Episode 133: Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 10/Aug/2025
This week’s Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown is packed with great music — including a brand-new #1 from Ashby Frank, multiple debuts, and a few big returners climbing back toward the top. We’ve also got a listener request from Tasmania featuring the Bray Brothers & Red Cravens, plus new singles from Wyatt Ellis, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, and more.Along the way, I share stories behind the songs and artists, a snippet of the original version of an Alison Krauss & Union Station track for comparison, and some deep cuts from my own library to round out the hour.Highlights include:
Highest debut of the week: Junior Sisk with The Devil’s Train
Former #1s making another run
Listener request: Blue Eyed Darling (1961)
Extended cut: AJ Lee & Blue Summit’s Glendale Train
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Episode 132: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown 3 Aug 2025
This episode of the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown features four debut songs, three return entries, and the reigning #1: Benson’s “Lover of the Road.”You'll hear chart-topping tracks from Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Jones, Appalachian Road Show, and Daniel Grindstaff. Plus, Jesse Smathers and Hammertowne make strong first appearances, while Milan Miller’s “Tony Rice Tattoo” becomes the longest-running song on the countdown.This week also includes a special segment featuring all five nominees for IBMA Gospel Recording of the Year. Let your ears—and your heart—help you decide who deserves to win it.Join host Mike Kear from Sydney, Australia, as he shares backstories, artist insights, and the most-played bluegrass songs of the week, based on the official BluegrassToday.com radio airplay chart.
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Episode 131: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown 28 July 2025
This week on the BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown, your host — Agent 254 himself, Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia— is back with another round of bluegrass chart action.🎵 We count down the Top 20 most-played bluegrass songs of the week. 🔥 A new #1 song that climbed to the top in just its second week on the chart. 🆕 Six debuts and five returning tracks keep the chart moving. 🎯 Plus, a quick detour to visit a few songs that “missed it by THAT much.”As always, there’s music, stories, and just enough mischief to keep you wondering if the Cone of Silence is still working.Follow or subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app — or stream it directly from http://podomatic.com/bttop20 It helps us keep the bluegrass flowing!
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Episode 130: Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 21/July/2025
It’s a big week on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown — we’ve got a brand new Number 1, four debut entries, and seven songs making their return! Mike takes us through the Top 20 IN FULL, plus we feature two standout tracks from the Grassicana chart based on last week’s survey, and five songs from the albums nominated for IBMA 2025 Album of the Year.This week’s show includes music from:
Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours
Ashby Frank
Junior Sisk
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Billy Strings
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland
Tony Trischka (with Vince Gill)
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes …and many more.
Also featuring songs by The Steeldrivers and Wood Box Heroes, and a whole lot of chart movement, surprises, and behind-the-scenes stories.📍 Produced in Sydney, Australia — heard worldwide. 🎧 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episode 128: the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 6 July 2025
You can catch the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown as a podcast where we play full songs, all of them in the top 20 Chart anytime. Just search in your favorite podcast app. And for the full chart details, head to BluegrassToday.com. Plus, if you want to hear bonus segments and extras that don’t make it to air, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/BTTop20
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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