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Bluegrass Review # 1303. Show for Jan 5- 11, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In recent bluegrass, there’s been a little bump in the number of songs about war and songs in which war is a metaphor. We play a few as the show op...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review # 1302. Show for Jan 4-10, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with songs about money. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we present some new thoughts about duet singing, and its crucial role in bluegrass....

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review # 1250. Show for Dec 8-14, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
ur show opens with a set of coal-related songs, as coal continues to be one of the most appealing topics for bluegrass songwriters. The Gem of Blue...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1249. Program for December 1-7, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Towards the opening of the show, we play some songs where lovers part ways, but not before we get a good dose of attitude from one of them. Later, ...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1245. Show for Nov 3- Nov 9, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In North America, many people are fascinated with trucks and truck driving. We present two recent songs about truckin’. Our Gem of Bluegrass focuse...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
JazzStories: Fred Hersch
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Sometimes I hear jazz and it sounds like hip cats playing for other hip cats to dig instead of taking more of a chance by trying to relate to the ...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1244. Show for Oct 26-Nov 2, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with some songs reflecting on home towns. On our Gem of Bluegrass, we track the evolution of the song “Blue Railroad Train.” Later,...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1243. Program for Oct 20-26, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show, we continue to demonstrate that the Bluegrass Review is your “Beatles in Bluegrass” leader. We also play some new bluegrass. The...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review # 1240 Show for Sept 29, 2012– Oct 5, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of recent tributes to bluegrass legends, Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass considers “what is pro...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1239 Program for Sept 22-28, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Country scenes and images have refreshing effects on people. Songs featuring those kinds of motifs open the show today. The Gem of Bluegrass descri...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review 1238. Show for Sept 15-21, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent songs with train motifs open up our broadcast. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass considers bluegrass songs that take place in caves, marginal place...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1237
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: karen Van norman
The show beings with the social class overflow from last week. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers bluegrass attitude songs. Later, we talk to blue...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1230. Piece for July 21-27, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s program opens up with some bluegrass songs about hard work, including two startling songs concerning gravediggers. Show host Phil Nusbaum g...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1229. Program for July 14, 2012– July 20, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Swing: It’s a style bluegrass bands have approached over the years. We survey some bluegrass swing fusion. Then Lyle Lofgren and Adam Granger visit...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1228. Program for July 7-13, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Losing: it’s an ever popular concern of bluegrass songs, and we begin our show with three outstanding examples of that type of song. Then Lyle Lofg...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1228. The Carter Family and Jimmy Rodgers
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the early days of sound recording, in the early and mid 1920s, record labels recorded many local instrumental and singing groups. But no really ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2012
  • Length: 10:21
Bluegrass Review # 1226. Program for June 23-29, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Out show opens with new and recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass we consider the evolution of the song “Footprints in the Snow.” It was ...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1223 Program for June 2-8, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with songs where finance matters. Then our Gem of bluegrass surveys the forms bluegrass anthems take. Later a conversation with Lynn...

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  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review #1219. Program for May 5-11, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass depicts tragedy from the point of view of those affected, very well. A couple of flood songs open the show. Then a lengthy Gem of Bluegra...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review # 1216 program for April 14-20, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Exciting new bluegrass opens this week’s broadcast. After that we investigate a major way bluegrass evolves: by recontexting music; you might say, ...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1215 program for April 7-13, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a contemporary bluegrass IIIrd Tyme Out selection, we turn to recent bluegrass treatments of country songs. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass focuse...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review #1214 program for March 31-April 6, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with new selections. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass focuses on Tom Dooley, an American ballad that was given new life by a pop recordi...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1213 program for March 24-30, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
How does a songwriter catch a listener’s ear? Frequently it’s a good song hook, a telling phrase that references more than the action of a given so...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1212 show for Mar 17 – Mar 23, 2012 "The Celtic-Bluegrass Connection"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Today’s show is concerned mostly with the Celtic-Bluegrass connection. The original Scots-Irish immigrants to the Appalachians formed the overall s...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1211 show for March 10-16, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Today’s show opens with a little “goodbye, so long farewell.” But then the Gem of Bluegrass switches to a consideration of Twin fiddling. Following...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10