The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

About 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!

Publisher

Mike Kear, Sydney Australia

Category

music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Dec 2023

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Episode 183: Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown — Show #215

   This week there’s plenty of movement, with a new number one, two debuts, eight returning songs and two ties — giving us a total of 22 songs in the countdown.Benson makes a dramatic return with Firsts And Forevers, jumping from outside the countdown last week all the way to number one. Jaelee Roberts remains close behind with Memories on the Moon, while Rhonda Vincent, Buddy Melton and Milan Miller round out the top five.Our two debuts this week come from Donna Hughes with Give Me a Trail and The Grascals with Dancin’ Girl. The Grascals also have a second song in the countdown with That Girl Made a Wreck of Me.We also step away from the main countdown for a couple of special features. First, a look at an unusual Appalachian cat sanctuary project using AI-generated close harmony in its music, including the song God Sends Me Cats. Then we check the top three on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel Airplay list, featuring Ricky Skaggs, Belles Of Blue and this week’s gospel number one, Caroline Owens featuring The Isaacs with Old Time Church.Plus music from Red Camel Collective, Alan Bibey, Daryl Mosley, Dailey & Vincent, High Fidelity, Lonesome River Band, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Danny Burns, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and more.Hosted by Mike Kear from Hawkesbury Radio in Sydney, Australia.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Episode 182: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Show #214

   Countdown #214 brings plenty of movement, with a new number one, six debuts, six returning songs and — for the first time since May 24 — no ties at all.This week’s highest debut comes from Lonesome River Band with “Walking Back to Bluefield,” while other new entries include Dailey & Vincent, The Grascals, Daryl Mosley and Songs From The Road Band.There are also a couple of side trips along the way. We take a look at numbers 5 through 2 on the Grassicana list before returning to Danny Burns’ “Fisherman’s Blues,” which is number one there and number five in the Bluegrass Top 20.We also feature three selections from this week’s Bluegrass Today Gospel list: Appalachian Road Show with “Long Time Traveling,” Pitney Meyer with “Rivers of Living Water,” and Kenny and Amanda Smith with “The Inventor.” The final two share the number one position on the Gospel list.And at the top of the main countdown, Milan Miller completes quite a comeback. “Dance Among the Thistle” was out of the Top 20 last week, but returns this week all the way at number one.

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Episode 181: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown 213

   Countdown 213 brings one of the biggest reshuffles we’ve had in a while.This week there’s a new number one, with Jaelee Roberts taking “Memories on the Moon” to the top after sitting at number two last week.Rhonda Vincent makes the highest debut of the week at number two with “Far Away From Home,” while Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen reach a new peak at number three with “Looking Past You.”There are eight debuts and seven returning songs this week, meaning only five songs from last week’s countdown remain. Ties at number nine and number five also mean we have 22 songs in the Top 20 this time around.Other highlights include Danny Burns jumping ten places to number four with “Fisherman’s Blues,” Bronwyn appearing twice in the Top Ten, and former number one “Country Boy Rock & Roll” from Wyatt Ellis returning after more than six months away.We also take a look at the top of the Bluegrass Today Gospel chart, with Backline at number two with “The Gospel Way,” and Caroline Owens featuring The Isaacs at number one with “Old Time Church.”Join Mike Kear for Countdown 213 and another very busy week in bluegrass.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

72

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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