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Bluegrass Review #1220 program for May 12-18, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Because we’ve got a lot of new bluegrass to play, we start out the show that way, and we include a couple of additional songs about coal. Our Gem o...

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


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Making Schools Safe for Everyone: LGBTQ Youth Develop Solutions
From: On Blast
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How can we make schools safer for LGBTQ students? We start by letting LGBTQ youth take the lead in developing student-centered solutions. Listen to...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 182
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Songwriter/Author Storm Large, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
STORM LARGE - Singer, songwriter, author SUSAN SALADOFF - Documentary filmmaker

Bought by WNJR and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1219 Constructions, Deconstructions and Reinventions
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
A recent Gem of Bluegrass addressed the recontexting of bluegrass songs. Take a bluegrass song or bluegrass approach and combine it with ideas from...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:53
Bluegrass Review #1219. Program for May 5-11, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass depicts tragedy from the point of view of those affected, very well. A couple of flood songs open the show. Then a lengthy Gem of Bluegra...

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


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 182 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Songwriter/Author Storm Large, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
STORM LARGE - Singer, songwriter, author SUSAN SALADOFF - Documentary filmmaker

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review 1218. Program for Apr 28 – May 4, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You know how bluegrass fans comment on all the sad songs in bluegrass, particularly those with happy melodies. The show opens with sad songs, happy...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass 1218 Hidden Challenges of Playing Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When you play bluegrass or any type of old time music, you rely on your ear. Sure, some of the music written down, but if you rely solely on writte...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
StoryCorps Griot: Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed and Arthur "Sonny" Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karen Slade
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass #1217 Bluegrass paradigm Change
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One of the great things about bluegrass is that it is always changing, always evolving. The 60’s was an era with a lot of change, and it may be hap...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
Bluegrass Review #1217 program for April 21-27, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w. 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program begins with current wave bluegrass. Then on our Gem of Bluegrass, we wonder if the bluegrass paradigm is changing. It certainly could b...

Bought by Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems of Bluegrass #1216 Recontexting
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We know that bluegrass evolves over time. But what causes the evolution? Usually we think it’s caused by the little changes made by players. But wh...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 09:33
Bluegrass Review # 1216 program for April 14-20, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Exciting new bluegrass opens this week’s broadcast. After that we investigate a major way bluegrass evolves: by recontexting music; you might say, ...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KRZA, KUCB and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Tales from the South: 075 Against the Elements
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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This week our writers go up against the elements of water, fire, and earth-- and live to tell the tale. Stories by David Prud'homme, Holly Patton, ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Remembering Eric Lowen of Lowen and Navarro
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Dan Navarro and Eric Lowen
Eric Lowen of the singing/songwriting duo Lowen and Navarro died March 23rd, 2012 at the age of 60 after an extended experience with Lou Gehrig's d...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 19:19
Gems #1215 Bluegrass and the House of the Rising Sun For regular users, piece for April 7-13, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
The House of the Rising Sun. It’s an old time song that’s been kept alive by a lot of singers. Why do singers like it? It might be that it sings of...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
Bluegrass Review #1215 program for April 7-13, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a contemporary bluegrass IIIrd Tyme Out selection, we turn to recent bluegrass treatments of country songs. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass focuse...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems of Bluegrass #1214 Tom Dooley For regular users, piece for march 31 - April 6, 2012. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Tom Dooley. It’s an American Ballad that has shown staying power. Why? Part of it is what it’s about: sex and violence. Plus, everybody was talking...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1214 program for March 31-April 6, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with new selections. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass focuses on Tom Dooley, an American ballad that was given new life by a pop recordi...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Producer Profile: Brian Truglio
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Brian Truglio
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Brian Truglio about his new film entitled Racing the Rez.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 14:36
Gems 1213 Catching the Ear with a Good Song Hook
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What’s in a song? You might ask. Well if there is a lyric that is ear catching, people will want to listen to find out what’s in a song.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 08:35
Bluegrass Review #1213 program for March 24-30, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
How does a songwriter catch a listener’s ear? Frequently it’s a good song hook, a telling phrase that references more than the action of a given so...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1212 show for Mar 17 – Mar 23, 2012 "The Celtic-Bluegrass Connection"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Today’s show is concerned mostly with the Celtic-Bluegrass connection. The original Scots-Irish immigrants to the Appalachians formed the overall s...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems #1212 Celtic-North American Fiddle Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When the history of bluegrass music is told, it usually begins with the Scots irish people settling in the south. At the time if immigration, Celti...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:28
Gems of Bluegrass #1211 Twin FIddling
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On the American frontier, the fiddle was the most important instrument. For one thing, the Scots Irish settlers was an instrument used to accompany...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 07:46

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