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Gems of Bluegrass 1120 - Leavin'
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
We know that in bluegrass, there are a lot of broken hearted melodies. One response is to just end it. And that might be a common bluegrass respons...

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  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1119 Who is to Blame
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass and old time music from time to time comments on society. And when it does, somebody or some entity is to blame. But which ones? That’s t...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1119
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
This weekly installment features a segment on who bluegrass blames for social problems, an interview with Jim and Valerie Gabehart, recent war-rela...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass # 1118 Bluegrass and the Work Ethic
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, show for April 30 - May 6, 2011. Piece shows how bluegrass values work that requires physical effort.

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1118
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
One hour weekly show for April 30 - May 6, 2011. Show has segments of song updates, and a feature on bluegrass and the work ethic.

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


  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Bluegrass Review #1117
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Weekly 1-hour show this time features. Show has an interview with Kristin Scott Benson of the Grascals, one of today's defining bluegrass groups.

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Colored Musicians Club
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:24
Gems of Bluegrass # 1116 New and Old Cabin Songs
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
One of the enduring symbols of the old bluegrass is the little cabin home. But we know that bluegrass evolves. The little cabin home means somethin...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1116
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
weekly program for April 16 - 22, 2011. Segments include an update on bluegrass "cabin songs," new honky tonk bluegrass and an interview with Dan M...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Gems of Bluegrass #1115
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Apr 9-15, 2011. Others use anytime. Piece is about how lyrics of songs are often short pieces that speak to the times.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1115
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
program for April 9-15, 2011. Lyrics are important, and that's what the Gems of Bluegrass weekly feature is about. Plus, new bluegrass, an intervie...

Bought by KPVL, WXXI Rochester, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Gems of Bluegrass #1114
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, show for April 2-9, 2011. Others use anytime. Piece focuses on how the musical form of the blues plays in bluegrass music.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1113 Bluegrass and Aging
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass for the most part problematizes aging.

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1113
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Show segments comment on how bluegrass songs treat aging, and performers tell about the lived experiences that let to writing music.

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1112, Bluegrass Exuberance.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for mar 19-25, 2011. There are many ways to play bluegrass today but the prevailing mood of bluegrass music is till "exub...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1111 Booze and Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
When it comes to taking sides on moral issues, bluegrass picks its battles. As far as booze, bluegrass today has a no tolerance policy.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1111
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
program for March 12 - 18, 2011

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems 1110 Wayfaring Stranger
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The song Wayfaring Stranger first appeared in a mid nineteenth century book of religious songs. Over the years, we've heard the Wayfaring Stranger ...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1110
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with PRX award, Credit: Karen Van Norman
program for February 5 - 11, 2010

Bought by KMXT, KUCB, WAMU, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1109 The Passion of Bluegrass Instrumental Playing
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with PRX award, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Great interpretation is what everybody is searching for. SOme great examples are presented herein. For regular users, show for Feb 26 - Mar 4, 2011.

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1108
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
program for broadcast Feb 19 - 25, 2011

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1108 Dark is In
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass has always treated dark subjects. But today, it can present a blue instrumental mood, too, and that is the topic of today’s Gem of Bluegr...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Needle Drop: 01-15-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from British Sea Power, Cake, and more.

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 6
Gems of Bluegrass #1105 Cowboy songs and bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Cowboy songs and mountain songs are two grassroots traditions. But these traditions were separated by geography, and didn’t influence each other mu...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1

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