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Bluegrass Review #1652. Program for Dec 24-Dec 30, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Becky Schlegel plays and talks about the songs she writes that are given as gifts. Other bluegrass artists share their Christmas thoughts.

Bought by WEZU, KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1651. Program for Dec 17-Dec 23, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
At close to year’s end, we’ve got a lot of new bluegrass, so we spin some of the highlights of the wave of new releases, While old-time music has a...

Bought by WEZU, WTIP, RadioFreePalmer, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 9: Ari Shapiro
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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You know his show, his name, and his voice. Still there's so much more to learn about this NPR Golden Boy. Listen as Julian gets the scoop on All T...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, and KUER


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1649. Program for Dec 3-Dec 9, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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A couple of songs depicting personal trouble open the show. One is about a missed connection, the other about settling long-standing anger. The Gem...

Bought by WEZU, WVRU, RadioFreePalmer, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1646. Program for Nov 12-Nov 18, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: k
The way the world is going, small towns and small town downtowns are really taking a beating. We present a group of songs on this issue. The Gem of...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1647.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When Bluegrass goes downtown, it’s generally to have fun, and sometime too much! After a few “downtown” songs, the Gem of Bluegrass features bluegr...

Bought by WTIP, WOUB, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1645. Program for Nov 5-Nov 11, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After an HDS (hard-driving song) to open the show, we play three examples of the Unfortunate Rake song cycle, where, before death, the protagonist ...

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1643. Program for Oct 22-Oct 28, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old songs about driving trucks frequently center on the power of trucks and the long drives. More recent ones also focus on the relationships conne...

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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Philip Galinsky and Rosemary Johns
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interviews with Actor and Producer Philip Galinsky and Author Rosemary A. Johns. Also music by Arielle Philips

  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:46
Bluegrass Review #1642.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Losing one’s way somehow in life is a frequent topic in bluegrass songs. But how this topic is handled differs from period to period. We listen to ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WVRU, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1639. Program for Sept 24-Sept 30, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sweet 16. It should be joyous to be sweet 16. But in bluegrass, it can be not-so-sweet 16. We play a few examples, and then an old and frivolous so...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1640.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The blues plays a large role in the bluegrass style. There are many ways to use the blues, from the blues tonality to creating song segments that r...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Preview of Upcoming Special "The Emergence of Otis Redding"
From: Paul Ingles
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A 14:30 sampler of comments and music from an upcoming public radio special on the legendary soul singer Otis Redding. Commentators in this previe...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 14:27
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1638.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Bluegrass Review opens with a couple of songs instructing on the dangers of forgetting where one comes from. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass, we ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1634.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After some great current bluegrass by the Trinity River Band, we play a few bluegrass songs where the departed have not completely departed. The Ge...

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


  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1633.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today’s show we continue playing some excellent recent bluegrass. We have new work to play by fiddle virtuoso Mark O’Connor. As usual, we presen...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WVRU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1632.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out with new bluegrass, then proceed to play two related songs, one old and one new, but both grim: They reference short lives of trouble....

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBEM, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1631.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Shortly after the show opens, we play songs related to various types of towns. Later, we feature Frank Wakefield on the Gem of Bluegrass. Frank is ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
Music Worldwide
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: Music
This segment of Let's Travel! Radio is an in-depth look into how Music affects different parts of the mind, body and soul. LTR's Susie conducts the...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:07:21
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 74
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Musician Trevor Sewell, the band March to May, and New York Times bestseller Bre...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 57:55
Bluegrass Review #1625. Program for June 18-June 24, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After we open the show with high lonesome singer Bradford lee Folk, we note a couple of lines of influence. First, the influence Dock Boggs had on ...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, WXXI Rochester, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1624. Program for June 11-June 17, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
April Verch put one of the unconventional songs of the late John Harford on her current CD. That was all the inspiration we needed to put on a song...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1622. Program for May 28-June 3, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our first order of business today is to play a new bluegrass song from an experienced source, Jeff White. In the current state of evolving bluegras...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1621. Program for May 21-May 27, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with some recent bluegrass blues. Then, we continue to present a couple of “lonesome as it gets” songs. One is from the perspecti...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1620. Program for May 14-May 20, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show, we welcome Spring which is taking place in almost every location the show is broadcast. Then we present songs that are as loneso...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17