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Bluegrass Review # 1515. Program for April 4 - 10, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program begins with two songs named Amanda. The recent song by Volume Five concerns a woman whose life story contains a lot of unwanted goodbye...

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


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1514. Program for march 28 - April 3, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with current bluegrass by the Grass Cats. Then, it’s two songs that focus on hobos. The first, a recent one by Cody Shuler tells of ...

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1512. Program for March 14-20, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with songs of emotional hardness. It can happen as a result of a failed relationship or just because a person doesn’t allow the tim...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1511. Program for Marcy 7-13, 2015
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 songs about difficult or impossible journeys; and then one about a psychologically tough jou...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1510. Program for Feb 28-March 6, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on, we have fun playing a couple of songs with almost the same name. The Gem of Bluegrass reflects on poor people in bluegrass: they may be p...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1509. Program for Feb 21-27, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The city represents many contrasting points of view in bluegrass music. Towards the start of the show we pick out a few songs with contrasting view...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1507. Program for Feb 7-13, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with prison songs that speak of different aspects of the prison experience. Then, it is time for our Gem of Bluegrass. This week’s g...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1506. Program for Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We kick off the show with some current bluegrass. Then, it’s a couple of songs relating to phases of life, and each song references a “garden wall....

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1505. Program for Jan 24-30, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show, a couple of songs in which age plays a factor. One is about hanging around an old man, someone your parents warned you against b...

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


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1504. Program for Jan 17 – Jan 23, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with a great recent track by songwriter Donna Hughes. Then we play a couple of songs whose songwriters were plainly philosophizing a...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1503. Program for Jan 10-16, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a little contemporary bluegrass, the show slides into some songs where one person is telling off another. Let’s just say that we sing some th...

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1502. Program for January 3 - 9, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass, and a couple of songs about the California and Alaska gold rushes. After the Gem of Bluegrass about the bluegras...

Bought by WEZU, KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1452. Program for Dec 20-26, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s Christmas on the Bluegrass Review. Robin and Linda Williams and Donna Ulisse talk about some of their Christmas-related songs.

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1451. Program for Dec 13-19, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
At the show’s beginning, we play recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss the evolution of the song “The House Carpenter.” In so...

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


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review 1450. Program for Dec 6 - 12, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent bluegrass opens our show. Then we present two lighthearted looks at aging; one instrumental and one an old time song. The Gem of Bluegrass f...

Bought by WEZU, KSKQ, WOUB, KRZA, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (2 hour and 1 hour non-newscast versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WYSO, KGLT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1449. Program for Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum 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...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review 1448. Program for Nov 22-28, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s broadcast begins with a new bluegrass song. Then, we play a couple of songs about young women leaving home. The first is tragic, while the ...

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 9
Gems 1448. Bluegrass and What is Real. piece suggested for Nov 22-28, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s always been true that when cultures contact each other they influence each other. And with the variety of music styles old and new so easily a...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
Bluegrass Review #1447. Program for Nov 15-21, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with recent bluegrass. On the Gem of Bluegrass, the subject is Autumn and bluegrass songs. Then we play a couple of songs where Autu...

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


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1446. Program for Nov 8-14, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show today, we play the songs “Off My Mind” and “On My Mind.” You might think these songs are about different things, but in each case...

Bought by WEZU, KRPS, KSJD, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1444. Program for Oct 25-Oct 31, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a new bluegrass song, we play a couple of instances of the Spanish-bluegrass connection. The Gem of Bluegrass is concerned with the developme...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
#1224- The Abraham Jam: David LaMotte
From: Sandburg Media
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David LaMotte on music and faith; Katy Scrogin on Toward a True Kinship of Faiths.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 49:00
#1301- Religious Environmentalism, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Fletcher Harper on religious environmentalism; Katy Scrogin on Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists.

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 33:32
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1443. Program for October 18-24, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a little recent bluegrass. Then, we survey the bluegrass catalog regarding songs about “boots.” Subject matter ranges from song...

Bought by WEZU, KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16