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Bluegrass Review #1326. Show for June 22-28, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
You meet all kinds of people in bluegrass songs. Some of them seem lost. Who knows why? However, these types of people make compelling bluegrass so...

Bought by WXXI, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPVL, and WAMU


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Gems of Bluegrass #1325 "Another Look at Leaving"
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
That’s it! I’m Outa Here! Well, that’s one way to make an exit. And that works sometime. But there is much more to leaving than being at the end of...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
Bluegrass Review #1325. Show for June 15-21, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with a brand new selection by former Blue Grass Boy Peter Rowan. Then we proceed to a couple of new nostalgic songs about grandpa. O...

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


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Gems of Bluegrass #1324. Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early Bluegrass is often viewed as a post WWII idiom reflecting great changes in the US. With that in mind, it makes sense that early bluegrass is ...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1318: 2013 Blues Music Awards
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the winners at the 2013 Blues Music Awards by playing their music and giving you the full rundown of winners in ever category! Everyon...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: The Sans Souci Quartet
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We continue our coverage of Boats and Bluegrass 2012 in Winona Minnesota with a band that continues to push the musical envelope while combining a ...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 35:36
Gems of Bluegrass # 1323. Everybody Wants to Be the Banjo. for regular users, piece for June 1-7, 2013. Others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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A light-hearted look at people and other entities imitations fo the banjo.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
Bluegrass Review #1323. Program for June 1-7, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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The program begins with new bluegrass, then presents a contrast of songs: Jim Reams’ song about not being able to settle down and Flat and Scruggs’...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review #1322. Program for May 25-May 31, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/20112 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass. We muse that few songs are focused on individuals set in one place. But we found a few. And what is the place? “...

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


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1317
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Full-Time Blues Radio returns to the best in New & Independent Blues Music, this week, with a huge selection of brand new arrivals! In addition the...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1316 - Willie's Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Willie Nelson by exploring his Blues roots, with music by Willie himself, his Blues brethren, and Blues covers of...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1321. Program for May 18-24, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Ralph Stanley is a bluegrass icon. To honor him, Don Rigsby put out a tribute CD. We play a selection from the CD, and then play selections from pr...

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


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1320 Fiddle and Banjo. For regular users, program for May 11-17, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today, recorded musical textures are getting denser and denser. Why? Because we can make them that way, I guess. But turn back the clock and textur...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio and WXXI


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1320. Program for May 11-17, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Early on the show, listen to some funny bluegrass parodies. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we consider old recordings before the “wall of sound” wa...

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1315
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's show is stacked from front to back with the best Blues music on Earth! We also pay tribute to the memory of Jimmy Dawkins.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass 1319 "The First Generation of Bluegrass Artists". For regular users, program for May 4-10, 2013. Others use any time.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: karen Van Norman
Bluegrass music represents a string band evolution plus 1940s innovations by Bill Monroe, who led a group called the Bluegrass Boys. Bill pitched...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:52
Bluegrass Review #1319. Program for May 4– May 10, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open with new and recent bluegrass, including a modernistic piece featuring Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Our Gem of Bluegrass feature tells a...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Roots Thinning In Rural America
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America
Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1314 - Women of the Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week, we celebrate the fairer sex by playing a host of new Blues music by leading ladies in the genre.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Bluegrass Review #1317. Program for April 20-26, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We open the show with a current ‘grass selection, and then proceed to play three bluegrass songs that use the name John Deere Tractors symbolically...

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


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1313
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week, Full-Time Blues Radio features another amazing hour of music, news and information, as well as the debut of a highly anticipated release...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1316. Program for April 13-19, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with recent blues-tinged bluegrass. Then the Gem of Bluegrass considers the somewhat romantic image of the hobo in older bluegras...

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


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1312
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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The Home for New & Independent Blues Music opens its doors again, bringing you an hour of the best music and news from the world of the Blues. This...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gems #1315. Changing Visions of Youth
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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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
Bluegrass Review #1315. Program for April 6-12, 2013
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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