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The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

Di: 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!

Copyright 2026 Mike Kear, Sydney Australia
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  • Episode 156: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Episode 183
    Feb 25 2026

    It’s another big week on the BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown, with a brand-new number one, four songs making their debut, and six tracks returning to the countdown.

    Taking over the top spot this week is Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours with “We See Love,” jumping from a debut at #11 last week straight to #1.

    There’s a tie for #2 this week between The Lonesome River Band with “Bernadette” and Larry Cordle with “This Weary Road,” while strong movers, former chart-toppers, and fresh new voices keep things moving right across the Top 20.

    You’ll hear new music from Dailey & Vincent, Caroline Owens, and Volume Five, plus returning favourites from Trey Hensley, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Buddy Melton, Irene Kelley, Nick Dumas, and many more.

    From classic traditional sounds to modern bluegrass energy, it’s a packed two hours of the music bluegrass fans are loving this week.

    Thanks for listening — and congratulations to all the artists on the chart.

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    1 ora e 42 min
  • Episode 155: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Show 182
    Feb 18 2026

    Welcome to Show 182 of the BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown, coming to you from Sydney, Australia.

    This week we’ve got an extra-special brand new #1 song, plus a chart absolutely bursting with movement — including six debut songs and six returning favourites making their way back into the Top 20.

    We’ll also feature the Top 5 from the BluegrassToday Gospel Chart, and spotlight a great new song from Tina Adair, along with plenty of the best and latest bluegrass from today’s top artists.

    Two solid hours of today’s most-played bluegrass music, straight from the BluegrassToday radio airplay chart.

    Thanks for listening, and for supporting bluegrass radio around the world.

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    1 ora e 48 min
  • Episode 154: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Episode 181
    Feb 10 2026

    Countdown number 181 is in the books, with a busy and lively chart this week.

    We’ve got two songs debuting on the countdown, along with nine returning favourites, based on the BluegrassToday airplay survey of the world’s most influential bluegrass DJs, conducted last week and published on Friday.

    This week’s countdown features new and returning music from Billy Strings, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Trey Hensley, Milan Miller, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, and many more — plus a strong showing from independent artists alongside major bluegrass labels.

    🔹 Longest-running song this week:
    Shelby Means’ Streets of Boulder, now 18 weeks on the chart and already a two-time #1.

    🔹 Big movers:
    Rebekah Speer jumps from #20 straight into the Top 10.
    Several songs continue to dominate the upper reaches of the chart, spending most of their time in the Top Four.

    🔹 This week’s #1 song:
    Buddy Melton – Blue Skies
    Now in its ninth week on the chart, this marks its second visit to the top spot.

    To round out the show, we also feature the Top 5 songs from the BluegrassToday Gospel Chart, adding nearly twenty minutes of uplifting bluegrass gospel from Authentic Unlimited, Ashleigh Graham, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Eighteen Mile, and a tie at #1 between Pitney Meyer and Jeff Tolbert & Primitive Road.

    Hosted by Mike Kear, from Sydney, Australia.
    Thanks for listening — and we’ll do it all again next week.

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    1 ora e 48 min
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