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Bluegrass Review #1532. Program for Aug 1-7, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
We have a little more honky tonk bluegrass towards the beginning of the show. Old time fiddle dance music is a key reference point in both old-tim...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1531. Program for July 25-31, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show today begins with Americana-influenced bluegrass. Or is it Bluegrass-influenced Americana? Out Gem of Bluegrass features the fiddle as the...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1530. Program for July 18-24, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the broadcast, we air a couple of old-time “attitude” songs where the singer speaks his mind regarding his former beloved and former relat...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gems #1530 Poverty and Bluegrass Songs
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass and old time music are often called poor folk’s music. And there’s a good case for that point of view. Most songs do not concern themselv...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:19
Bluegrass Review #1529. Program for July 11-18, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens by playing new and recent bluegrass music. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass considers rounders who appear in bluegrass songs. Rounders are...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
The Bluegrass Review #1528. Program for July 4-10, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s show has a Fourth of July motif, but it opens with a couple of songs about relationship troubles. In each of these songs, the male singer f...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Bluegrass Review #1527. Program for June 27-July 3, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The bluegrass hammer. It is usually what you swing as part of your job or because you are in prison. We play a few bluegrass songs containing hard-...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1526. Program for June 20-26, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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The American Dream and Bluegrass music. Most bluegrass songs that touch on the subject tell how the dream is yet to be fulfilled for the singers. T...

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  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1525. Program for June 13-19, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens today with recent bluegrass music including a new one about the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the old west’s most notorious gun battle....

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  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1524. Program for June 6 - June 12, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Love and money: Is there a connection? Not for the two lucky guys in the first two songs, whose sweethearts don’t care a whit about money. Then we ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1523. Program for May 30 – June 5, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Early on, we play a couple of scary prison songs, where moments of anger lead to violence and long prison sentences. The Gem of Bluegrass features ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1522. Program for May 23-29, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The broadcast opens with songs reflecting various visions of what Sunday is like. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on many ways emotion is expressed in...

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  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1521. Program for May 16-22, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After playing a recent bluegrass selection, we play some interesting truck driving songs, where the connection between truckin’ and family life is ...

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  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gems of Bluegrass #1521 Bluegrass Progressivism Over the Years
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
When you play bluegrass and old time music should you play it the way it’s been handed down? Or should you use the music as a basis for imagining n...

  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
Gems of Bluegrass 1520. For regular users, piece for May 9-15, 2015. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old time and bluegrass music. Many fans consider them as distinct phenomena. But there is reason to consider both as part of the same musical tree.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:39
Bluegrass Review #1518. Program for April 25 - May 1, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
A couple of “hillbilly wedding” songs lead off the show. Then we turn our attention to sung duets. Over time, this type of song treatment has serve...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1519. Program for May 2-8, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Ralph Stanley is perhaps the greatest living bluegrass icon representing the past of bluegrass. Lately, Ralph’s grandson seems to be following in R...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Gems #1518 Duet Singing and Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
When you listen to old bluegrass and the singing styles popular in country music at the time, you can appreciate the early bluegrass as a combinati...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 07:51
Bluegrass Review #1517. Program for April 18-24, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The overarching theme of today’s show is comparing versions of songs. Our first comparison, though compares thoughts on forgiveness. Some bluegrass...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1516. Program for April 11-17, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show today begins with songs between the generations. There is one where a younger person addresses an older one, and where an older once addre...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review # 1515. Program for April 4 - 10, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program begins with two songs named Amanda. The recent song by Volume Five concerns a woman whose life story contains a lot of unwanted goodbye...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1514. Program for march 28 - April 3, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with current bluegrass by the Grass Cats. Then, it’s two songs that focus on hobos. The first, a recent one by Cody Shuler tells of ...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1513. Program for March 21-27, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program opens with current ‘grass. We play a song by the Grass Cats about a guy who is blue because he’s lost his whole family, but contrast it...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1512. Program for March 14-20, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with songs of emotional hardness. It can happen as a result of a failed relationship or just because a person doesn’t allow the tim...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1511. Program for Marcy 7-13, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Towards the beginning of the show, we play a couple of songs about difficult or impossible journeys; and then one about a psychologically tough jou...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16