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Gems of Bluegrass 1206: Game Changing CD: Jed Crowe & the New South 1975
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In any musical idiom most of what comes out fits a model of normalcy. But then there are the bands and the recordings that signal that a change is ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 08:49
Gems of Bluegrass #1204 I Must Be Going Out of my Mind
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Craziness and bluegrass. Well, you know the demented boyfriends is songs like the Banks of the Ohio. But not every crazy person appearing in a blue...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 09:10
Gems of Bluegrass #1152 "Bill Monroe's Variety" for regular users, piece for Dec 24-30, 2011, others use anytime
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bill Monroe’s contribution is combining the traditional types of songs he heard in Kentucky where he grew up and in the south where he performed. B...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:28
Gems #1151 Romance, Fantasy and Realism, Pop and Bluegrass For regular users, program for Dec 10-16, 2011. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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 ...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1148 Brother Duets
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1149 The Evolution of the Guitar in Bluegrass Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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 WXXI Rochester, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WAMU


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass #1146 Making Connections.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
A good song connects with an audience. A songwriter accomplishes this is by putting a frame around some activity, or by telling us just the what is...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 1
Gems #1145 Bluegrass Musicians, Blues Musicians and Approaches to the Blues. For regular users, piece for Nov 5-11, 2011. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The blues is a pervasive influence in American music, and it some of its musical ideas affect everybody who plays the blues. But there are some dif...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 2
Gems #1144 Orange Blossom Special for regular users, show for Oct 29 - Nov 4, 2011
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The fiddle is the bluegrass instrument that is most like the human voice, and you can make it sound like birds or automobiles and trains. And over ...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
Gems #1043 Nowhere
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
In bluegrass we know that the size of a place matters: big cities are often bad, and little towns good. but what about places not built up at all? ...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review # 1143. Show for Oct 22 - 28, 2011.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our program begins with some songs reflecting odd notions of the concept “justice.” The its time for the Gem of Bluegrass, which reflects on bluegr...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WXXI Rochester, KUCB, KKRN, WAMU and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Gems 1141 The Broad Effects of Bluegrass Banjo
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass music is an idiom that has evolved over time, but has had several great ideas that changed aspects of the music markedly. Regarding blueg...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1137 Bluegrass Music's 2nd Golden Era
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Many bluegrass fans, even ones who do not remember the first generation bluegrass artists get nostalgic about the old days. Well, fair enough. It r...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1136
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The world seems to reset in Fall. Those lake homes get locked up, school starts. And every professional organization in the world seems to have its...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Benefits of Being Mixed Race
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Darshon Moore, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Darshon Moore speaks from experience of having parents representing differing cultural backgrounds

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Gems of Bluegrass #1135 Fiddling Traditions
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Of all the bluegrass instruments, it is the fiddle that has the greatest history. The fiddle is a traditional instrument in many cultures, and it a...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 2
The Bluegrass Review #1132
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The opens by returning to one the underlying themes of bluegrass music: heavy burdens. Then, Lyle Loftgren and Adam Granger collaborate with host P...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Gems of Bluegrass # 1131 History of Clawhammer Banjo
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, piece for July 30-Aug 5, 2011. Others use anytime. In old time music today, clawhammer is the most popular style of banjo playin...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 11:36
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1130
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
For regular users, program for July 23 - 29, 2011. Others use anytime. Bluegrass has a lot of musical conventions. But a lot of the conventions cou...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1128 - Bill Monroe's western infuence
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
After Bill Monroe and brother Charlie parted ways in the late 1930s, Bill started searching for new musical combinations that would catch on. He mi...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1127 Bluegrass/Country Crossover
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Bluegrass music has a history of being connected to, but also distinct from country music. But country and bluegrass are close enough, that some pl...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1125 Worlds We Have Lost
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2010 Zeitfunk award from PRX, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
Today's Gem of Bluegrass focuses on the vocal tone of many old time performers. Regardless of their age at the time of recording, they sounded old.

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1124 Crying in the Chapel
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil with 2010 Zeitfunk award, Credit: Claire Nusbaum
What’s the difference between musical idioms? In large part it is the way you interpret and accompany a song. Like the song Crying in the Chapel. I...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1122 Flawed Existence
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, show for May 27 - June 2, 1022. Others use anytime. Bluegrass is the home of the happy sounding sad song, where singers depict ...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1