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Bluegrass Review #1340. Program for Sept 28-Oct 4, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of strong pieces about having bluegrass dreams deferred by family and career. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass feature, w...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Gems of Bluegrass #1339 "Where Did Bill Monroe Get his Blues Influence?”
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You can view the rise of bluegrass in the 1940s as an evolution, or as the result of musical innovations by Bill Monroe. One of Bill’s great innova...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:14
Bluegrass Review #1339. Program for Sept 21-27, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: karen Van Norman
The program opens with recent bluegrass, including a new mining song. But unlike most in bluegrass, the song is set in the silver mining industry. ...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1338. Program for Sept 14-20, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the broadcast we play another recent song about coal, “Coal miner’s Gold.” “Gold” is of course coal, but in fact, it belongs to the mine o...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems #1338 Another Look at Jimmie Brown the Newsboy. Regular users run Sept 14-20, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Jimmie Brown the Newsboy. The song has been done many times. On the surface, it’s a charming story of a young boy who helps out his mother by selli...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Bluegrass Review #1337. Program for Sept 7-13, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Rocky Road. There is more than one Rocky Road song in bluegrass. We play the new on by Jason Davis and the 1940s classic by Bill Mon roe and the Bl...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1333 Songs of Complaint. For regular users, piece for Aug 10-16, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bluegrass has a lot of songs of complaint. Today, we take a look at the evolution of this type of song with Phil Nusbaum, Adam Granger and Lyle Lof...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:23
Gems of Bluegrass #1335 Effects of Technology on Performance
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Before the arrival of electricity and invention of sound reinforcement, a dance or performance required several musicians capable of playing loud a...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 06:57
Bluegrass Review #1335. Program for Aug 24-30, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of songs that explore the differences between planning for life, or taking things as they come along. Then, Lyle Lofgr...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Gems #1334 "Changes to What is Considered Bluegrass." For regular users, show for Aug 17-23, 2013; others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The notion of what is considered bluegrass is slowly migrating. Today, Lyle Lofgren, Adam Granger and Phil Nusbaum comment on the situation.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 07:23
Bluegrass Review #1334. Program for August 17 - 23, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens up with a couple of songs depicting relationships where one of the woman discovers that the riches showered upon her aren’t doing...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1333. August 10-16, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Each week, the show presents current and historical bluegrass music, as well as interviews, produced segments and commentary. The result is in-dept...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1331. Program for July 27-Aug 2, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Part of the standard information about old time fiddling is that it is passed down within families. On today’s show, we investigate the passing on ...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1330. Program for July 20-26, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Music is a major focus of people today. It helps us to present images of ourselves, and music is also used to create types of environments. Many of...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1329 Program for July 13-19, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s show opens with varied songs about letters. On the Gem of Bluegrass, Lyle Lofgren, Adam Granger and host Phil Nusbaum investigate old time ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review # 1328 Program for July 6-12, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s our first show this summer with the insights of Lyle Lofgren and Adam Granger. Both are players residing in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and Adam w...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass # 1327
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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In the late 1940s when bluegrass was new, it was considered an innovation. But in time, bluegrass became its own tradition with its own conventions...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Bluegrass Review #1327. Program for June 29 - July 5, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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After opening up the show with new bluegrass by Big Country Bluegrass, we play some songs of commitment. First it is the Trinity River Band’s song ...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1326. Show for June 22-28, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You meet all kinds of people in bluegrass songs. Some of them seem lost. Who knows why? However, these types of people make compelling bluegrass so...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Gems of Bluegrass #1325 "Another Look at Leaving"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
That’s it! I’m Outa Here! Well, that’s one way to make an exit. And that works sometime. But there is much more to leaving than being at the end of...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
Bluegrass Review #1325. Show for June 15-21, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a brand new selection by former Blue Grass Boy Peter Rowan. Then we proceed to a couple of new nostalgic songs about grandpa. O...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1324. Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early Bluegrass is often viewed as a post WWII idiom reflecting great changes in the US. With that in mind, it makes sense that early bluegrass is ...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Gems of Bluegrass # 1323. Everybody Wants to Be the Banjo. for regular users, piece for June 1-7, 2013. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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A light-hearted look at people and other entities imitations fo the banjo.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
Bluegrass Review #1323. Program for June 1-7, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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The program begins with new bluegrass, then presents a contrast of songs: Jim Reams’ song about not being able to settle down and Flat and Scruggs’...

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  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1322. Program for May 25-May 31, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/20112 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass. We muse that few songs are focused on individuals set in one place. But we found a few. And what is the place? “...

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  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13