Episode 135: The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown 24 August 2025
The BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown with Mike Kear — direct from Windsor, Australia. This week’s chart plus Bluegrass on the Rise, five fast-rising tracks rocketing toward the Top 20.We count down the 20 most played songs in bluegrass radio, direct from the BluegrassToday airplay chart — plus we spotlight five fast-rising tracks in our Bluegrass on the Rise segment, songs that are rocketing up the chart and could be Top 20 before long.Featured this week:
Vickie Vaughn Band – Leavin’
Billy Strings – Leaning on a Travelin’ Song
Tony Trischka (feat. Vince Gill) – Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Chris Davis – Gold Rush Town
Kody Norris Show – Tennessee
You’ll also hear news, backstories, and a full 108 minutes of bluegrass radio — with every song played in full.Whether you’re tuning in from the U.S., Australia, or anywhere else in the world, you’ll get the very best of today’s bluegrass music, straight from the source.
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Episode 134: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown 24/Aug/2025
The BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown with Mike Kear — direct from Windsor, Australia. This week’s chart plus Bluegrass on the Rise, five fast-rising tracks rocketing toward the Top 20.We count down the 20 most played songs in bluegrass radio, direct from the BluegrassToday airplay chart — plus we spotlight five fast-rising tracks in our Bluegrass on the Rise segment, songs that are rocketing up the chart and could be Top 20 before long.Featured this week:
Vickie Vaughn Band – Leavin’
Billy Strings – Leaning on a Travelin’ Song
Tony Trischka (feat. Vince Gill) – Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Chris Davis – Gold Rush Town
Kody Norris Show – Tennessee
You’ll also hear news, backstories, and a full 108 minutes of bluegrass radio — with every song played in full.Whether you’re tuning in from the U.S., Australia, or anywhere else in the world, you’ll get the very best of today’s bluegrass music, straight from the source.
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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!
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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