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Gems of Bluegrass #1205 Sounds Like...
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan yun
You hear that songwriters and musicians write and play music reflecting their experiences Fair enough but it doesn’t stop there. In old time music ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:06
Gems of Bluegrass #1207 Bluegrass Waltzes
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When you think about bluegrass, what do you think of?. I’ bet it’s reckless speed and drive, or maybe harmony singing especially the kind of 4-part...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:26
Gems of Bluegrass #1208 Is Bluegrass Pure?
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass fans pay close attention to bluegrass, thinking about bluegrass tradition and whether certain songs or groups are traditional or not. The...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:38
Gems of Bluegrass #1207 Bluegrass Waltzes
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
When you think about bluegrass, what do you think of?. I’ bet it’s reckless speed and drive, or maybe harmony singing especially the kind of 4-part...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:26
Bluegrass Review #1207 program for Feb 11-17, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Early in the show, we play a couple of “second choice” bluegrass songs. One is ironic, the other a good old-fashioned broken hearted melody. Our Ge...

Bought by WNTI-FM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, WAMU, WHDD and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 7
The Needle Drop: 01-21-12
Series: The Needle Drop
From WNPR
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New music from Cloud Nothings, First Aid Kit, Young Fathers, and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 00:57:09
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review # 1206 Program for Feb 4-10, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
We open the show with a favorite type of song: the telephone bluegrass song. Funny how the telephone symbolizes a close connection, even closer tha...

Bought by KKRN, KDRP Community Radio, KUCB, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:02
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1205 Sounds Like...
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
You hear that songwriters and musicians write and play music reflecting their experiences Fair enough but it doesn’t stop there. In old time music ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:06
Bluegrass Review #1203 Program for January 14-20, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The show opens with current wave bluegrass. Then our Gem of Bluegrass considers modernistic bluegrass takes on booze. These viewpoints are not as m...

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


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Bluegrass Review #1204 Program for Jan 21-27, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at wo9rk, Credit: Sejan Yun
We play some recent country-influenced bluegrass at the beginning. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass takes a look at “crazy” people in bluegrass songs. La...

Bought by WSLR, KRZA, KUCB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review # 1202. Program for Jan 7-13, 2012
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On our Gem of Bluegrass, we investigate the difference between bluegrass lonesome and bluegrass lonely. That discussion is the springboard to playi...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNTI-FM, KUCB and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1201 2011 in Bluegrass
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
On today's show, we focus on important trends n bluegrass, and play the cream of the crop.

Bought by WNTI-FM, KDRP Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXXI, KUCB and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 12
A Folk Alley Christmas HOUR TWO
Series: Folk Alley
From WKSU
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Free, Holiday Music special. Available to stations as a one, or two hour show. Folk Alley host Jim Blum ("bloom") collects the best in contemporary...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, Prairie Public, KSUT, KUMD, WXXI and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gems #1151 Romance, Fantasy and Realism, Pop and Bluegrass For regular users, program for Dec 10-16, 2011. Others use anytime.
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
It must be that over half the songs in any music style are concerned with love. That includes bluegrass, though theres’s a lot of everyday life in ...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:27
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1050 Bill Monroe's Contributions. For regular users, piece for Dec 10-16, 2011. Others use anytime
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Most of us know that Bill Monroe is considered the father of bluegrass music. The reason is a series of innovations, taken together, that created a...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1150 program for Dec 10-16, 2011
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our program opens with bluegrass takes on poverty. Three of the four or actually positive spins. Then, the fourth is an angry one….it’s a song comp...

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WHDD and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Folk Alley Hour TWO good through December 1
Series: Folk Alley
From WKSU
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Free, weekly program. Available to stations as a one, or two hour show. Folk Alley host Jim Blum ("bloom") collects the best in contemporary and tr...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KEOS, KKRN, KPVL, and WXXI


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gems of Bluegrass # 1148 Brother Duets
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, piece for Nov 26-Dec 3, 2011. Others use anytime. Since the dawn of the commercial era, there have been performance models in ol...

Bought by WHDD and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Folk Alley Hour TWO good through November 24
Series: Folk Alley
From WKSU
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Free, weekly program. Available to stations as a one, or two hour show. Folk Alley host Jim Blum ("bloom") collects the best in contemporary and tr...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KKRN, KPVL, KEOS, WETS and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Gems of Bluegrass #1149 The Evolution of the Guitar in Bluegrass Music
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Rhythm guitar. When you are talking about the old bluegrass and old time music, you scarcely need to use the word rhythm. That’s because guitars w...

Bought by WHDD and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:20
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1149. Program for Dec 3 - 9, 2011
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Many Appalachian people have headed north for work. But they give up something in the process. The show starts with Detroit and Bluegrass. On the G...

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Bluegrass Review #1148 "Bluegrass to be Thankful for" Program for Nov 26-Dec 2, 2011
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass to Be Thankful For. It is a show of listener requests of especially meaningful bluegrass, and listeners tell us why the songs are meaning...

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, KHNS, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Live Feed Presents: The Winterlings
Series: The Live Feed
From KQAL
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL's Bill Stoneberg visits with The Winterlings, whose album "The Animal Groom" hit number 6 on The National Fo...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:46:22
Gems of Bluegrass #1147 Monroe Bros 1938 Breakup
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In 1938, one of the times greatest duet acts broke up. Bill and Charlie Monroe. It’s not known for certain the reason for the breakup. But although...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:49
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1147. Program for Nov 19=-25, 2011
Series: The Bluegrass Review
From Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Early in the show, it’s songs of the Midwest. Few songs are written about the Midwest, but it’s definitely part of bluegrass country! The Gem of Bl...

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, WSLR, KKRN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:01
  • Purchases: 9