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Bluegrass is coal country. When you combine the economics and danger of the industry, plus the enormity of the mines and implements used to work th...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, WOUB, KUCB and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Through the 1950’s the Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys act was building momentum. Not only was the act good for bluegrass, it was goo...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass owes a great debt to the blues and we prove it by playing bluegrass versions of blues songs. Our Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the success ...

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KUCB, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In North America, many people are fascinated with trucks and truck driving. We present two recent songs about truckin’. Our Gem of Bluegrass focuse...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
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"Sometimes I hear jazz and it sounds like hip cats playing for other hip cats to dig instead of taking more of a chance by trying to relate to the ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music evolves. It changes because of the great ides of players, current events, and with the changes in other musical genres. You can rea...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:10
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with some songs reflecting on home towns. On our Gem of Bluegrass, we track the evolution of the song “Blue Railroad Train.” Later,...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show, we continue to demonstrate that the Bluegrass Review is your “Beatles in Bluegrass” leader. We also play some new bluegrass. The...

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KUCB, KRZA, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In this idiom, there are raucus rounder, gunslingers, broken hearts. But aside from all that, the downtrodden are treated with a great deal of resp...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program today begins with bluegrass reflecting a contemporary lifestyle: live in one place, work in another. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on ho...

Bought by WEZU, WRGY, WOUB, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KUCB and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:51:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When bluegrass singers sing about their sweethearts, what exactly do they sing about? Frequently its their eyes, but why is that?

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:52
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today’s Gem of Bluegrass, we consider the popularity of bluegrass songs about eyes. Many of these songs are emotional of course, and that leads ...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of recent tributes to bluegrass legends, Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass considers “what is pro...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 eitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
1st of 2 fund raising editions for Fall 2012

Bought by WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 40:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The key to traditional songs staying around is getting adapted to new situations. You might change a lyric or a style of accompaniment, and in that...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:08
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Country scenes and images have refreshing effects on people. Songs featuring those kinds of motifs open the show today. The Gem of Bluegrass descri...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Not all songs are set in specific places. But when they are, they contribute to songs’ moods. Like those old murder ballads that take place in remo...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:26
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent songs with train motifs open up our broadcast. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass considers bluegrass songs that take place in caves, marginal place...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:19:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Every song is created to express something. But does the expression come from the lyrics or from the singer? Well, it can be both but not in equal ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: karen Van norman
The show beings with the social class overflow from last week. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers bluegrass attitude songs. Later, we talk to blue...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
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Bluegrass veteran Del McCoury talks about the choreography of playing bluegrass — in front of just one or two mics.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We begin this show playing recent bluegrass. The Gem of Bluegrass takes a look at bluegrass music and social class, and the Gem sets the tone for t...

Bought by WOUB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KRZA, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
American ethos is that we’re all equal. We’re all middle class. But we know that there’s them’s that’s got. And them’s that not. In the old folk mu...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 07:33