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Guitarist, singer, and composer Matt Munisteri has uncovered much of the forgotten jazz and swing from the early 20th century. His latest album, St...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
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The bluegrass tradition’s depiction of young people is changing. A hundred years ago, songs about children often presented horrible things happenin...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens up with recent bluegrass. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers the ways children have been depicted over the years in bluegrass so...

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, WTIP, KUCB and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) As a young girl, vocalist Catherine Russell bounced on the knee of Louis Arms...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Old Time Music and bluegrass enjoyed a burst of interest in the 1950s into 1960s. At that time, the media got interested, and the folk music establ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:45
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Our program opens with new bluegrass. Many say that bluegrass is in a period of change, with a new generation taking over. There are conflicting ve...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, WTIP, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Jake Shimabukuro has carried the sound of the ukulele from Hawaiian shores to...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass is considered old fashioned, and old time string bands even more so. After all, it is the old time string band that gave birth to the blu...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:27
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out of the gates with new bluegrass by Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair and the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we note ...

Bought by WRGY, WTIP, WOUB, KKRN, KUCB and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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It really happened!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Gloria Gaynor is best known for her sensational 1978 hit, “I Will Survive,” w...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Right at the show’s beginning, we play new bluegrass. Then we consider the Celtic / bluegrass connection. Accordionist Paddy O’Brien and singer Eri...

Bought by WRGY, KPVL, WOUB, KKRN, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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MRI scans of beatboxers show that they’ve unwittingly borrowed sounds from exotic languages.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) New York Times music and film critic Stephen Holden covered the 1970s singer/...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and was an early influence on Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass fans say that one of the great things about the music is that it values its heritage. The fans like it when it sounds old, and they enjoy...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/1012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Nnorman
This show’s Gem of Bluegrass addresses how bluegrass music honors its own heritage. We play a couple of songs relating to old lovers. Later, we tal...

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, WTIP, KUCB and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
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Singer, actress, and comedian Bette Midler is Feinstein’s guest for an hour of pure radio fun. Midler unpacks stories and favorite tunes from her r...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KFOK-LP, KUOW, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Born into Hollywood royalty, Liza Minnelli has made her own name on the stage and screen. Her role in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical...

Bought by KFOK-LP, KUOW, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Aaron Neville News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Grammy-winning R&B /soul singer Aaron Neville has been a radio ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Singing and playing a bluegrass song involves being true to the song and being true to your own musical identity. A case in point is the song Body ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass Lonesome has many dimensions. Among them are songs where lovers are separated forever by fate or acts of God. We open the show with a few...

Bought by WRGY, WTIP, KKRN, WOUB, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
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Ryan Bingham News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham has made the unlikely journey fro...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:45
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An true-life love story about three icons of classical music.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KRCB-FM, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9