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Bluegrass Review # 1141. show for Oct 8 - 14, 2011
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our show begins with songs about kids. In bluegrass there are a lot of tragic songs about kids, but this time we mix in a lot of cute and uplifting...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, WAMU, KKRN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review # 1139; show for Sept 24 - 30, 2011
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show opens up with a couple of new Bill Monroe tributes, including a Frank Wakefield interpretation of Monroe’s Bluegrass Stomp. Wakefield is a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUCB, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1138:
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Program for Sept 17-23, 2011. The program starts with new bluegrass by Blue Highway. Then, two views of romance. One is full of excitement, the oth...

Bought by WEZU, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bluegrass Review #1137
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Sept 13 is 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe’s. Today’s show tells of the great contributions of Monroe,...

Bought by WAMU, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, WAMU, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 8
Bluegrass Review #1136
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The program opens with recent bluegrass, including a brand new recording by April Verch, the Canadian fiddling virtuoso. With fall approaching, the...

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WSLR, WAMU, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
A Conversation with Gary Giddins about Duke Ellington
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The great jazz writer Gary Giddins talks about the great jazz legend, Duke Ellington.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 34:39
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Randy Weston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Randy Weston talks about the music he loves.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
A Conversation with Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with NEA Heritage Fellow, Mike Rafferty
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Irish flutist Mike Rafferty talks about learning flute playing from his father, as well as coming to America and returning to Irish music in his 50...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Directing with Melissa Rain Anderson
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we have the director from this years musical production playing at The Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona MN. This multif...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:47
A Conversation with Tenor, Everett McCorvey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Opera Honoree Carlisle Floyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Carlisle Floyd talks about his extensive career in opera, including writing some of his most famous pieces, Susannah, Of Mice and Men, Willie Stark...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
A Conversation with Actress Rita Moreno
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Star of stage and screen--and winner of just about every performance award--National Medal of the Arts recipient Rita Moreno talks about her life a...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
Rick Bass, author of 'Nashville Chrome'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Rick Bass talks about the challenges of writing fiction about real, living people. He also reads from his novel 'Nashville Chro...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review # 1126
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil and Zeitfunk 2011, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Home is a major focus of bluegrass music. But how the music views home has expanded in recent years. The show opens with three songs about home. On...

Bought by WEZU, KKRN, WAMU, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead: Bound To Cover Just A Little More Ground
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bill Kreutzmann
This week on Sea Change Radio we have the honor of visiting with Bill Kreutzmann, original drummer of the Grateful Dead, and organic gardener. Host...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Bluegrass Review #1125
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Program for June 18-24, 2011 Mexico is close to the United States but for whatever reason, seems a bit exotic. On our show today, we play recent so...

Bought by WEZU, KKRN, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Bluegrass Review #1124
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2010 Zeitgeist award, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Program for June 11-17, 2011. Some people get all the rough breaks. Early on this show we play a couple of songs depicting folks with plain old bad...

Bought by WEZU, WXXI Rochester, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
A Taste of Sugar: The Sugar Pie de Santo Story (Part #3)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Sugar Pie de Santo, Credit: Chess Records
SUGAR PIE DE SANTO is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...

  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 54:43
Bluegrass Review #1123
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
After a selection from the new Russell Johnson CD, we play a couple of songs about war. One displays cruelty, the other kindness. The Gem of Bluegr...

Bought by WEZU, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Taste of Sugar: The Sugar Pie de Santo Story (Part #1)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Sugar Pie de Santo , Credit: Chess Records
Sugar Pie de Santo is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 55:18
Bluegrass Review #1121
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
As has become our norm, we open up with new bluegrass, including a couple of songs with truck driving motifs. Our Gem of Bluegrass treats the conve...

Bought by WEZU, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1120
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Program for May 14 – May 20, 2011 Because we’ve got a lot of new bluegrass to play, we start out the show that way, and we include a couple of addi...

Bought by WEZU, KUCB, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Bluegrass Review #1119
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
This weekly installment features a segment on who bluegrass blames for social problems, an interview with Jim and Valerie Gabehart, recent war-rela...

Bought by WEZU, WAMU, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass # 1118 Bluegrass and the Work Ethic
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, show for April 30 - May 6, 2011. Piece shows how bluegrass values work that requires physical effort.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 1

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