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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...

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
Gems 1633 Still Another Look at the Coo Coo Bird
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Cuckoo Bird is a very old song. It’s iconic recorded version is done solo, but in recent years, it’s evolved into a group song.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
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....

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBEM, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • 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 ...

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


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
Gems of Bluegrass #1631. Frank Wakefield and the New Camptown Races
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Frank Wakefield. He is one of the most compelling figures in the history of Bluegrass. He is over 80 now, but sees no reason to quit performing and...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 04:54
Bluegrass Review #1630.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with a bit of new bluegrass, then gives spins to songs about letters. On our Gem of Bluegrass, we express final thoughts regardin...

Bought by WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE, KRPS, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1630. Some Final Thoughts About Ralph Stanley
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
By the turn of the twenty-first century, Ralph Stanley had become synonymous with traditional bluegrass. After world war two in the late 1940s, Ral...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
Bluegrass Review #1629.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
As we get going we continue to feature new bluegrass music, including a release by rock/bluegrass synthesizer Sam Bush. Then the Gem of Bluegrass f...

Bought by WOUB, WVRU, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1628.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open by continuing to showcase what’s new in bluegrass. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we comment on the imprint of summer on Bluegrass music. It’s th...

Bought by WEZU, WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1627.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: hilip Nusbaum w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Suddenly there is a group of new bluegrass recordings to play, so we spin some of the finest of the new crop. Bluegrass music has a singular niche ...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Anishinaabenaajimon: Decolonizing Food
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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How can Native Americans seek better health and wellness on reservations? Anton Treuer talks about decolonizing food in this next installment of A...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1626.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Interesting new bluegrass on today’s show, including the show’s opening track by Sister Sadie. But later, we go old-school with something by bluegr...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KBRP Community Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • 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 #1623. Program for May 28-June 3, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What would anyone give to replay something in the past with the benefit of what’s been learned along the way? A couple of songs on that theme open ...

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  • Added: May 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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...

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


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1621. Bill Monroe Songs Inspire New Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bill Monroe casts a long shadow in bluegrass music. You can tell by the way his influence is felt in bluegrass music. It’s not only that others pla...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:58
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...

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


  • 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
Bluegrass Review #1619. Program for May 7-May 13, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The music world lost a great songwriter, Merle Haggard lately. Merle was known a a writer and singer of country songs, but his influence was felt w...

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


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • 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