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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
Gems of Bluegrass #1042. Woody Guthrie and Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Woody Guthrie might seem pretty remote in time now. His dates are 1912 to 1967, and from about 1950 onward, his health was in decline. In his good ...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1229 Country Music in the 1930s. For regular users, piece for July 14-20, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
The 1920’s was a great era for country music recordings, but it was an era that ended with the Great Depression of the 1930s. The depression caused...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
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
Gems of Bluegrass 1227 – The Fiddle and the Voice. For regular users, piece for June 30-July 6, 2012. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/eitfunk 2012, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The fiddle has the longest tradition in bluegrass music. Now there exist banjo tunes, mandolin tunes, but by far, there are more fiddle tunes. But ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
Gems of Bluegrass #1226 "Footprints in the Snow"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Bluegrass songs evolve for all sorts of reasons. Take footprints in the snow. There’s more than one way you can understand the song, which begins w...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
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
Gems #1224 "Bill Monroe tributes. For regular users, piece for June 9-15, 2012. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Seitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today it is commonplace to acknowledge the extent of Bill Monroe’s contribution to bluegrass music: The instruments used, their function in a band...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
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
Gems of Bluegrass #1222 "Early Bluegrass and Loss"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We know that bluegrass music is blue. The most obvious examples are the seemingly limitless number of songs about lovers breaking up. But in bluegr...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:15
Bluegrass Review #1222. Program for May 26 – June 1, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show begins with a couple of songs using “dirt road” in the title. Similar phrase, but the songs are very different. Remember the song “Long Bl...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Gems #1220 Is Bluegrass Folk
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
If you think that folk music means singer with guitar, then bluegrass is not really folk. But before you slam the door on the idea of bluegrass bei...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1219 Constructions, Deconstructions and Reinventions
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
A recent Gem of Bluegrass addressed the recontexting of bluegrass songs. Take a bluegrass song or bluegrass approach and combine it with ideas from...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:53
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
Gems of Bluegrass 1218 Hidden Challenges of Playing Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
When you play bluegrass or any type of old time music, you rely on your ear. Sure, some of the music written down, but if you rely solely on writte...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
Gems of Bluegrass #1217 Bluegrass paradigm Change
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
One of the great things about bluegrass is that it is always changing, always evolving. The 60’s was an era with a lot of change, and it may be hap...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
Gems of Bluegrass #1216 Recontexting
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We know that bluegrass evolves over time. But what causes the evolution? Usually we think it’s caused by the little changes made by players. But wh...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 09:33
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
Gems of Bluegrass #1214 Tom Dooley For regular users, piece for march 31 - April 6, 2012. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Tom Dooley. It’s an American Ballad that has shown staying power. Why? Part of it is what it’s about: sex and violence. Plus, everybody was talking...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 1
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
Gems 1213 Catching the Ear with a Good Song Hook
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at a radio conference, Credit: Karen Van Norman
What’s in a song? You might ask. Well if there is a lyric that is ear catching, people will want to listen to find out what’s in a song.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 08:35
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