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Bluegrass Review #1728. Program for July 8-July 14, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with songs about love, and the majority are happy ones. If you know bluegrass, you know that’s not the normal ratio. The Gem of Blue...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Gems of Bluegrass #1725. A Look at Bluegrass Modernity
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is always a group of fans and music industry people who proclaim that the future will be won by bluegrass groups that become more like Progre...

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:47
Gems of Bluegrass #1724. Drums in Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture, conceived broadly. Each Gem ...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:36
Bluegrass Review #1724. Program for June 10-June 16, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
A couple of love songs that are a little out of the ordinary begins our broadcast. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers drums in bluegrass. Because ...

Bought by WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1723. Program for June 3-June 9, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass songwriters have long thought and wrote about old family homes. But it is fare from a complete nostalgia trip, as many of the songs lamen...

Bought by WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1722. Program for May 27-June 2, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The city is at best a necessary evil when it comes to bluegrass songs, Our show opens with a couple of songs about people who live in northern citi...

Bought by WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1721. Program for May 20-May 26, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on today’s broadcast, we play a couple of recent songs about love. They are not broken-hearted melodies, but romantic songs depicting happy c...

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  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1720. Program for May 13-May 19, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music concerns itself with farm work. Many, including those on this show concern themselves with how hard the work is. The Gem of Bluegra...

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  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Old-Time Fiddle Tunes and Classical Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old Time Fiddle Music is a highly developed form, but the world surrounding bluegrass and old time music don’t always treat it that way. Today’s Ge...

  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
Gems of Bluegrass #1719. Update on the Bluegrass-Blues Connection
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Most musical idioms in the United States are touched by the blues. That includes bluegrass of course, Many consider the combining of African Americ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
Bluegrass Review #1719. Program for May 6-May 12, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is a steady stream of bluegrass treatments of country songs a generation and more old. We play a couple of gems from the current crop of blue...

Bought by WTIP, RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1717. Program for April 22-April 28, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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A vein of Bluegrass and Old-Time songs are set by bodies of water. We play a couple of these songs. One has the singer feeling further removed from...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1716. Program for April 15-April 21, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One was current bluegrass differs from first generation songs is that today, songwriters write about self-discovery. We play a couple of them. On t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gems 1713 What is Traditional in Bluegrass Lyrics
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What is traditional about bluegrass lyrics? The definition of tradition usually has to do with continuing something over time. Some bluegrass songs...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 07:47
Bluegrass Review #1709. Program for Feb 25-Mar 2, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What does it mean to drift? We open with a few “drifting” songs. On our Gem of Bluegrass feature, we address work and song depictions of drudgery. ...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1708. Program for Feb 18-Feb 24, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There always seems to be a trickle of songs about coal being written, and early in the show, we play a few. Our Gem of Bluegrass references the evo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass #1707 Bluegrass interactions with other Forms
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Some view traditional music styles as singular, insulated from other styles. And that has been true at certain times in certain places. But owing t...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 06:03
Bluegrass Review #1706. Program for Feb 4-Feb 10, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open with a couple of songs about hard work. In the first, the singer wishes he could get away from it. In the second, the prospect of always ha...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, and WVRU


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bluegrass, Blues and Sitting on Top of the World
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sitting on top of the world has been around a long time. The song was written by Walter Vinson and Sam Chatmon, members of the blues group, the Mis...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:55
Bluegrass Review #1705. Program for Jan 28-Feb 3, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are plenty of songs about coal, and plenty of them about guns. But there are not many sung from the point of view or either, and that is how ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, and WVRU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bluegrass Review #1704. Program for Jan 21-Jan 27, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program opens up with new bluegrass. Then, it’s our Gem of Bluegrass. Most Americans, whether or not they like bluegrass, have heard the tune O...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1702. Program for Jan 7-Jan 13, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Poverty is a common motivator of bluegrass song lyrics, and early on, we play some great examples. You might think that the slew of pop songs known...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1701. Program for Dec 31, 2016-Jan 6, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today's show, we focus on the bluegrass highlights of the previous year.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Gems 1651 Old-Time Music and Modernity
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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Old time music has the reputation of looking at it’s own history for inspiration. But it has also has a cutting edge. In general, cutting edges in ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
Bluegrass Review #1650. Program for Dec 10-Dec 16, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Broken-hearted melodies are commonplace in bluegrass songs. But the stories in the Carolina Blue and Honi Deaton songs presented early are especial...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16