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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...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:12
  • Purchases: 1
Walking Home in Winter
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Chee Vue, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
In this poem, a Minneapolis high school student finds a lot of value in walks home when it is cold outside.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass 1107 Heavy Bluegrass Burdens
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Many bluegrass songs depict heavy burdens borne by characters in songs, and by us listeners. That's the subject of this Gem of Bluegrass.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1106 Bluegrass History and Bluegrass Culture
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To folk music scholars, a style of folk music represents a specific group of people, but also has relationships with surrounding cultures. For a lo...

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


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
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...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1104: Ralph Peer and the Careers of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil head shot, Credit: Karen Van Norman
For regular users, Gem for Jan 22-28, 2011. Others use anytime.

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
From The National Press Club: Actor Jeff Bridges's Campaign to End Hunger
From: National Press Club
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Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges came to Washington to take part in a campaign to end hunger. He visited a school in Washington, and met w...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:48:00
Gems #1102 Traditional Tunes into Performance Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Jan 8 - 14, 2011. Others use any time.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:58
Gems of Bluegrass # 1101 Bluegrass PReserved Old Songs
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Jan 1 - 7, 2011. Others, use anytime.

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1053 Dumb Guys
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Jan 25 - 31, otherwise use anytime

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1052 Jimmy Martin
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, show for Dec 18 - 24, 2010. For othrs, use any time.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1049 East Virginia Blues evolution
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Nov 27 - Dec 3, 2010. for others, use anytime

Bought by WMMT, WDVX , and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass # 1050 Molly and Tenbrooks Evolution
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Dec 3 - 10, 2010

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Gems #1046 Banjo breakdowns role in creating progressive acoustic music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Nov 6 - 12, 2010

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2010
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1043 The Evolution of Little Cabin Home
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 16 - 22, 2010. FOr others, use anytime

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1041 Heavy Burdens
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 2 - 8, 2010

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2010
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1038 The Work of Maintaining Tradition
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Sept 11 - 17, 2010. For others, use it anytime!

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1037 Here's to the Working Man
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: OPhil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The old bluegrass comes from people who did hard, manual labor such as mining coal and farming. In bluegrass songs you hear about the danger of the...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WAMU, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 4
Gems of Bluegrass #1032 The High Lonesome Sound
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for July 31 - Aug 6, 2010

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1030
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for July 17, 2010 – July 23, 2010

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass 1026 The Farm in BLuegrass Songs
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for June 19 - 25, 2010

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  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1025 Low and Lonesome
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for June 12 - 18, 2010. For other users, anytime.

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  • Added: May 23, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1022 Sentimental Songs, Nostalgic Songs and Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ Zeitfunk award 2010, Credit: Karen Van Norman
for regular users, piece for May 22 - 28, 2010

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  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Diagnosing Literature
From: Eric Molinsky
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Is the culture of psychological diagnosis and medication changing the way we view some classic literature?

Bought by WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WILL


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 4
Gems #1019 song hooks
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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for regular users, piece for May 1-6, 2010

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1