The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

A slightly-late-but-worth-the-wait edition packed with a brand-new #1 that’s shot up from last week’s #20, 4 fresh debuts , 7 returning favourites , and a rare tie at #17 — so you’re getting 21 songs instead of 20! Host Mike Kear is joined by acclaimed songwriter Brink Brinkman , who shares stories and insights — including the backstory of his personal favourite song, “Bluefield Mountain Wind,” re...

Welcome to the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown — the authoritative chart show for modern bluegrass fans around the world. Each week, award-winning broadcaster Mike Kear counts down the 20 most-played bluegrass songs in the world, based on the BluegrassToday.com airplay chart. You'll hear full songs, artist backstories, songwriting insights, and a touch of good-natured storytelling — all pa...

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. This week there are 4 debut songs, and  5 songs returning to the countdown.  And he’ll also take a quick look at some exciting new songs only just released.   The countdown is the exhibition win...

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. This week there are 4 debut songs, and  5 songs returning to the countdown.  And he’ll also take a quick look at some exciting new songs only just released.   The countdown is the exhibition win...

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 2 debut songs this week, and  5 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 countd...

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 countd...

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 t...

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 th...

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.  ...

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.  ...

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 c...

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 pl...

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...

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 a...

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.   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...

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.   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...

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.   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 i...

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 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 th...

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.    .        . 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...

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.        . As usual Mike’ll spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past w...

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 numbe...

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...

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. ...

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...

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.   . 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 ret...