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Folk Salad airdate 1/14/2024
From: SCOTT Aycock
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We welcome into the studio Annie Ellicott and Scott McQuade to talk about their new CD "Happy Talk", and play some tunes from it. ALSO we play a ta...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Folk Salad airdate 12/3/2023
From: SCOTT Aycock
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week we air a tribute to one of Tulsa's favorite sons: Leon Russell.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Folk Salad airing 10-22-23
From: SCOTT Aycock
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Featuring an in-studio performance by Tulsa-based bluegrass band "Grasscrack".

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 56:18
Americans
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Free America, Credit: Harmonia Mundi
New releases including Barber, Copland, Michael Daugherty, and Avner Dorman.

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blues America 152 - Dom Flemons
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Dom Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist and native of Arizona who emerged onto the roots scene as the co-founder of the Grammy-Award winning folk ba...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 9
The Roadhouse PRX 041
From: Tony Steidler-Dennison
Series: The Roadhouse
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We jump back into the flow that you've come to expect from The Roadhouse after a slight diversion in the last hour. It's almost all contemporary bl...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Mar 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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
Country Fried Rock Show #1320: The SteelDrivers
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: The SteelDrivers Hammer Down, Credit: Official Album Cover
The SteelDrivers have had a notable career in bluegrass and Americana, so what happens when both the founder and the lead vocalist leave the band?

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, KMXT, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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 #1250. The Wall of Sound
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Follow bluegrass and old time music for a while, and you realize that fans and players are tuned into the evolution of the music. The evolution has...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:23
Bluegrass Review #1123
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
After a selection from the new Russell Johnson CD, we play a couple of songs about war. One displays cruelty, the other kindness. The Gem of Bluegr...

Bought by WEZU, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1122
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Show for May 28 - June 2, 2011 Bluegrass values hard work. Our program opens with a few songs that turn on this classic bluegrass value. You might ...

Bought by WEZU, WAMU, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
Gems #1117 Evolution of Bluegrass Rhythm
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, piece for April 23-29, 2011. Others use anytime. Piece reflects of the basics of bluegrass rhythm, and tells a little about how ...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1110
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with PRX award, Credit: Karen Van Norman
program for February 5 - 11, 2010

Bought by KMXT, KUCB, WAMU, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review # 1109
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ PRX award, Credit: Karen Van Norman
program for Feb 26 - March 4, 2011

Bought by KUCB, WAMU, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Gems of Bluegrass 1107 Heavy Bluegrass Burdens
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Many bluegrass songs depict heavy burdens borne by characters in songs, and by us listeners. That's the subject of this Gem of Bluegrass.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1107
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Program for Feb 22 - 28, 2011

Bought by WEZU, KUCB, WXXI Rochester, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass # 1106 Bluegrass History and Bluegrass Culture
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To folk music scholars, a style of folk music represents a specific group of people, but also has relationships with surrounding cultures. For a lo...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and WAMU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1104: Ralph Peer and the Careers of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil head shot, Credit: Karen Van Norman
For regular users, Gem for Jan 22-28, 2011. Others use anytime.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Gems #1102 Traditional Tunes into Performance Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Jan 8 - 14, 2011. Others use any time.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:58
Gems of Bluegrass #1103 Worlds We Have Lost
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Jan 15 - 21, 2011. Others use any time.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1053 Dumb Guys
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Jan 25 - 31, otherwise use anytime

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1052 Jimmy martin
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for December 25 - 31, 2010. Others use any time.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:17