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Gems 1613 Further Notes on the Jazz– Bluegrass connection. Piece suggested for Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You know how people say they’re jazzed about some things, including bluegrass. They mean they’re excited. Bluegrass and jazz are different idioms o...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 07:15
Bluegrass Review #1613. Program for Mar 26-Apr 1, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the old days of bluegrass there were the happy sounding sad songs. But sad songs today frequently embody musical textures that are also sad. Our...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1612. Program for March 19-25, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are many songs about trains in bluegrass, but what the trains stand for vary greatly. We open the show with a couple of recent examples. Then...

Bought by WEZU, WVRU, WOUB, KKRN, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1609. Program for Feb 27-March 4, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There always seems to be a trickle of songs about working, and we play 3 good ones at the beginning of the show. Our Gem of Bluegrass concerns blue...

Bought by WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, WAMU, WDSE, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1608. Program for Feb 20-26, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Laurie Lewis’ new Cd pays tribute to Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard. One of the Hazel and Alice themes was singing traditional songs. We play one b...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1606. Program for Feb 6-12, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show today, we acknowledge that bluegrass specializes in all kinds of “unhappy” including breakups. We play a couple of stylistically ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1608. Blues Influence in Bluegrass Music. Regular users piece for Feb 20-26, but there's no real date peg. Piece relates to Black History Month and
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Blues tonality and the blues form come from African American people. The blues long been thought to have begun as field hollers and moans, and ...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1607. Program for Feb 13-19, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The murder ballad, where a demented male lover for no known reason, kills his sweetheart has cast a long shadow in bluegrass music, and in our cult...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems 1606 Virtuosity. Piece suggested for Feb 6 -Feb 12, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music has been a long time in the making. The sentimental songs the Carter Family sang and the rough and tumble lyrics of Jimmie Rodgers ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:40
Bluegrass Review #1603. Program for Jan 16-22, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show we play some new recordings that reference the work of bluegrass founder Bill Monroe. On our Gem of Bluegrass, people sometimes c...

Bought by WSAJ, KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, WEZU and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Gems of Bluegrass #1603. The Beauty of Bluegrass and the Beauty of Jazz. Piece suggested for January 16-22, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is a lot to like about jazz and a lot to like about bluegrass. Each has appealing legacy, each owes to the blues, and each is a musician’s mu...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Bluegrass Review #1553. Program for Dec 26, 2015-Jan 2, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early during the show, we compare a couple of songs where the guy doesn’t get the girl. Some bluegrass fans believe that bluegrass, or some bluegra...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Gems of Bluegrass #1551. If Bluegrass Music Were From New York City.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What would Bluegrass music be like if its original home was New York City? It's a fun speculation that Phil Nusbaum provides. For regular users, p...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Bluegrass Review #1549. Program for Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2015, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After opening with new bluegrass by Bradford lee Folk, the program plays some trains songs that give us more than the power of a train as a metapho...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1548. Program for Nov 21-27, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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We present a couple of bluegrass songs, one old and one new, where Fall represents the ending of relationships. The Gem of Bluegrass reflects blueg...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1547 Program for Nov 14 – Nov 20, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Because the show has presented a good deal of old-time music lately, we play a couple of fiddle tune recordings, one old and one recent, that are p...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA, WAMU, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 16
Gems #1547 Bluegrass Music Combinations.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Everybody knows what bluegrass is, right? Well, if that’s true, why do bluegrass fans spend so much time trying to define it. Today’s Gem of Bluegr...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:30
Bluegrass Review #1544. For regular users, piece for Oct 24-30, 2014. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The mood of bluegrass is often blue, even when the musical accompaniment is lively. But sometimes, the blue musical accompaniment matches the mood ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:19
Bluegrass Review #1543. Program for Oct 17-23, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum , Credit: Karen Van Norman
We begin with a couple of songs about farm sales. These are taking place because the family farmers depicted are not able to compete in the agricul...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1541. Program for Oct 3-9, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open today with a couple of truckin’ songs not heard previously. Then it’s a couple of songs about dogs. The first is a recent recording by Big ...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA, KKRN, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1540. Program for Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Songwriters often say that their songs tell stories. It’s usually done by telling what happens to whoever is depicted in a song. But there is a na...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, KKRN, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Gems #1540 Celtic - Bluegrass Connections
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
One of the major roots of the bluegrass and old time music tree is the Celtic that came over with Scots and Irish settlers. The old and new world t...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:54
Bluegrass Review #1539. Program for Sept 19-25, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The word moonshine can mean more than one thing, and that’s the way it is in bluegrass songs. We play two where the reference is definite, and one ...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Gems of Bluegrass 1538 – Old-Time String Band – Bluegrass Transition. For regular users, piece suggested for Sept 12-18, 2015. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk Karen Van Norman, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When the story of the creation of bluegrass is told, usually it starts and ends with Bill Monroe. It’s a kind of big bang theory, and it is true th...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:30
Bluegrass Review #1538. Program for Sept 12-18, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our broadcast opens with songs expressing contrasting views regarding working in cotton mills. The Gem of Bluegrass comments on the evolutionary fa...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12