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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
Bluegrass Review #1510. Program for Feb 28-March 6, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on, we have fun playing a couple of songs with almost the same name. The Gem of Bluegrass reflects on poor people in bluegrass: they may be p...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1509. Program for Feb 21-27, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The city represents many contrasting points of view in bluegrass music. Towards the start of the show we pick out a few songs with contrasting view...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gems of Bluegrass #1509 Winter in Bluegrass. For regular users, piece for Feb 21-28, 2015. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When modern people talk about winter, the talk a lot about inconvenience. You know, you have to dress in layers. The daily commute takes twice as l...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:03
Bluegrass Review #1508. Program for Feb 14-20, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
When a relationship seems to be going well but one of the partners announces that “you’ll be better off without me,” that is an unexpected goodbye....

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 18
Gem of Bluegrass #1508. The Definition of Bluegrass and the Bluegrass Scene
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Most definitions of bluegrass tell you that the bluegrass instruments are the guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and bass. And it might tell you that ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
Bluegrass Review #1507. Program for Feb 7-13, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with prison songs that speak of different aspects of the prison experience. Then, it is time for our Gem of Bluegrass. This week’s g...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1506. Program for Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We kick off the show with some current bluegrass. Then, it’s a couple of songs relating to phases of life, and each song references a “garden wall....

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1505. Program for Jan 24-30, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show, a couple of songs in which age plays a factor. One is about hanging around an old man, someone your parents warned you against b...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gem of Bluegrass 1505 Pushing Through on the Harmonica
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
What a beautiful thing it is when you see someone pull out a 5-dollar harmonica out of an overalls pocket and proceed to catch everyone’s attention...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
Bluegrass Review #1504. Program for Jan 17 – Jan 23, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with a great recent track by songwriter Donna Hughes. Then we play a couple of songs whose songwriters were plainly philosophizing a...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1503. Program for Jan 10-16, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a little contemporary bluegrass, the show slides into some songs where one person is telling off another. Let’s just say that we sing some th...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1502. Program for January 3 - 9, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass, and a couple of songs about the California and Alaska gold rushes. After the Gem of Bluegrass about the bluegras...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1501. Program for Dec 27 - Jan 2, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today's show, we focus on the bluegrass highlights of the previous year, including cutting edge bluegrass, combinations with Americana and pop, ...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1452. Program for Dec 20-26, 2014.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s Christmas on the Bluegrass Review. Robin and Linda Williams and Donna Ulisse talk about some of their Christmas-related songs.

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Gems #1451 Evolution of the song The House Carpenter
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In folk music including bluegrass, musicians have always learned from other musicians. But where it used to be person to person locally, now its fr...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:07
Bluegrass Review #1451. Program for Dec 13-19, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
At the show’s beginning, we play recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss the evolution of the song “The House Carpenter.” In so...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review 1450. Program for Dec 6 - 12, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent bluegrass opens our show. Then we present two lighthearted looks at aging; one instrumental and one an old time song. The Gem of Bluegrass f...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Gems of Bluegrass #1450 The Evolution of Dark Holler. For regular users, piece for Dec 6-12, 2014. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture, conceived broadly. Each Gem ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:58
Bluegrass Review #1449. Program for Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Each week, the show presents current and historical bluegrass music, as well as interviews, produced segments and commentary. The result is in-dept...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17