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Gems of Bluegrass #1226 "Footprints in the Snow"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Bluegrass songs evolve for all sorts of reasons. Take footprints in the snow. There’s more than one way you can understand the song, which begins w...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
Bluegrass Review # 1226. Program for June 23-29, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Out show opens with new and recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass we consider the evolution of the song “Footprints in the Snow.” It was ...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1225.. Show for June 16-22, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Nostalgia is big in bluegrass. The show opens with two nostalgia songs. In the first by the Bankesters, the singer expresses that she longs to be n...

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  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review #1224 program for June 9-15, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
This show has a couple of songs where poverty is woven into the lyrics to start out. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss the recorded Bill Mo...

Bought by WRGY, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KUCB and more


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1223 Program for June 2-8, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with songs where finance matters. Then our Gem of bluegrass surveys the forms bluegrass anthems take. Later a conversation with Lynn...

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  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems of Bluegrass #1222 "Early Bluegrass and Loss"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We know that bluegrass music is blue. The most obvious examples are the seemingly limitless number of songs about lovers breaking up. But in bluegr...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:15
Bluegrass Review #1222. Program for May 26 – June 1, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with a couple of songs using “dirt road” in the title. Similar phrase, but the songs are very different. Remember the song “Long Bl...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems of Bluegrass #1219 Constructions, Deconstructions and Reinventions
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
A recent Gem of Bluegrass addressed the recontexting of bluegrass songs. Take a bluegrass song or bluegrass approach and combine it with ideas from...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:53
Bluegrass Review #1219. Program for May 5-11, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass depicts tragedy from the point of view of those affected, very well. A couple of flood songs open the show. Then a lengthy Gem of Bluegra...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems of Bluegrass 1218 Hidden Challenges of Playing Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When you play bluegrass or any type of old time music, you rely on your ear. Sure, some of the music written down, but if you rely solely on writte...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
Gems of Bluegrass #1217 Bluegrass paradigm Change
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One of the great things about bluegrass is that it is always changing, always evolving. The 60’s was an era with a lot of change, and it may be hap...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
Gems of Bluegrass #1216 Recontexting
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We know that bluegrass evolves over time. But what causes the evolution? Usually we think it’s caused by the little changes made by players. But wh...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 09:33
Bluegrass Review # 1216 program for April 14-20, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Exciting new bluegrass opens this week’s broadcast. After that we investigate a major way bluegrass evolves: by recontexting music; you might say, ...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Gems #1215 Bluegrass and the House of the Rising Sun For regular users, piece for April 7-13, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
The House of the Rising Sun. It’s an old time song that’s been kept alive by a lot of singers. Why do singers like it? It might be that it sings of...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
Gems of Bluegrass #1214 Tom Dooley For regular users, piece for march 31 - April 6, 2012. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Tom Dooley. It’s an American Ballad that has shown staying power. Why? Part of it is what it’s about: sex and violence. Plus, everybody was talking...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1214 program for March 31-April 6, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with new selections. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass focuses on Tom Dooley, an American ballad that was given new life by a pop recordi...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems 1213 Catching the Ear with a Good Song Hook
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What’s in a song? You might ask. Well if there is a lyric that is ear catching, people will want to listen to find out what’s in a song.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 08:35
Bluegrass Review #1213 program for March 24-30, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
How does a songwriter catch a listener’s ear? Frequently it’s a good song hook, a telling phrase that references more than the action of a given so...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1212 show for Mar 17 – Mar 23, 2012 "The Celtic-Bluegrass Connection"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Today’s show is concerned mostly with the Celtic-Bluegrass connection. The original Scots-Irish immigrants to the Appalachians formed the overall s...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems of Bluegrass #1211 Twin FIddling
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On the American frontier, the fiddle was the most important instrument. For one thing, the Scots Irish settlers was an instrument used to accompany...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 07:46
Bluegrass Review #1211 show for March 10-16, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KUCB and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems #1210 What Makes ‘em laugh in a Bluegrass Song
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
There’s a vein of humor that runs through country music and bluegrass. Over the years there have been different approaches. It’s probably because t...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 09:24
Bluegrass Review #1210 program for March 3-9, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems of Bluegrass #1209 Marriage and Bluegrass For regular users, program fo Feb 25-Mar2, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass fans get a kick about talking about the main focus of bluegrass love songs: the exit point of the relationship. It’s funny because, unlik...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
Bluegrass Review #1209 Program for Feb 25 - March 2, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
At the beginning of the show, we spin a couple of songs by artists who are learning all about the blues. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we investig...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10