Gems of Bluegrass

Series produced by Philip Nusbaum

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short modules about bluegrass music

Each under 5-minutes, highly produced "Gems of Bluegrass" module discusses a key element of bluegrass music. Some Gems of Bluegrass relate to a particular bluegrass style or sub style, repertoire, commonplace bluegrass themes, playing techniques or study the work of a particular artist.

Each Gem of Bluegrass contains snips of music taken from CD, along with Phil Nusbaum's commentary. Phil is an experienced radio producer, bluegrass scholar and bluegrass performer.

Each Gem of Bluegrass also appears on the Bluegrass Review broadcast with the same number. (The Bluegrass Review is a one-hour bluegrass show available free of charge from PRX, or from Phil Nusbaum. For information on the show, see the Bluegrass Review listing on Phil Nusbaum's section of the PRX website or go to www.bluegrassreview.com.

Gems of Bluegrass fit well on established Bluegrass or folk shows, and can be used to forward promote the Bluegrass Review. Hide full description

Each under 5-minutes, highly produced "Gems of Bluegrass" module discusses a key element of bluegrass music. Some Gems of Bluegrass relate to a particular bluegrass style or sub style, repertoire, commonplace bluegrass themes, playing techniques or study the work of a particular artist. Each Gem of Bluegrass contains snips of music taken from CD, along with Phil Nusbaum's commentary. Phil is an experienced radio producer, bluegrass scholar and bluegrass performer. Each Gem of Bluegrass also appears on the Bluegrass Review broadcast with the same number. (The Bluegrass Review is a one-hour bluegrass show available free of charge from PRX, or from Phil Nusbaum. For information on the show, see the Bluegrass Review listing on Phil Nusbaum's section of the PRX website or go to... Show full description


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Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Dec 3 - 10, 2010

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Dec 11 - 18, 2010. Others use anytime.

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Nov 20 - 26, 2010. Others use anytime.

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Nov 13 - 19, 2010. For all others, use anytime.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Nov 6 - 12, 2010

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2010
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2010. For others, use any time

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 22 - 29, 2010. Others may use the piece anytime

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 16 - 22, 2010. FOr others, use anytime

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
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 ...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Oct 2 - 8, 2010

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2010
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Dept 25 - Oct 1, 2010

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Sept 18 - 24, 2010. For others, anytime at all.

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for Sept 11 - 17, 2010. For others, use it anytime!

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OPhil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
The old bluegrass comes from people who did hard, manual labor such as mining coal and farming. In bluegrass songs you hear about the danger of the...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WAMU, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, Gem for Aug 21 - 27, 2010. FOr non-regular users, the piece can be used any time.

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
For regular users, piece fo August 14 - 20, 2010. Others use any time.

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for Aug 7-13, 2010

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for July 24 - 30, 2010

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, piece for July 31 - Aug 6, 2010

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for July 17, 2010 – July 23, 2010

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1