Join Caroline Wright in Kea‘au, Hawai‘i and Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as we count down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the charts according to BluegrassToday.com.As always, we'll take a look at Bluegrass Today’s Grassicana and Gospel charts. We'll share some of this week's freshest, ripest bluegrass news. And this week brings a very special installment of one of our favorite segments. We'll celebrate the birthday of the father of the bluegrass banjo, EARL SCRUGGS, born January 6th, 1924, with our very special guest, banjo master TONY TRISCHKA, whose birthday is January 16th! Tony will tell us how Earl’s style, which is as thoughtful and nuanced as it is driving and electrifying, has influenced his own music. And as we sample clips from BOTH artists from Tony's handpicked selection of tunes, we’ll talk about Earl’s legacy, and how Tony carries it forward today!And you’re invited to come along on a little trip in Mike & Caroline's BIG BLUEGRASS TIME MACHINE! This week we’ll take a little tour of some bluegrass milestones that have happened over the years in the month of January. We'll travel all the way from 1886 to one particular late night just this past week in January 2023, and we'll hear some truly fantastic bluegrass music along the way! Step aboard, find your seat and buckle in; there's plenty of room! You won't even BELIEVE how much fun we're gonna have as we travel through time, listening tothe bluegrass grow!Check it out this Sunday, January 15th, 2023, at podomatic.com/podcasts/mkear or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts!And join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/bttop20 for advance notice of upcoming episodes, backstories and links for some of the show’s featured segments, and much more!