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Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KUCB and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
There are several great new Civil War songs released lately and we play the cream of the crop. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass addresses bluegrass “puri...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 39:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Early in the show, we play a couple of “second choice” bluegrass songs. One is ironic, the other a good old-fashioned broken hearted melody. Our Ge...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
You hear that songwriters and musicians write and play music reflecting their experiences Fair enough but it doesn’t stop there. In old time music ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show opens with current wave bluegrass. Then our Gem of Bluegrass considers modernistic bluegrass takes on booze. These viewpoints are not as m...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
A disproportionate number of bluegrass songs about money have a $40 price tag. We open with two. On our Gem of Bluegrass, it is "Romance, Fantasy a...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our program opens with bluegrass takes on poverty. Three of the four or actually positive spins. Then, the fourth is an angry one….it’s a song comp...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Many Appalachian people have headed north for work. But they give up something in the process. The show starts with Detroit and Bluegrass. On the G...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a few redone classics, leading to the Gem of Bluegrass which displays different orientations to the blues. Later on the sho...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our program begins with some songs reflecting odd notions of the concept “justice.” The its time for the Gem of Bluegrass, which reflects on bluegr...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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We lead off with a couple of recent “coal” songs. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass focuses on a subtle change in bluegrass band approaches over the last ...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our show begins with songs about kids. In bluegrass there are a lot of tragic songs about kids, but this time we mix in a lot of cute and uplifting...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show opens up with a couple of new Bill Monroe tributes, including a Frank Wakefield interpretation of Monroe’s Bluegrass Stomp. Wakefield is a...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Program for Sept 17-23, 2011. The program starts with new bluegrass by Blue Highway. Then, two views of romance. One is full of excitement, the oth...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Sept 13 is 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe’s. Today’s show tells of the great contributions of Monroe,...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The program opens with recent bluegrass, including a brand new recording by April Verch, the Canadian fiddling virtuoso. With fall approaching, the...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
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2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil and Zeitfunk 2011, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Home is a major focus of bluegrass music. But how the music views home has expanded in recent years. The show opens with three songs about home. On...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Program for June 18-24, 2011 Mexico is close to the United States but for whatever reason, seems a bit exotic. On our show today, we play recent so...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Phil w/ 2010 Zeitgeist award, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Program for June 11-17, 2011. Some people get all the rough breaks. Early on this show we play a couple of songs depicting folks with plain old bad...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
As has become our norm, we open up with new bluegrass, including a couple of songs with truck driving motifs. Our Gem of Bluegrass treats the conve...

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  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
This weekly installment features a segment on who bluegrass blames for social problems, an interview with Jim and Valerie Gabehart, recent war-rela...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7