The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

Rhonda Vincent returns to number one with “Far Away From Home,” while Dolly Parton and the First Ladies of Bluegrass move to number two.This week’s countdown includes:• Four debut songs, led by Laura Leigh Jones at number eleven• Five returning songs• No ties—twenty songs in the countdown• A former number one returning at number seven: the Grascals with “Memories I Ain’t Missing”• Billy Strings with two songs from “So Much For Goodbyes”• Two songs from the Grascals’ “Not That Gone”• A new arrival from Red Camel Collective• IBMA award winners Billy Strings, Jaelee Roberts and Andy LeftwichThere are also two short side trips:Grassicana:Sister Sadie — “Marlboros in Muskogee”East Nash Grass — “Hill Country Highway”Laura Leigh Jones — “Have to Hold”Gospel:Newfound Road — “I Will Someday”Backline — “The Gospel Way”Kristy Cox — “I Love to Tell the Story”Join Mike Kear in Sydney, Australia, for the BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown.

Join Mike Kear for this week’s Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown, featuring the songs making up this week’s Top 20 Bluegrass Airplay Chart.There’s also time for a short detour into the Grassicana chart, with Mason Via’s hard-hitting “See It While You Can (National Parks Song),” Bronwyn teaming up with Nashville country-soul singer Timbo on “Gallatin Road,” and Laura Leigh Jones singing “Have To Hold,” written with Sierra Hull and Erin Enderlin.We round out the Grassicana selection with another from Bronwyn’s Rattlin’ Bones album, “The Ride,” written with Melody Walker.We visit the scrum in the top 5 and finally hear the new number 1 song of the week. Your weekly helping of bluegrass favourites, fresh discoveries and a little fun along the way, hosted by Mike Kear.

It's another action-packed week on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown with Mike Kear!We've got THREE ties this week, giving us 23 songs in our Top Twenty! There are eight countdown debuts, seven returning songs, four former Number Ones, and a brand-new song at the top of the chart.Highlights this week include: Jaelee Roberts makes the week's highest debut, entering at Number Three with "White Liar". Donna Hughes makes a big leap from Number Seventeen to Number Six with "Give Me a Trail". Dolly Parton joins the First Ladies of Bluegrass for "Bound to Ride", from the Stanley Brothers' 80th anniversary tribute album. Appalachian Road Show returns with "Della Jane's Heart", our longest-serving song at 23 weeks on the countdown, including five weeks at Number One. Ashby Frank has two songs on the chart, including former Number One "Everybody's Got Their Nine Pound Hammer". Wyatt Ellis holds strong at Number Two after debuting at the top last week. And Rhonda Vincent has TWO songs on this week's countdown and wait till you hear who's got the New Number One song on Bluegrass Radio! Charlotte has her hands full with artist biographies, while Brian continues his campaign to make life difficult for the bloke supposedly running the programme!Join Mike Kear for two hours of great bluegrass music, chart movement, artist stories and a little good-natured mischief.It's all here in Countdown #217!Based on the weekly Bluegrass Today radio airplay chart.

This week there’s plenty of movement, with a new number one, two debuts, eight returning songs and two ties — giving us a total of 22 songs in the countdown.Benson makes a dramatic return with Firsts And Forevers, jumping from outside the countdown last week all the way to number one. Jaelee Roberts remains close behind with Memories on the Moon, while Rhonda Vincent, Buddy Melton and Milan Miller round out the top five.Our two debuts this week come from Donna Hughes with Give Me a Trail and The Grascals with Dancin’ Girl. The Grascals also have a second song in the countdown with That Girl Made a Wreck of Me.We also step away from the main countdown for a couple of special features. First, a look at an unusual Appalachian cat sanctuary project using AI-generated close harmony in its music, including the song God Sends Me Cats. Then we check the top three on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel Airplay list, featuring Ricky Skaggs, Belles Of Blue and this week’s gospel number one, Caroline Owens featuring The Isaacs with Old Time Church.Plus music from Red Camel Collective, Alan Bibey, Daryl Mosley, Dailey & Vincent, High Fidelity, Lonesome River Band, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Danny Burns, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and more.Hosted by Mike Kear from Hawkesbury Radio in Sydney, Australia.

Countdown #214 brings plenty of movement, with a new number one, six debuts, six returning songs and — for the first time since May 24 — no ties at all.This week’s highest debut comes from Lonesome River Band with “Walking Back to Bluefield,” while other new entries include Dailey & Vincent, The Grascals, Daryl Mosley and Songs From The Road Band.There are also a couple of side trips along the way. We take a look at numbers 5 through 2 on the Grassicana list before returning to Danny Burns’ “Fisherman’s Blues,” which is number one there and number five in the Bluegrass Top 20.We also feature three selections from this week’s Bluegrass Today Gospel list: Appalachian Road Show with “Long Time Traveling,” Pitney Meyer with “Rivers of Living Water,” and Kenny and Amanda Smith with “The Inventor.” The final two share the number one position on the Gospel list.And at the top of the main countdown, Milan Miller completes quite a comeback. “Dance Among the Thistle” was out of the Top 20 last week, but returns this week all the way at number one.