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The Milwaukee Film Festival is my favorite two weeks of the year. It is a two week celebration of Art that the entire city participates in. As a ra...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 18:54
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The city represents many contrasting points of view in bluegrass music. Towards the start of the show we pick out a few songs with contrasting view...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, WEZU and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with prison songs that speak of different aspects of the prison experience. Then, it is time for our Gem of Bluegrass. This week’s g...

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We kick off the show with some current bluegrass. Then, it’s a couple of songs relating to phases of life, and each song references a “garden wall....

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WXXI Rochester, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show, a couple of songs in which age plays a factor. One is about hanging around an old man, someone your parents warned you against b...

Bought by KSJD, KBRP Community Radio, KKRN, WOUB, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with a great recent track by songwriter Donna Hughes. Then we play a couple of songs whose songwriters were plainly philosophizing a...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a little contemporary bluegrass, the show slides into some songs where one person is telling off another. Let’s just say that we sing some th...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass, and a couple of songs about the California and Alaska gold rushes. After the Gem of Bluegrass about the bluegras...

Bought by WEZU, KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s Christmas on the Bluegrass Review. Robin and Linda Williams and Donna Ulisse talk about some of their Christmas-related songs.

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
At the show’s beginning, we play recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss the evolution of the song “The House Carpenter.” In so...

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


  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent bluegrass opens our show. Then we present two lighthearted looks at aging; one instrumental and one an old time song. The Gem of Bluegrass f...

Bought by WEZU, KSKQ, WOUB, KRZA, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WYSO, KGLT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Each week, the show presents current and historical bluegrass music, as well as interviews, produced segments and commentary. The result is in-dept...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s broadcast begins with a new bluegrass song. Then, we play a couple of songs about young women leaving home. The first is tragic, while the ...

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s always been true that when cultures contact each other they influence each other. And with the variety of music styles old and new so easily a...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
Caption: Rich Mattson
Rich Mattson reached a key status in Minneapolis music during the 90's with his band The Glenrustles, and around the calendar indication of our cur...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with recent bluegrass. On the Gem of Bluegrass, the subject is Autumn and bluegrass songs. Then we play a couple of songs where Autu...

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


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show today, we play the songs “Off My Mind” and “On My Mind.” You might think these songs are about different things, but in each case...

Bought by WEZU, KRPS, KSJD, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a new bluegrass song, we play a couple of instances of the Spanish-bluegrass connection. The Gem of Bluegrass is concerned with the developme...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17
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David LaMotte on music and faith; Katy Scrogin on Toward a True Kinship of Faiths.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 49:00
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Fletcher Harper on religious environmentalism; Katy Scrogin on Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists.

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 33:32
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a little recent bluegrass. Then, we survey the bluegrass catalog regarding songs about “boots.” Subject matter ranges from song...

Bought by WEZU, KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Even though bluegrass music is undergoing change, one of the story lines in today’s Bluegrass music is the founder of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. Bill’...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:23
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today’s show opens with new bluegrass from the Lonesome River Band. It’s a tribute to the singer’s sweetheart who values her man for things that do...

Bought by WTIP, KSJD, KEOS, WOUB, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
It rains in Virginia, you know. Our show opens with a couple of “raining in Virginia.” You might know that rain frequently signifies the blues and ...

Bought by KSJD, WOUB, KSKQ, KPVL, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 17