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Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the evolution of bluegrass banjo playing. Later on the show, we talk to Josh Krohn, singer, player and songwrit...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Towards the beginning of the show, we present a couple of broken hearted melodies; one recent and the other from 1-20 years ago. On the Gem of Blue...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You might know that there is a lot of misery in personal relationships depicted in bluegrass songs. But that is not so in the Rebekah long and Donn...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Some say that every person alive has demons. The Grascals has a new song which tackles the subject head on. We follow that up with two songs where ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Part two of John Floridis’ visit with the legendary singer and guitarist Bonnie Raitt. Bonnie discusses her career including her collaborations wit...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: :46
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Broadcast begins with recent bluegrass. Then, the Gem of Bluegrass focuses on how playing the melody serves to ground performance. Later we tal...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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National radio special featuring Steve Miller interview with music from his new compilation "Ultimate Hits"

Bought by Prairie Public, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 4
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Interview with all four members of the Doors: The Late Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek as well as surviving members Robbie Krieger & John Densmore talk...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a new piece of bluegrass, we play a couple of nostalgia songs; both bittersweet because while the places in memory are still around, the peop...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A special tribute to honor the passing of award winning composer David Maslanka. Also a writer, teacher and philosopher, Maslanka's work is deeply ...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
Caption: LASKA performs in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
LASKA (formerly The Morton Sisters) from Eau Claire, WI joins host Carl Nelson in WNIJ's Studio A. They talk about their musical journey and perfor...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2017
  • Length: 52:00
Caption: Jana Nyberg 5, Credit: Tim Nyberg
The Jana Nyberg Five. Jana leads jazz groups, she teaches music, she leads workshops, she is experienced at multiple instruments, and of course she...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a new and dreamy song by Dale Ann Bradley, we get a good, bluegrass-style dose of reality, with a couple of recent songs about the bad influe...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Do you happen to know of the Execs big band? When the group was founded in 1965, it was composed of Twin Cities business people. So the name Execs ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
A couple of songs about small towns and small town people opens our broadcast. Eddie Adcock served for well over a decade as the banjoist for the C...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, WTIP, Prairie Public, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel made the move from Seattle, Wa. to Missoula and has been carving out her own piece of Montana’s musical s...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Labeque Sisters and John Clare, Credit: Lacy Clare
We’ll hear from two amazing sisters, Katia and Marielle Labeque, play music by Satie, Riley, Bernstein, and Philip Glass on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, WETS, KMUN, WETS and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Paul Barry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons, Credit: Kent Flemmer
Paul Barry (“Berry”) is a veteran blues band leader. Among the things that he has picked up over the years is that many people like the blues. But,...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 07:46
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a couple of songs about mountain men. The second one is also a song of separation, which slides into another separation song. O...

Bought by KVNF, RadioFreePalmer, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, and WTIP


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Joe Kopel, Credit: Joe Kopel
Joe Kopel. If there is anybody with songwriting in his DNA, it is Joe. As a kid he would write his own lyrics to existing songs. By high school, he...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
Caption: Artwork by Warren Thomas Fenzi, Credit: Warren Thomas Fenzi
Warren Thomas Fenzi. He’s a young songwriter writes from his own experiences. Warren plays with other members of a collective, and the members back...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 08:08
Caption:  Composer Ned Rorem, Credit: Christian Steiner
We'll hear Zabur by Mohammed Fairouz and Cello Concerto by Nico Muhly, recordings with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on a special Indiana Bic...

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KVNO and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with songs about love, and the majority are happy ones. If you know bluegrass, you know that’s not the normal ratio. The Gem of Blue...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Growing up in Santa Cruz, singer songwriter Melissa Forrette decided to forgo a volleyball scholarship to work as a wilderness outfitter in the Bob...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Growing up in Santa Cruz, singer songwriter Melissa Forrette decided to forgo a volleyball scholarship to work as a wilderness outfitter in the Bob...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3