Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia  as he counts down the 20 hottest bluegrass songs on the bluegrass chart according to BluegrassToday.com.   This week, Mike is joined by a co-host.   He’s one of those technical people sittting in the control room looking through the window into the recording studio..   Or sitting down in the audience twiddling the knobs to make you sound as good as possible when you sing.   His  name is Ben Surratt.  

As usual Mike and Ben will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as they count down to the new number 1.   This week there are .4 debut songs on the countdown and 11 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20.    And  Ben will play some songs he or his wife Missy Raines have been working on.  

Available 28 January, 2024, at podomatic.com/bttop20 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 the 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!   And if you value the podcast or the radio stations that play the countodwn as a two hour weekly program,   please consider becoming a patron of  the Countdown by joining our patreon page at http://patreon.com/bttop20.   We’re an all-volunteer activity, and volunteer hours don’t pay our licencing fees or power bills.    If you join there for a small  amount per month you’ll get access to songs we had to edit out of the countdown because of space considerations,   material we had to drop from the countdown,  outtakes, and other interesting and/or amusing stuff.