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Bluegrass Review #1403. Program for Jan 11 - 17, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Hard work is in the background of bluegrass, so we open with a couple of songs focused on just that. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss cabins. So...

Bought by KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1351. Program for Dec 14-20, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Towards the beginning of the show, we play a couple of Larry Cordle compositions: one deals with a woman’s attitude about her ex‘s new flame and th...

Bought by KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1350. Show for Dec 7-13, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our broadcast opens with new bluegrass by the Del McCoury band. Then, a couple of recent songs relating to mining coal. It’s a special Gem of Blueg...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1348. Program for Nov 23-29, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Broken hearted melodies begin our show today. And then comes a new song sung by Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman that comments that those with brok...

Bought by WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WOUB, KSKQ, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1347 "Is Bluegrass Simple?" For regular users, piece for November 16-22, 2013. others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To some self-appointed music experts, bluegrass is simple. You know, even though songs can have more than 3 chords, people say that all they ever h...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
Bluegrass Review 1345. Program for Nov 2 - 8, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 eitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with cutting edge bluegrass created by experienced musicians. These songs prove that when it comes to testing the boundaries, it isn...

Bought by WEZU, KSJD, WOUB, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1343. Program for Oct 19-25, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
“Goodbye” is a major theme in bluegrass songs. Our show opens with two types of this songtype. One, by Lorraine Jordon and Carolina Road is a tradi...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1341. Program for Oct 5 - 11, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
After a recent Peter Rowan song opens the show. We play a couple of love songs. The first is an extremely positive, beginning-og-a-relationship son...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1340. Program for Sept 28-Oct 4, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of strong pieces about having bluegrass dreams deferred by family and career. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass feature, w...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1338. Program for Sept 14-20, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the broadcast we play another recent song about coal, “Coal miner’s Gold.” “Gold” is of course coal, but in fact, it belongs to the mine o...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems #1338 Another Look at Jimmie Brown the Newsboy. Regular users run Sept 14-20, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Jimmie Brown the Newsboy. The song has been done many times. On the surface, it’s a charming story of a young boy who helps out his mother by selli...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Bluegrass Review #1337. Program for Sept 7-13, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Rocky Road. There is more than one Rocky Road song in bluegrass. We play the new on by Jason Davis and the 1940s classic by Bill Mon roe and the Bl...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1322. Program for May 25-May 31, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/20112 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass. We muse that few songs are focused on individuals set in one place. But we found a few. And what is the place? “...

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  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Gems of Bluegrass #1320 Fiddle and Banjo. For regular users, program for May 11-17, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today, recorded musical textures are getting denser and denser. Why? Because we can make them that way, I guess. But turn back the clock and textur...

Bought by Sun Radio - KDRP Radio and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1319. Program for May 4– May 10, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open with new and recent bluegrass, including a modernistic piece featuring Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Our Gem of Bluegrass feature tells a...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1318. Program for April 27 - May 3, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s program opens with new bluegrass. Then we introduce a running thread on today’s show: We’re declaring Spring. This sort of pronouncement ma...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1317. Program for April 20-26, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with a current ‘grass selection, and then proceed to play three bluegrass songs that use the name John Deere Tractors symbolically...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1315. Program for April 6-12, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens up with recent bluegrass. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers the ways children have been depicted over the years in bluegrass so...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1313. Program for March 23-29, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out of the gates with new bluegrass by Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair and the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we note ...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1312. program for March 16-22, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Right at the show’s beginning, we play new bluegrass. Then we consider the Celtic / bluegrass connection. Accordionist Paddy O’Brien and singer Eri...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review # 1311. Program for March 9-15, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/1012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Nnorman
This show’s Gem of Bluegrass addresses how bluegrass music honors its own heritage. We play a couple of songs relating to old lovers. Later, we tal...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1310. Program for March 2-8, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass Lonesome has many dimensions. Among them are songs where lovers are separated forever by fate or acts of God. We open the show with a few...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WTIP, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review # 1309. Program for Feb 23 - March 1, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In bluegrass, songs about relationship tend to focus on the exit point of the relationship. So, to buck the trend, we present positive relationship...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1307. Program for Feb 9 – Feb 15, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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The banjo is a bluegrass iconic instrument. But what about two banjos? Well, that’ll double your pleasure! On the show today, we play some early 19...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1305. Program for Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There is a lot of swing-influenced bluegrass on today’s show. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the connection between the two idioms, and then we pl...

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13