More from Philip Nusbaum

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 ...

Gems #1224 "Bill Monroe tributes. For regular users, piece for June 9-15, 2012. Others use anyti... (00:07:44)
From: Philip Nusbaum

Today it is commonplace to acknowledge the extent of Bill Monroe’s contribution to bluegrass music: The instruments used, their function in a band, and the way singing 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 ...

Gems of Bluegrass #1223 Anthems (00:08:03)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 Monroe’s style were ...

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 ...

Gems of Bluegrass #1222 "Early Bluegrass and Loss" (00:05:15)
From: Philip Nusbaum

We know that bluegrass music is blue. The most obvious examples are the seemingly limitless number of songs about lovers breaking up. But in bluegrass, especially the old ...

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 ...

Gems of Bluegrass # 1221 "Bluegrass is Jazzy. But What Does that mean?" For regular users, May 19... (00:07:23)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 of proper sheet music, ...

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 ...

Gems #1220 Is Bluegrass Folk (00:06:21)
From: Philip Nusbaum

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 being folk, consider that to ...

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