All Pieces for Philip Nusbaum

 
Gems #1224 "Bill Monroe tributes. For regular users, piece for June 9-15, 2012. Others use anytime.
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:07:44
Bluegrass Review #1224 program for June 9-15, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
This show has a couple of songs where poverty is woven into the lyrics to start out. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss the recorded Bill Mo...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
Gems of Bluegrass #1223 Anthems
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitgeist, Credit: Karen Van norman
Bill Monroe’s band was called the Bluegrass Boys after his home state of Kentucky. It was considered part of country music, and bands that adopted ...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:03
Bluegrass Review #1223 Program for June 2-8, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
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...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
Gems of Bluegrass #1222 "Early Bluegrass and Loss"
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:05:15
Bluegrass Review #1222. Program for May 26 – June 1, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
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...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WHDD, KAWC, and WAMU


  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gems of Bluegrass # 1221 "Bluegrass is Jazzy. But What Does that mean?" For regular users, May 19-25, 2012. Others use anytime.
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the early twentieth Century jazz and country music both had bad reputations among members of the music establishment. For one thing, with a lack...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:07:23
Bluegrass Review #1221. program for May 19-25, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open with a couple of evocative songs whose impact comes from mentioning a series of related images. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, the focus is...

Bought by KKRN, KDRP Community Radio, KUCB, WNTI-FM, WXXI and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems #1220 Is Bluegrass Folk
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:21
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1220 program for May 12-18, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Because we’ve got a lot of new bluegrass to play, we start out the show that way, and we include a couple of additional songs about coal. Our Gem o...

Bought by KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, KDRP Community Radio, WNTI-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Gems of Bluegrass #1219 Constructions, Deconstructions and Reinventions
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:10:53
Bluegrass Review #1219. Program for May 5-11, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
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...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KKRN, KUCB, WNTI-FM, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review 1218. Program for Apr 28 – May 4, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil Nusbaum w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You know how bluegrass fans comment on all the sad songs in bluegrass, particularly those with happy melodies. The show opens with sad songs, happy...

Bought by KKRN, WHDD, KUCB, KRZA, WNTI-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass 1218 Hidden Challenges of Playing Bluegrass
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:07:27
Gems of Bluegrass #1217 Bluegrass paradigm Change
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:08:28
Bluegrass Review #1217 program for April 21-27, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w. 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our program begins with current wave bluegrass. Then on our Gem of Bluegrass, we wonder if the bluegrass paradigm is changing. It certainly could b...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, WXXI and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Gems of Bluegrass #1216 Recontexting
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
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: 00:09:33
Bluegrass Review # 1216 program for April 14-20, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
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, ...

Bought by KKRN, KDRP Community Radio, WHDD, KRZA, KUCB and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Gems #1215 Bluegrass and the House of the Rising Sun For regular users, piece for April 7-13, 2012. Others use anytime.
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
The House of the Rising Sun. It’s an old time song that’s been kept alive by a lot of singers. Why do singers like it? It might be that it sings of...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:34
Bluegrass Review #1215 program for April 7-13, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
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...

Bought by KKRN, KDRP Community Radio, KRZA, KUCB, WNTI-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 10

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