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Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass is a combination of many styles originating in America, Europe and Africa. But bluegrass is considered American. Ask bluegrass players wh...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
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You know what bluegrass and old time music get from the old ballad singers? It’s the frank way the sung stories unfold. And when we listeners hear ...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass is a combination of many styles originating in America, Europe and Africa. But bluegrass is considered American. Ask bluegrass players wh...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When you play bluegrass banjo, you can use a combination of formulas and invented playing techniques. You put a lot of sweat equity in learning the...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2009
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
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So many players get started by imitating what they've heard. They just have to make that pretty sound. But in the process of learning, the music ch...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In bluegrass, there is the mandolin, the guitar, the fiddle, the banjo and the bass, and sometimes the dobro. And that’s it. But why the limitation...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WMMT, KZYX, and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 01, 2009
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
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program suggested for Nov 15 - 21, 2008

Bought by KCRW, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 4
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piece suggested for Nov 1 - 7, 2008

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
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piece suggested for October 24 - 30, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
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program suggested for Oct 11 - 17, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
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piece suggested for September 27 - October 3, 2008

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 2
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program suggested for July 5-11, 2008

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
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program suggested for July 19 - 25, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Japancakes mixes electric guitar with pedal steel guitar, classical strings with synthesizers for a sound that's got country airs strung out in cla...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A classical group from Korea called the Ahn Trio and a rock band from Texas called Balmorhea converge on a similar, ambient chamber music sound.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
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A sound-rich review of Gerry O'Beirne's CD "The Bog Bodies and Other Stories"

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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program suggested for April 19 -125, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
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program suggested for April 12 - 18, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Program suggested for April 5 - 11, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 2
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Program suggested for March 29 - April 4, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 2
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Musicians, writers and Beatle fans weigh in on what some critics call the best pop/rock single ever: Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 19:33
  • Purchases: 6