoy the next couple of hours as we c...

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

 

As usual Mike spins IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world.  There’s a tie for one of the spots, so that means there’s actually a total of 21 songs in the countdown today.      There are 6 debut songs this week, and  7 songs returning to the countdown.   The countdown is the exhibi...

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

 

As usual Mike spins IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world.  There’s a tie for one of the spots, so that means there’s actually a total of 21 songs in the countdown today.      There are 7 debut songs this week, and  6 songs returning to the countdown.   The countdown is the exhibi...

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

 

As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the There’s a tie for one of the spots, so that means there’s actually a total of 21 songs in the countdown today.      There are 5 debut songs this week, and  9 songs returning to the countdown.   The countdown is the exhibition w...

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

 

As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world    There are 4 debut songs on this week’s countdown and 10 songs returning to the countdown.   

 

We hope you’ll enjoy the next couple of hours as we count down to the new number 1 song most played in the world in bluegrass...

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

 

As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world    In fact there are TWO ties on this week’s list, so there are 22 songs to play you.   There are 8 debut songs on this week’s countdown and 8 songs returning to the countdown.   

 

We hope you’ll enjoy the next couple of h...

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Mike Kear has posted another podcast for the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown.   We are sorry this is being published a little bit later than normal,  we were prevented from accessing the internet because our ISP had a major failure in their datacentre.  

 

As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world    In fact there are TWO ties on this week’s li...

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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.   He’ll countdown to the song most played in the world in bluegrass radio  our new Number 1.   In fact there are TWO ties on this week’s list, so there are 22 songs to play you.    There are 3 debut songs on this week’s ...

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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.   Mike’ll countdown to the song most played in the world in bluegrass radio - our Number 1.   In fact there’s a tie on this week’s list, so there are 21 songs to play you.  There are 3 debut songs on this week’s countdow...

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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.   I’ll countdown to the song most played in the world in bluegrass radio  our Number 1.  This week’s number 1 is a former number 1 a spot it has held multiple times before.    The countdown is based on the weekly survey ...

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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 is a tie for number 17,  so there are 21 songs in the countdown.  There are 17 songs returning to the countdown.   And there is a brand new number 1 song – one that’s been at number 1 several...

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

 

This week, Mike’s reviewing the most played bluegrass songs in the world according to the Bluegrass Today.com weekly surveys during the whole of 2024.    . 

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Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played inall of 2024 on bluegrass radio stations all over the world.    Also there’s a tiny snippet of the 5 next songs that didn’t quite ma...

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

It’s Christmas week, and if you celebrate Christmas, we hope you have a wonderful celebration.   IF you don’t celebrate Christmas,  we hope you have a celebration of some kind or a happy relaxed time with family and friends for a few days. 

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As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio station...

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

  .

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 is a tie for number 7,  so there are 21 songs in the countdown.  There are 3 debut songs and 7 songs returning to the countdown.   And there is a brand new number 1 song.        Our list is...

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

  .

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.        Ou...

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

  .

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 3 debut songs and 9 songs returning to the countdown.   And there is a brand new number 1 song.        Our list is based on ...

Mark as Played

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

  .

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  ther...

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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.   . ...

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