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Cedric Fuller and Global Sound: Music that is Familiar and Interesting
From: KBEM
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Cedric Fuller and Global Sound. It’s a group from the Twin Cities that picks up from the combinations of soul, rhythm and blues,l funk and jazz th...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2016
  • Length: 06:02
Bluegrass Review #1701. Program for Dec 31, 2016-Jan 6, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today's show, we focus on the bluegrass highlights of the previous year.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bluegrass Review #1652. Program for Dec 24-Dec 30, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Becky Schlegel plays and talks about the songs she writes that are given as gifts. Other bluegrass artists share their Christmas thoughts.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gems 1651 Old-Time Music and Modernity
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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Old time music has the reputation of looking at it’s own history for inspiration. But it has also has a cutting edge. In general, cutting edges in ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
Bluegrass Review #1650. Program for Dec 10-Dec 16, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Broken-hearted melodies are commonplace in bluegrass songs. But the stories in the Carolina Blue and Honi Deaton songs presented early are especial...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1649. Program for Dec 3-Dec 9, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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A couple of songs depicting personal trouble open the show. One is about a missed connection, the other about settling long-standing anger. The Gem...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1649 Bluegrass Substyles Have long Lives
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Much of the heated dialog among bluegrass fans concerns new approaches that are evolving. But when new approaches evolve, it does not mean that the...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:38
Dakota Dave Hull, Defining Roots Guitarist at the Roots Cellar
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Dakota Dave Hull, Credit: Dale B. Hanson
Dakota Dave Hull plays many musical forms, all with understanding and sensitivity. Plus, his commentaries on music contain a lot of the fun factor....

  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Bob Bovee, Great Old-Time Singer
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Bob Bovee, Credit: Bill Patterson
Bob Bovee is a committed singer of old folk songs, playing concert halls, living rooms and everything in between. He does it with good humor and ha...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 07:13
Bluegrass Review #1646. Program for Nov 12-Nov 18, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: k
The way the world is going, small towns and small town downtowns are really taking a beating. We present a group of songs on this issue. The Gem of...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Mary Chapin Carpenter- 639
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation from her Virginia home wit...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: :45
Bluegrass Review #1648. Program for Nov 26-Dec 3, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We all know how popular train songs are in bluegrass. We open the show with a couple that feature trains cutting through the landscape, and the sec...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Why Bluegrass Fans Love Late Country Song Singer and Writer Merle Haggard
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Merle Haggard. His dates are 1937 to 2016. He was not a bluegrass performer, but he was loved by bluegrass artists and people. Now that he is gone,...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:41
Bluegrass Review #1647.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When Bluegrass goes downtown, it’s generally to have fun, and sometime too much! After a few “downtown” songs, the Gem of Bluegrass features bluegr...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1647 Bluegrass and Thankfulness
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
If you asked bluegrass fans about their situations, most would say they are pretty good. If you have good health, a roof over your head, and enough...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:57
Twin Cities Celtic Music Icon Takes a Whole New Direction
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Laura MacKenzie, Credit: Laura Buss
Twin Cities Celtic Music icon Takes a Whole New Direction Long a staple of the Twin Cities Irish and Scottish traditional music scenes, Laura MacKe...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 08:12
Pop Wagner and Bob Bovee Have Quite a Time at Crossings at Carnegie in Zumbrota, Saturday Night Oct 29.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pop Wagner and Bob Bovee, Credit: Bill Patterson
With Pop and Bob, it’s not only a night of old-time songs. The two have a way of keeping their act fresh with wit. While they have performed togeth...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Gem of Bluegrass 1644: Another Look at Autumn in Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Fall is Beautiful, right? Well, we hear about it in bluegrass songs, but those beautiful falling leaves are usually meant to symbolize something el...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
Bluegrass Review #1645. Program for Nov 5-Nov 11, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After an HDS (hard-driving song) to open the show, we play three examples of the Unfortunate Rake song cycle, where, before death, the protagonist ...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1644. Program for Oct 29-Nov 4, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
So many bluegrass songs are about relations, including functional and dysfunctional. We contrast different kinds of relationships in a couple of di...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1643. Program for Oct 22-Oct 28, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old songs about driving trucks frequently center on the power of trucks and the long drives. More recent ones also focus on the relationships conne...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Local Music Luminaries Combine to Re-Interpret Joni Mitchell
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Lori Dokken, Credit: Jennifer Bong
Lori Dokken leads a group of musical multi-stylists in Painting Joni. The group gives fresh spins to the multi-style offerings of Joni Mitchell, co...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Jeffrey Foucault- 636
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault has taken "the small roads", building his defiantly independent career through a relentless international tourin...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: :30
Bluegrass Review #1642.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Losing one’s way somehow in life is a frequent topic in bluegrass songs. But how this topic is handled differs from period to period. We listen to ...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1641.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are lots of songs about trains, and at least two with the name Old Train. We spin them. We focus on a new tune by Grascals banjoist Kristin S...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17