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Bluegrass Review # 1328 Program for July 6-12, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It’s our first show this summer with the insights of Lyle Lofgren and Adam Granger. Both are players residing in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and Adam w...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KRZA, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KUCB and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass # 1327
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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In the late 1940s when bluegrass was new, it was considered an innovation. But in time, bluegrass became its own tradition with its own conventions...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
Bluegrass Review #1327. Program for June 29 - July 5, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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After opening up the show with new bluegrass by Big Country Bluegrass, we play some songs of commitment. First it is the Trinity River Band’s song ...

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


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1326. Show for June 22-28, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You meet all kinds of people in bluegrass songs. Some of them seem lost. Who knows why? However, these types of people make compelling bluegrass so...

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


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It!
From: Joyride Media
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Inside the making of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's new album, featuring interviews with the band and co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1325 "Another Look at Leaving"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
That’s it! I’m Outa Here! Well, that’s one way to make an exit. And that works sometime. But there is much more to leaving than being at the end of...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
Bluegrass Review #1325. Show for June 15-21, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a brand new selection by former Blue Grass Boy Peter Rowan. Then we proceed to a couple of new nostalgic songs about grandpa. O...

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


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1324. Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early Bluegrass is often viewed as a post WWII idiom reflecting great changes in the US. With that in mind, it makes sense that early bluegrass is ...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Gems of Bluegrass # 1323. Everybody Wants to Be the Banjo. for regular users, piece for June 1-7, 2013. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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A light-hearted look at people and other entities imitations fo the banjo.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
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? “...

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


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Bluegrass Review #1321. Program for May 18-24, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Ralph Stanley is a bluegrass icon. To honor him, Don Rigsby put out a tribute CD. We play a selection from the CD, and then play selections from pr...

Bought by KSJD, WOUB, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Meet The Frackers (With Mike Himebaugh)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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In this episode, we look at one of the most pressing environmental issues; fracking. There are so many ways to think about an issue like this; with...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
Gems of Bluegrass 1319 "The First Generation of Bluegrass Artists". For regular users, program for May 4-10, 2013. Others use any time.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music represents a string band evolution plus 1940s innovations by Bill Monroe, who led a group called the Bluegrass Boys. Bill pitched...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:52
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
Gems of Bluegrass #1318. Rock Music as a Context for Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The musical style of old time music and bluegrass come from Appalachia. The high singing, the accompaniments that are full of notes, are all a blue...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
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
Gems of Bluegrass #1317 "Work and Realism." For regular users, piece for April 20-26, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass has a number of songs that reflect on working. The nature of the work has changed over the years. But even if it’s office work, it exacts...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:22
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...

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


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review #1316. Program for April 13-19, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with recent blues-tinged bluegrass. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers the somewhat romantic image of the hobo in older bluegras...

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


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Gems #1316 Evolution of Hoboing to Homeless. For regular users, program for April 13-16, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To some, there is a great advantage to living outdoors. It’s an advantage you can’t put a price tag on. And maybe some romance too, as in the case...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:13
Gems #1315. Changing Visions of Youth
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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The bluegrass tradition’s depiction of young people is changing. A hundred years ago, songs about children often presented horrible things happenin...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
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
Gems of Bluegrass #1314 Peace in Bluegrass nation. For regular users, piece for Mar 30-Apr 5, 2013. Others use any time.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old Time Music and bluegrass enjoyed a burst of interest in the 1950s into 1960s. At that time, the media got interested, and the folk music establ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:45

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