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Bluegrass Review #1211 show for March 10-16, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems #1210 What Makes ‘em laugh in a Bluegrass Song
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
There’s a vein of humor that runs through country music and bluegrass. Over the years there have been different approaches. It’s probably because t...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 09:24
Bluegrass Review #1210 program for March 3-9, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems of Bluegrass #1209 Marriage and Bluegrass For regular users, program fo Feb 25-Mar2, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass fans get a kick about talking about the main focus of bluegrass love songs: the exit point of the relationship. It’s funny because, unlik...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
Bluegrass Review #1209 Program for Feb 25 - March 2, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
At the beginning of the show, we spin a couple of songs by artists who are learning all about the blues. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we investig...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Gems of Bluegrass #1208 On Bluegrass Purity
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass fans pay close attention to bluegrass, thinking about bluegrass tradition and whether certain songs or groups are traditional or not. The...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 06:38
Bluegrass Review #1208 Feb 18 – Feb 24, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
There are several great new Civil War songs released lately and we play the cream of the crop. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass addresses bluegrass “puri...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gems of Bluegrass #1205 Sounds Like...
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan yun
You hear that songwriters and musicians write and play music reflecting their experiences Fair enough but it doesn’t stop there. In old time music ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
Gems of Bluegrass #1207 Bluegrass Waltzes
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When you think about bluegrass, what do you think of?. I’ bet it’s reckless speed and drive, or maybe harmony singing especially the kind of 4-part...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
Bluegrass Review SPring 2012 fund drive I
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
4 segments totaling about forty minutes.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 39:54
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1208 Is Bluegrass Pure?
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass fans pay close attention to bluegrass, thinking about bluegrass tradition and whether certain songs or groups are traditional or not. The...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:38
Gems of Bluegrass #1207 Bluegrass Waltzes
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When you think about bluegrass, what do you think of?. I’ bet it’s reckless speed and drive, or maybe harmony singing especially the kind of 4-part...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
Bluegrass Review #1207 program for Feb 11-17, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Early in the show, we play a couple of “second choice” bluegrass songs. One is ironic, the other a good old-fashioned broken hearted melody. Our Ge...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review # 1206 Program for Feb 4-10, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
We open the show with a favorite type of song: the telephone bluegrass song. Funny how the telephone symbolizes a close connection, even closer tha...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass 1206: Game Changing CD: Jed Crowe & the New South 1975
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In any musical idiom most of what comes out fits a model of normalcy. But then there are the bands and the recordings that signal that a change is ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 08:49
What Happens in Vegas - Catherine Hall
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. Catherine was a a self-confessed 'wild child.' She was eventually caught with cocaine by the police and told this...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
Gems of Bluegrass #1205 Sounds Like...
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
You hear that songwriters and musicians write and play music reflecting their experiences Fair enough but it doesn’t stop there. In old time music ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
Bluegrass Review #1205 Program for broadcast Jan 28-Fb 3, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show starts out with some recent songs about farmers. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we survey bluegrass songs where instruments imitate a usually no...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1203 Program for January 14-20, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show opens with current wave bluegrass. Then our Gem of Bluegrass considers modernistic bluegrass takes on booze. These viewpoints are not as m...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Gems of Bluegrass #1203 Modernistic Bluegrass Views of Drink
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Booze: You were either for it or against it in early string band music. And you can still hear songs like “Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
Gems of Bluegrass #1204 I Must Be Going Out of my Mind
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Craziness and bluegrass. Well, you know the demented boyfriends is songs like the Banks of the Ohio. But not every crazy person appearing in a blue...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 09:10
Bluegrass Review #1204 Program for Jan 21-27, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at wo9rk, Credit: Sejan Yun
We play some recent country-influenced bluegrass at the beginning. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass takes a look at “crazy” people in bluegrass songs. La...

Bought by WSLR, KRZA, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems of Bluegrass #1202 Bluegrass Lonely and Bluegrass lonesome. For regular users, piece for Jan 7-13, 2012. Others use any time.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Lonesome and lonely. Two little words that are easily confused. But in bluegrass, they embody meanings more than a few shades apart.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:56
Bluegrass Review # 1202. Program for Jan 7-13, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On our Gem of Bluegrass, we investigate the difference between bluegrass lonesome and bluegrass lonely. That discussion is the springboard to playi...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1201 2011 in Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On today's show, we focus on important trends n bluegrass, and play the cream of the crop.

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13

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