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 will be joined by a co-host.   He’s a guitarist, bandleader, songwriter,  luthier,   has a great history with some of the top bands in bluegrass.    He’s from Topeka Kansas but Is in the process of moving to Owensboro Kentucky.  His  name is Rick Faris

As usual Mike and Rick will spin IN FULL the Top 20 songs played this past week on bluegrass radio stations all over the world, as we play all the songs in full and Countdown to the number 1 song in bluegrass based on the airplay survey done by BluegrassToday.com last week and published last Friday night.  This week there are .4 debut songs on the countdown and 9 songs returning to the countdown after some time outside the top 20..

Available 11 February, 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.