Join Caroline Wright in Kea‘au, Hawai‘i and Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia as they count down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the charts according to BluegrassToday.com.As always, Mike and Caroline will share some of this week's freshest, ripest bluegrass music. They’ll introduce five debut tunes (from Irene Kelley, Marija Droze, Jason Barie, Lonesome River Band, and Gary Nichols) and count down to a new #1! Our latest episode includes a brand new installment of Bizarregrass, in which Mike and Caroline explore the unlikely intersection of bluegrass and surf music! Listen for gnarly clips of classic surf tunes from some of your favorite artists, like Jim & Jesse, Mike Auldridge with Doyle Lawson, The Tuttles with A.J. Lee, Travers Chandler and Avery County, and more. Don’t miss SURFGRASS, coming this week! This episode also includes a new Tiny Bluegrass History Lesson. This week, we’ll talk with MURPHY HENRY about some of the extraordinary women who have made great bluegrass music through the years. Murphy was publisher of the late, great Women In Bluegrass newsletter. She’s creator of the Murphy Method, which has taught so many people how to play bluegrass music. Ten years ago, her important book Pretty Good For A Girl was published by University of Illinois Press. She’s the mother of Christopher and Casey Henry, the wife of Red Henry, and one of the smartest, fiercest, most fantastic women who ever picked a five-string banjo.  Coming Sunday, February 26th, 2023, at podomatic.com/podcasts/mkear or on iHeart radio, Apple/iTunes, Amazon Music, Player FM, Audible, or wherever you catch your favorite podcasts! Download the Podomatic app on your phone or tablet, search for BTTop20, and follow us so you never miss an episode! 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!