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So many players get started by imitating what they've heard. They just have to make that pretty sound. But in the process of learning, the music ch...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In bluegrass, there is the mandolin, the guitar, the fiddle, the banjo and the bass, and sometimes the dobro. And that’s it. But why the limitation...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Over the short history of bluegrass, its audience has changed from rural to urban. It broke off from the country music industry. It grew from a reg...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Every music tradition changes over time, including bluegrass. It’s natural think that change means it gets more complex. But sometimes, the old stu...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
What’s real in bluegrass songs? It’s the detail about life in whatever era that makes it seem real. Funny, bluegrass reality usually focuses on har...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by WMMT, KZYX, and WAMU


  • Added: Mar 01, 2009
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The Stanley sound is an important approach to bluegrass, pioneered by brothers Ralph and Carter Stanley. The piece shows what makes it up and tells...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Jan 28, 2009
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Gems of Bluegrass is a weekly 5-7 minute module. Each investigates a bluegrass topic through selected music clips and commentary.

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Weekly module relating to bluegrass / old time music.

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
It used to be that most fiddlers learned from other local players. That has changed, and so has the way fiddlers choose the idioms to participate i...

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Phil Nusbaum at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
piece suggested for Dec 13 - 19, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
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The fiddle is the bluegrass instrument with the greatest tradition. Gems #850 depicts one of the favored fiddle effects, that of two fiddles playin...

Bought by WDVX , KZYX, and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 3
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program suggested for Nov 22 - 28

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2008
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
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program suggested for Nov 15 - 21, 2008

Bought by KCRW, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by KSRQ, KSUT, KDUR, Marfa Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 02:42:04
  • Purchases: 11
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piece suggested for Nov 1 - 7, 2008

Bought by WAMU and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
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piece suggested for October 24 - 30, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
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piece suggested for Oct 18 - 24, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
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program suggested for Oct 11 - 17, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2