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Bluegrass Review #1606. Program for Feb 6-12, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show today, we acknowledge that bluegrass specializes in all kinds of “unhappy” including breakups. We play a couple of stylistically ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1608. Blues Influence in Bluegrass Music. Regular users piece for Feb 20-26, but there's no real date peg. Piece relates to Black History Month and
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Blues tonality and the blues form come from African American people. The blues long been thought to have begun as field hollers and moans, and ...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1607. Program for Feb 13-19, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The murder ballad, where a demented male lover for no known reason, kills his sweetheart has cast a long shadow in bluegrass music, and in our cult...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems 1606 Virtuosity. Piece suggested for Feb 6 -Feb 12, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music has been a long time in the making. The sentimental songs the Carter Family sang and the rough and tumble lyrics of Jimmie Rodgers ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:40
Ten More From David: A David Bowie Appreciation (Part 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1604. Program for Jan 23-29, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on today, we play a couple of songs about the breakup dance. In one, the singer has a feeling that the relationship is about to end. In the o...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gems of Bluegrass #1604. Another Look at the Long Shadow of Flatt and Scruggs. Piece suggested for January 16-22, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bill Monroe is the Father of Bluegrass. But the most popular band in the history of bluegrass? Well, it could be Flatt and Scruggs. Lester Flatt an...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 07:30
Bluegrass Review #1603. Program for Jan 16-22, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show we play some new recordings that reference the work of bluegrass founder Bill Monroe. On our Gem of Bluegrass, people sometimes c...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Gems of Bluegrass #1603. The Beauty of Bluegrass and the Beauty of Jazz. Piece suggested for January 16-22, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is a lot to like about jazz and a lot to like about bluegrass. Each has appealing legacy, each owes to the blues, and each is a musician’s mu...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Gems of Bluegrass #1602. Different tune types, different approaches to soloing. Piece suggested for January 9-15, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass and old time musicians have musical values that they talk about sometimes. One major reference point is melody. Now in each case, the mel...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
Gems of Bluegrass #1553 Bluegrass and the Purity Thing. piece suggested for Jan 9-15, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The piece focuses on what it means when people call bluegrass "pure." For some reason, "pure" equals "good" in the eyes of many.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:19
Bluegrass Review #1602. Program for Jan 9-15, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with songs combining a couple of major bluegrass reference points: poverty and romance. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on instrumental...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1553. Program for Dec 26, 2015-Jan 2, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early during the show, we compare a couple of songs where the guy doesn’t get the girl. Some bluegrass fans believe that bluegrass, or some bluegra...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Gems of Bluegrass #1553. "The Bluegrass Purity Thing." piece suggested for Dec 26, 2015-Jan 2, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Ever notice that when people praise a piece of bluegrass music, they often say that it is pure? What do they mean by that?

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 10:19
Bluegrass Review #1552. Program for Dec 19-25, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Cristmas on the Bluegrass Review

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1551. Program for Dec 12-18, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It isn’t easy being on stage. A couple of songs at the show’s outset document this fact. Our Gem of Bluegrass poses the question “What if Bluegrass...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1550. Program for Dec 5-11, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Examples of the British – Bluegrass connection keep on coming, so we keep on playing them. The Gem of Bluegrass is about the guitar in bluegrass. T...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1549. Program for Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2015, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After opening with new bluegrass by Bradford lee Folk, the program plays some trains songs that give us more than the power of a train as a metapho...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1548. Program for Nov 21-27, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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We present a couple of bluegrass songs, one old and one new, where Fall represents the ending of relationships. The Gem of Bluegrass reflects blueg...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1547 Program for Nov 14 – Nov 20, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Because the show has presented a good deal of old-time music lately, we play a couple of fiddle tune recordings, one old and one recent, that are p...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 16
Gems #1547 Bluegrass Music Combinations.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Everybody knows what bluegrass is, right? Well, if that’s true, why do bluegrass fans spend so much time trying to define it. Today’s Gem of Bluegr...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:30
Bluegrass Review 1546. Program for Nov 7-Nov 13, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show today, we play recent bluegrass songs concerning alcohol. Unlike old songs which moralize against the use of alcohol, these more ...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 16
Gems of Bluegrass #1545 Old Time Music is a Happening Thing.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old time music is a cover term for all of the styles handed down over the generations primarily through the oral tradition. Bill Monroe is credited...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 06:29
Bluegrass Review #1544. Piece for Oct 24-30, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Because we have in house some intriguing new CDs, we open the show with them. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the musical mood of “bluegrass loneso...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1544. For regular users, piece for Oct 24-30, 2014. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The mood of bluegrass is often blue, even when the musical accompaniment is lively. But sometimes, the blue musical accompaniment matches the mood ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:19