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According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, "Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip-hop. Theirs was a p...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 2
For a long time, the fiddle was the only bluegrass instrument with a really deep catalog of tunes. But the other instruments have their places in t...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 06:47
Many view the violin or fiddle as the king of the instruments played within the bluegrass tradition. If you hold that view. Why? It has to do with ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2014
- Length: 07:47
These days there are no rules regarding what a song should be written about. Why not motorcycles? We’ve got two, and they display contrasting visio...
- Added: Sep 06, 2014
- Length: 07:48
Bluegrass Music came into being in the 1940s, a combination of the evolving string band, Bill Monroe’s genius, and with a big assist from Earl Scru...
- Added: Aug 24, 2014
- Length: 05:16
Davina and the Vagabonds, definite road warriors take the stage in their home base, Minneapolis on August 29, 2014. There'll be lots of sassy vocal...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Aug 23, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Nothing drove Europeans to the United States like the promise of personal independence. In England, there was a lot of cooperative farming. In the ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 08:16
- Purchases: 1
Phil Heywood and Tim Sparks, Twin Cities guitarists with long track records of success, combine talents for a memorable performance at the Aster Ca...
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- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is a great showcase for Jazz, including the great variety of local acts.
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- Added: Jun 26, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Nostalgia and happiness. They are not all they are cracked up to be. Well, at least not in Bluegrass Songs. It’s because in bluegrass songs, nostal...
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Apollo Male Chorus artistic director Sean Vogt talks about the development of new choral works that relate to jazz and pop.
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- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The group is nothing if not individualistic, with a collection of acoustic instruments and hard-edged singing. It's acoustic rock with a a lot of e...
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 05:00
Play bluegrass music from the 1940 and compare it to what’s being played today. You’ll hear some changes, but overall, you can tell that the two so...
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 07:21
When Bill Monroe started the bluegrass boys, he was looking for a new sound. But his ideas about what that sound would be were not well formed. Ove...
- Added: May 05, 2014
- Length: 06:02
When it comes to well-known songs, there are always multiple versions. You might even say that songs become vehicles for the individual styles of p...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 05:33
Tunes inspire other tunes. How so? It’s well-known that you can take an already existing piece, make some changes to it, and then you have a new pi...
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 06:24
Harvey Milk, first gay elected official in San Francisco, was assassinated in 1978. The Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, which has been performing for...
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 05:02
The old rockabilly cats were fans of Bill Monroe. Well, Elvis Presley, the original rock and roll icon recorded Bill’s Blue Moon of Kentucky early ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 07:29
Blue Moon of Kentucky was Bill Monroe’s greatest hit. He first recorded it in 1946, and then recorded it later in his career. The song has had stay...
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 09:03
Back in the 1950s, the music world was becoming aware that musicians and fans now had easy access to many styles of music. Today, the internet is d...
- Added: Feb 20, 2014
- Length: 05:42
Where does the musical organization of a bluegrass band come from? Some might find it a little surprising how large a role was played by pop music.
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 07:34
- Purchases: 1
Breakups are tough. That’s why there are so many breakup songs in bluegrass. But when you think about it, bluegrass deals with other kinds of parti...
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 06:13
From: Philip Nusbaum
If you listen to bluegrass, you know about cabin songs. You know, songs frequently set long ago, and is rustic places. Some say cabin songs are irr...
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 05:02
Twin Cities Salsa band has earned honors, and plays a new Spot
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- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
From: Philip Nusbaum
The 1920s is considered the golden era of string band recording. While times were tough on consumers in rural America, record companies still found...
- Added: Dec 07, 2013
- Length: 05:11
