All Pieces for Philip Nusbaum
From the mid 50’s onward rock and roll captured a big share of the music market, and from the 1960’s onward, it was apparent that rock and roll was...
- Added: Jul 22, 2012
- Length: 10:04
Mike Seeger died in 2009. At a distance of a few years, it’s good to assess his contributions as a player and promoter of the music. And when you d...
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Jul 15, 2012
- Length: 10:24
- Purchases: 1
The program begins with songs of personal disconnection between family members. The last of the set is actually a song of reunification by Dock Bog...
- Added: Jul 15, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
program for MN stations July 21-27, 2012
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 59:01
In the 1920’s there was a lot of idiosyncratic old time music recorded. But by the bluegrass era, there were fewer idiosyncrasies and more that was...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 08:19
There seems to be no end of “nostalgia ‘grass, so we play a few more examples today. Then Lyle Lofgren, Adam Granger and host Phil Nusbaum tackle t...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 14
Since Bluegrass came into existence, there has been a vague feeling that the electric guitar somehow did not fit in a bluegrass band. But why? Toda...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 06:57
Today’s program opens up with some bluegrass songs about hard work, including two startling songs concerning gravediggers. Show host Phil Nusbaum g...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
Woody Guthrie might seem pretty remote in time now. His dates are 1912 to 1967, and from about 1950 onward, his health was in decline. In his good ...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Jun 28, 2012
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 1
The 1920’s was a great era for country music recordings, but it was an era that ended with the Great Depression of the 1930s. The depression caused...
- Added: Jun 28, 2012
- Length: 08:26
Swing: It’s a style bluegrass bands have approached over the years. We survey some bluegrass swing fusion. Then Lyle Lofgren and Adam Granger visit...
- Added: Jun 28, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 13
Losing: it’s an ever popular concern of bluegrass songs, and we begin our show with three outstanding examples of that type of song. Then Lyle Lofg...
- Added: Jun 23, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 12
In the early days of sound recording, in the early and mid 1920s, record labels recorded many local instrumental and singing groups. But no really ...
- Added: Jun 23, 2012
- Length: 10:21
At the beginning of the show, we play some powerfully uplifting numbers. Our Gem of Bluegrass compares the violin to the human voice. Later, we exp...
- Added: Jun 19, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 10
The fiddle has the longest tradition in bluegrass music. Now there exist banjo tunes, mandolin tunes, but by far, there are more fiddle tunes. But ...
- Added: Jun 19, 2012
- Length: 06:47
Bluegrass songs evolve for all sorts of reasons. Take footprints in the snow. There’s more than one way you can understand the song, which begins w...
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 04:40
Out show opens with new and recent bluegrass. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass we consider the evolution of the song “Footprints in the Snow.” It was ...
Bought by WRGY, KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KRZA, KUCB and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
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 n...
Bought by WRGY, KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KRZA, KUCB and more
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 10
Today it is commonplace to acknowledge the extent of Bill Monroe’s contribution to bluegrass music: The instruments used, their function in a band...
- Added: May 21, 2012
- Length: 07:44
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 Mo...
Bought by WRGY, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KUCB and more
- Added: May 21, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 11
