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Everybody knows what bluegrass is, right? Well, if that’s true, why do bluegrass fans spend so much time trying to define it. Today’s Gem of Bluegr...
- Added: Oct 31, 2015
- Length: 07:30
Old time music is a cover term for all of the styles handed down over the generations primarily through the oral tradition. Bill Monroe is credited...
- Added: Oct 17, 2015
- Length: 06:29
What’s the spirit of bluegrass music? Is it fast instrumental playing? Well, flashy instrumental work does grab one’s attention. Is it in lead sing...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 04:57
Lumber occupies a big part of the history of Minnesota and the entire Great lakes region. In the lumber industry a hundred and more years ago, many...
- Added: Sep 25, 2015
- Length: 05:00
When the story of the creation of bluegrass is told, usually it starts and ends with Bill Monroe. It’s a kind of big bang theory, and it is true th...
- Added: Aug 19, 2015
- Length: 05:30
Bluegrass and old time music are often called poor folk’s music. And there’s a good case for that point of view. Most songs do not concern themselv...
- Added: Jun 30, 2015
- Length: 07:19
Powderhorn Park always does it with flair, and this 4th of July, it hosts musician Greg Herriges and troupes of puppeteers and dancers. Phil Nusbau...
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- Added: Jun 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Ray Barnard writes and performs songs based on old-school soul. Over the years he has developed a unique songwriting voice, and he tells Phil Nusba...
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- Added: Jun 13, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
JoAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske. Jazz for voice, piano and bass. They’ve been holding forth Friday and Saturday nights at the St Paul hotel lobby for 7...
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- Added: May 09, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Old time and bluegrass music. Many fans consider them as distinct phenomena. But there is reason to consider both as part of the same musical tree.
- Added: Apr 22, 2015
- Length: 06:39
Doug Little leads Minnesota’s great Charanga Band, Charanga Tropical. Charanga is a substyle of salsa, one that adds three violins to the mix. The ...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
When you listen to old bluegrass and the singing styles popular in country music at the time, you can appreciate the early bluegrass as a combinati...
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 07:51
Twin Cities guitarist Zacc harris and vibes player Dave Hagedorn met over their admiration for a 1962 year old LP: Bags Meets Wes by vibraphonist M...
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 05:00
When modern people talk about winter, the talk a lot about inconvenience. You know, you have to dress in layers. The daily commute takes twice as l...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 05:03
The Pig’s Eye Jass Band out of the Twin Cities has been around seemingly forever. Many people come to the Minneapolis Eagles Club to dance the firs...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Most definitions of bluegrass tell you that the bluegrass instruments are the guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and bass. And it might tell you that ...
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 06:21
What a beautiful thing it is when you see someone pull out a 5-dollar harmonica out of an overalls pocket and proceed to catch everyone’s attention...
- Added: Jan 01, 2015
- Length: 07:34
Three experienced players have formed a new organ trio that is one of the more promising groups on the scene, the JT Bates Organ Trio. In the piece...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
In the piece, Bill talks about songwriting, and about working with his young bandmates, Sarah & Derek Birkeland.
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- Added: Dec 24, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Twin Cities Weekend is a five minute feature that keeps listeners up to date on what's happening the following weekend. Artist interviews and music...
- Added: Nov 20, 2014
- Length: 05:00
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture, conceived broadly. Each Gem ...
- Added: Nov 20, 2014
- Length: 05:58
Fewer Americans are watching movies in theaters—ticket sales fell by 11 percent between 2004 and 2013. For those attending the cinema, just about e...
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 03:46
Bluegrass, especially the old bluegrass, has a lot of nature references. There are many songs about spring. But what about Autumn?
- Added: Nov 01, 2014
- Length: 05:13
For a long time, the fiddle was the only bluegrass instrument with a really deep catalog of tunes. But the other instruments have their places in t...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 06:47
Many view the violin or fiddle as the king of the instruments played within the bluegrass tradition. If you hold that view. Why? It has to do with ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2014
- Length: 07:47
