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Bluegrass Review #1721. Program for May 20-May 26, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on today’s broadcast, we play a couple of recent songs about love. They are not broken-hearted melodies, but romantic songs depicting happy c...

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  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1720. Program for May 13-May 19, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music concerns itself with farm work. Many, including those on this show concern themselves with how hard the work is. The Gem of Bluegra...

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  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass #1719. Update on the Bluegrass-Blues Connection
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Most musical idioms in the United States are touched by the blues. That includes bluegrass of course, Many consider the combining of African Americ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
Bluegrass Review #1719. Program for May 6-May 12, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is a steady stream of bluegrass treatments of country songs a generation and more old. We play a couple of gems from the current crop of blue...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1718. Program for April 29-May 5, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In bluegrass songs, bad things seem to happen to marginal people in marginal places. We comment on that characteristic during the Gem of Bluegrass....

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1717. Program for April 22-April 28, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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A vein of Bluegrass and Old-Time songs are set by bodies of water. We play a couple of these songs. One has the singer feeling further removed from...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1716. Program for April 15-April 21, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One was current bluegrass differs from first generation songs is that today, songwriters write about self-discovery. We play a couple of them. On t...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1715. Program for April 8-April 14, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusabaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with new bluegrass, and throughout the show, spin some great new banjo music. On the Gem of Bluegrass we track the evolution of th...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1714. Program for April 1-April 8, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show we play a couple of songs whose subject matter is coal, one of the compelling bluegrass stories in the history of the genre. The ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1713. Program for March 25-April 31, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show begins with a couple of songs where the singers, tired of seemingly being hit from all sides, all the time, seek getting away from it all....

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gems 1713 What is Traditional in Bluegrass Lyrics
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What is traditional about bluegrass lyrics? The definition of tradition usually has to do with continuing something over time. Some bluegrass songs...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 07:47
Bluegrass Review #1712. Program for March 18-March 24, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
So many ways to feel unbalanced mentally; and so many ways to sing about it. We play some recent songs depicting the condition, and one representin...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gems of Bluegrass 1710. Who Likes Work?
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Who enjoys work? Old-time farmers? That was a work all the time existence on the family farm. It had its satisfactions such as working with nature ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 07:18
Bluegrass Review #1710. Program for March 4-March 10, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with spins of recent broken hearted melodies. There have always been bluegrass songs that depict work. But does anyone enjoy the wor...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gems of Bluegrass #1709. Tragic Romances
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Back in the 1930 era, farm work engaged most members of the old time music audience, and it of course was hard work, and it could be 24/7. The sin...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 07:57
Bluegrass Review #1709. Program for Feb 25-Mar 2, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What does it mean to drift? We open with a few “drifting” songs. On our Gem of Bluegrass feature, we address work and song depictions of drudgery. ...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1708. Program for Feb 18-Feb 24, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There always seems to be a trickle of songs about coal being written, and early in the show, we play a few. Our Gem of Bluegrass references the evo...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gems 1709. Work: The Drudgery Will Kill You
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Back in the 1930 era, farm work engaged most members of the old time music audience, and it of course was hard work, and it could be 24/7. The sin...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 07:57
Bluegrass Review #1707. Program for Feb 11-Feb 17, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Over the course of bluegrass and old-time music history, there is a strain of songs about strong drink. Recently, there have been some songs about ...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gems of Bluegrass #1707 Bluegrass interactions with other Forms
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Some view traditional music styles as singular, insulated from other styles. And that has been true at certain times in certain places. But owing t...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 06:03
Bluegrass Review #1706. Program for Feb 4-Feb 10, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open with a couple of songs about hard work. In the first, the singer wishes he could get away from it. In the second, the prospect of always ha...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bluegrass Review #1705. Program for Jan 28-Feb 3, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are plenty of songs about coal, and plenty of them about guns. But there are not many sung from the point of view or either, and that is how ...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bluegrass Review #1704. Program for Jan 21-Jan 27, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program opens up with new bluegrass. Then, it’s our Gem of Bluegrass. Most Americans, whether or not they like bluegrass, have heard the tune O...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1703. Program for Jan 14-Jan 20, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Bluegrass lyrics frequently reside in small towns. Our show today opens with some songs about small towns. Some celebrate them, while others offer ...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bluegrass Review #1702. Program for Jan 7-Jan 13, 2017.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Poverty is a common motivator of bluegrass song lyrics, and early on, we play some great examples. You might think that the slew of pop songs known...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7