Also in the The Bluegrass Review series

Bluegrass Review #1225.. Show for June 16-22, 2012 (00:59:00)
From: Philip Nusbaum

Nostalgia is big in bluegrass. The show opens with two nostalgia songs. In the first by the Bankesters, the singer expresses that she longs to be nostalgic about what is ...

Bluegrass Review #1224 program for June 9-15, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 Monroe tributes. Later on the ...

Bluegrass Review #1223 Program for June 2-8, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

Our show opens with songs where finance matters. Then our Gem of bluegrass surveys the forms bluegrass anthems take. Later a conversation with Lynn “Chirps” Smith about the ...

Bluegrass Review #1222. Program for May 26 – June 1, 2012 (00:59:00)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 Black Veil?” about the guy ...

Bluegrass Review #1221. program for May 19-25, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 on the kind of jazz ...

Bluegrass Review #1220 program for May 12-18, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 of Bluegrass is about songs ...

Bluegrass Review #1219. Program for May 5-11, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 Bluegrass related to evolving ...

Bluegrass Review 1218. Program for Apr 28 – May 4, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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-sounding and otherwise. On ...

Bluegrass Review #1217 program for April 21-27, 2012 (00:59:01)
From: Philip Nusbaum

Our program begins with current wave bluegrass. Then on our Gem of Bluegrass, we wonder if the bluegrass paradigm is changing. It certainly could be: Bluegrass is in a ...

Bluegrass Review # 1216 program for April 14-20, 2012 (00:59:02)
From: Philip Nusbaum

Exciting new bluegrass opens this week’s broadcast. After that we investigate a major way bluegrass evolves: by recontexting music; you might say, combining genres. Then we ...

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