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Bluegrass Review #1404. Program for Jan 18-24, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show, we play a couple of bluegrass songs named “Cry.” On our Gem of bluegrass, we take a look at the Reuben / Train 45 song complex. ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1403. Program for Jan 11 - 17, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Hard work is in the background of bluegrass, so we open with a couple of songs focused on just that. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss cabins. So...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1401. Program for Dec 28, 2013-Jan 3, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 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 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1351. Program for Dec 14-20, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Towards the beginning of the show, we play a couple of Larry Cordle compositions: one deals with a woman’s attitude about her ex‘s new flame and th...

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  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Gems of Bluegrass #1350 Bonaparte's Retreat. Regular users broadcast between Dec 7-13, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One of the best loved tunes around is Bonaparte’s Retreat. But why? Is it the title? The melody? Lyle Lofgren and Phil Nusbaum seek a solution to t...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 12:00
Bluegrass Review #1350. Show for Dec 7-13, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our broadcast opens with new bluegrass by the Del McCoury band. Then, a couple of recent songs relating to mining coal. It’s a special Gem of Blueg...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1349. Program for Nov 30-Dec 6, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with an outstanding recent song from the Steep Canyon Rangers. Then, we play modern songs about workers who embody their work. Then,...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1348. Program for Nov 23-29, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Broken hearted melodies begin our show today. And then comes a new song sung by Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman that comments that those with brok...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1347. Program for Nov 16 - 22, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with recent bluegrass by Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins. You might know that there are not very many bluegrass songs where “regular” po...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1347 "Is Bluegrass Simple?" For regular users, piece for November 16-22, 2013. others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To some self-appointed music experts, bluegrass is simple. You know, even though songs can have more than 3 chords, people say that all they ever h...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
Gems of Bluegrass #1346. Mainstreaming Bluegrass Vocals. For regular users, piece for Nov 9-15, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Noaman
Historian Charles Wolfe tells us that 1920s country music grew organically. It took a while for recording companies to learn that rural southerners...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1346. Program for Nov 9-15, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The show opens with current bluegrass, including a couple of newly recorded songs written by Merle Haggard. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we reflect on ...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review 1345. Program for Nov 2 - 8, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 eitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with cutting edge bluegrass created by experienced musicians. These songs prove that when it comes to testing the boundaries, it isn...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review # 1344. Program for Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show begins with new bluegrass by Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, and by Johnny Staats. The we get spooky! Following the Hallowe’en stuff, the Gem...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Gems of Bluegrass #1343 "Realistic Depictions of Work"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The old bluegrass songs about work suggest that work defines a person. And maybe that was true with work that was 24/7. But today it seems to be mo...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1343. Program for Oct 19-25, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
“Goodbye” is a major theme in bluegrass songs. Our show opens with two types of this songtype. One, by Lorraine Jordon and Carolina Road is a tradi...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1341. Program for Oct 5 - 11, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
After a recent Peter Rowan song opens the show. We play a couple of love songs. The first is an extremely positive, beginning-og-a-relationship son...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Gems of Bluegrass #1340 "Un-Bluesy Bluegrass"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Certain people, including me say that Bill Monroe’s greatest innovation was weaving the blues into all of his playing. The way and his followers do...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
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