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In bluegrass, there is the mandolin, the guitar, the fiddle, the banjo and the bass, and sometimes the dobro. And that’s it. But why the limitation...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 1
Over the short history of bluegrass, its audience has changed from rural to urban. It broke off from the country music industry. It grew from a reg...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 06:48
- Purchases: 1
Every music tradition changes over time, including bluegrass. It’s natural think that change means it gets more complex. But sometimes, the old stu...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 16, 2009
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
What’s real in bluegrass songs? It’s the detail about life in whatever era that makes it seem real. Funny, bluegrass reality usually focuses on har...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 16, 2009
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
Josimene is ten years old. She is one of Haiti's 300,000 restavecs, or child slaves. While her parents were promised she'd be educated if they sen...
- Added: Apr 23, 2009
- Length: 12:57
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Apr 21, 2009
- Length: 08:11
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Apr 11, 2009
- Length: 07:48
- Purchases: 2
One hour doc. focusing on the life of America's second president
Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Mar 30, 2009
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KZYX, and WAMU
- Added: Mar 29, 2009
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 29, 2009
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 2
A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.
Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more
- Added: Mar 16, 2009
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 16, 2009
- Length: 07:13
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 16, 2009
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 2
For one week each year, Austin, Texas becomes the center of the music universe. In this music-rich one-hour special, some of public radio's savvie...
Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KLCC, WXPN, and KGLT
- Added: Mar 13, 2009
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 55:00
- Added: Mar 09, 2009
- Length: 08:19
- Purchases: 2
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April
Series: What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April
The poetry we hear—and create—as children teaches us about the power of words.
Bought by WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Mar 04, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 16
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 01, 2009
- Length: 07:57
- Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 26, 2009
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 17, 2009
- Length: 07:14
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 17, 2009
- Length: 08:39
- Purchases: 2
weekly 5 - 8 minute feature with song bits unified by commentary over music beds on a bluegrass topic.
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 07:42
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 02, 2009
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 2
The Stanley sound is an important approach to bluegrass, pioneered by brothers Ralph and Carter Stanley. The piece shows what makes it up and tells...
- Added: Jan 28, 2009
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass is a weekly 5-7 minute module. Each investigates a bluegrass topic through selected music clips and commentary.
- Added: Jan 23, 2009
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 2
