All Pieces for Philip Nusbaum

 
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We’ve got a backlog of new releases so we spin quite a few of them today. Rockabilly and bluegrass music. These are two idioms that have used the b...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
The old rockabilly cats were fans of Bill Monroe. Well, Elvis Presley, the original rock and roll icon recorded Bill’s Blue Moon of Kentucky early ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2014
  • Length: 07:29
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Blue Moon of Kentucky was Bill Monroe’s greatest hit. He first recorded it in 1946, and then recorded it later in his career. The song has had stay...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 09:03
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Songwriter Paul Simon and bluegrass music: Paul writes frequently about the dark subjects bluegrass singers enjoy: breakups for example. We play a ...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
second of two Bluegrass Review fund raising editions

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 40:06
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 38:55
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Back in the 1950s, the music world was becoming aware that musicians and fans now had easy access to many styles of music. Today, the internet is d...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:42
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Bluegrass fans are of course aware of songs about train wreck. But when contemporary people use the expression “train wreck” they’re not necessaril...

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass is part of the oral tradition. As a result, a popular song like Molly and Tenbrooks is the subject of a lot of variations.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with a couple of distinctive love songs. In each, one puts up a wall between the two. But in one song, the singer sees no hope, and...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Early on we play a couple of songs by bluegrass artists Rhonda Vincent and Melanie Cannon that feature country singer, Willie Nelson. Then the Gem ...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the early twenties, there emerged a sizeable big market for old time. But then the great depression put an end to the fun, at least for a while....

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 07:58
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with a couple of hammer songs and a couple of songs about small change. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we muse over what makes a piece blu...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Where does the musical organization of a bluegrass band come from? Some might find it a little surprising how large a role was played by pop music.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After opening the show with current bluegrass, out Gem of Bluegrass feature concern the song organizing feature common to bluegrass and many kinds ...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Breakups are tough. That’s why there are so many breakup songs in bluegrass. But when you think about it, bluegrass deals with other kinds of parti...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Partings form the subject matter of many bluegrass songs. Some are partings at the end of life, but the majority is songs of relationships that onc...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Travel has always been a great concern of human beings. The invention of the wheel made people more mobile, and the automobile, locomotive and flyi...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show, we play a couple of bluegrass songs named “Cry.” On our Gem of bluegrass, we take a look at the Reuben / Train 45 song complex. ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Hard work is in the background of bluegrass, so we open with a couple of songs focused on just that. On the Gem of Bluegrass, we discuss cabins. So...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11