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Bluegrass Review #1638.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Bluegrass Review opens with a couple of songs instructing on the dangers of forgetting where one comes from. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass, we ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Zeitgeist Celebrates a New Recording
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Andrea Canter
Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble is a long-running St Paul group that tours the state with its sometimes serious, sometimes funny offerings. Next weeke...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
New Voice Mayyadda Brings her Personal and Pointed Songs to Vieux Carre in St Paul, Aug 20
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mayyadda, Credit: Osaro Obanor
Once she made the decision to enter the field of music, Mayyadda has been firing on all cylinders, creating new songs and recordings to document th...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Bluegrass Review #1634.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After some great current bluegrass by the Trinity River Band, we play a few bluegrass songs where the departed have not completely departed. The Ge...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Mark Kreitzer Provides a Varied Musical Experience
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mark Kreitzer Band, Credit: Gary Mortensen
Mark Kreitzer has always enjoyed playing a variety of songtypes and he’s a whiz on many instruments. Plus, he has refined ideas on working in diffe...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 08:14
The Rising Profile of The Dirty Animals Alt-Rock Band
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Filthy Animals, Credit: Ben Mielke
The Filthy Animals. Well, there’s a band name that’ll grab your ear. But so does their music. The group has been playing for a number of years, it’...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2016
  • Length: 07:26
Emotional Resilience - How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Looking out for you
Challenges come in many forms both personal and professional. An expert in the field of emotional intelligence, Geetu Bharwaney, has combined the k...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:09
Bluegrass Review #1633.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today’s show we continue playing some excellent recent bluegrass. We have new work to play by fiddle virtuoso Mark O’Connor. As usual, we presen...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
Patty and the Buttons Long Aster Café Sunday Swing Brunch Run Continues
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Patty and the Buttons, Credit: Elizabeth Windsperger
Pre-World War II Jazz is unforgettable for many musicians and members of the public. That’s what drives the Sunday Swing brunch with Patty and the ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Bluegrass Review #1632.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out with new bluegrass, then proceed to play two related songs, one old and one new, but both grim: They reference short lives of trouble....

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1631.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Shortly after the show opens, we play songs related to various types of towns. Later, we feature Frank Wakefield on the Gem of Bluegrass. Frank is ...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1625. Program for June 18-June 24, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After we open the show with high lonesome singer Bradford lee Folk, we note a couple of lines of influence. First, the influence Dock Boggs had on ...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, WXXI Rochester, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1624. Program for June 11-June 17, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
April Verch put one of the unconventional songs of the late John Harford on her current CD. That was all the inspiration we needed to put on a song...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1622. Program for May 28-June 3, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our first order of business today is to play a new bluegrass song from an experienced source, Jeff White. In the current state of evolving bluegras...

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  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1621. Program for May 21-May 27, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with some recent bluegrass blues. Then, we continue to present a couple of “lonesome as it gets” songs. One is from the perspecti...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1620. Program for May 14-May 20, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show, we welcome Spring which is taking place in almost every location the show is broadcast. Then we present songs that are as loneso...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 17
Samson Longtin and the Itasca Diversity Alliance
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Samson Longtin discusses the newly formed Itasca Diversity Alliance, whose mission is diversity outreach to the community.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 10:01
Bluegrass Review #1618. Program for Apr 30-May 6, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
“Hey. Bartender,” calls the distraught. Our show features a couple of hey, bartender songs in the early going. Our Gem of Bluegrass considers playi...

Bought by WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, KKRN, KRZA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1617. Program for Apr 23-29, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
North Americans love their automobiles. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we explore the connections between bluegrass and old-time music and the automobile...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1616. Program for Apr 16-22, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We play the numbers on today’s show. In other words, we play songs whose titles contain numbers. On the Gem of Bluegrass feature, we focus on the c...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1614. Program for Apr 2-8, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Throughout the history of bluegrass and old time music, songwriters have taken stands on issues related to working. At the beginning of the show, w...

Bought by KUCB, WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Gems #1614 The Deep Melancholy: A Recent Bluegrass Mood. Piece suggested for Apr 2-8, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk Karen Van Norman
The history of bluegrass is mostly evolution. So what’s new under the bluegrass sun? Some say it’s a new kind of sung expression: the deep melancholy.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
Paddling the Big Fork River with Dave Harrington
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
Caption: Dave Harrington with Jim Gallagher
Producer Jim Gallagher talks with Dave Harrington about paddling the Big Fork River.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
Wee Willie Walker, Saint Paul's Blues Master
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Wee Willie Walker, Credit: Doug Knutson
Wee Willie Walker and We’r (We Are). Now this is one top flight blues band. The group plays the groove most people expect from a blues band, but wi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1613. Program for Mar 26-Apr 1, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the old days of bluegrass there were the happy sounding sad songs. But sad songs today frequently embody musical textures that are also sad. Our...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15