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Bluegrass Review #1641.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are lots of songs about trains, and at least two with the name Old Train. We spin them. We focus on a new tune by Grascals banjoist Kristin S...

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Bluegrass Review #1639. Program for Sept 24-Sept 30, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sweet 16. It should be joyous to be sweet 16. But in bluegrass, it can be not-so-sweet 16. We play a few examples, and then an old and frivolous so...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bluegrass Review Fall Fund II
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Fall 2016 Fund Raising Edition II; about 40 minutes of programming

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2016
  • Length: 37:42
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review Fall Fund I
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
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Fall 2016 Fund Raising Edition I. about 40 minutes in length.

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2016
  • Length: 38:55
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review #1640.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The blues plays a large role in the bluegrass style. There are many ways to use the blues, from the blues tonality to creating song segments that r...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1638.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Bluegrass Review opens with a couple of songs instructing on the dangers of forgetting where one comes from. Later on the Gem of Bluegrass, we ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gems of Bluegrass #1638. The Words Matter
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There’s a lot in bluegrass song lyrics. And yes, we know that many people use bluegrass music as the background to whatever else is going on, or ev...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:46
Zeitgeist Celebrates a New Recording
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Andrea Canter
Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble is a long-running St Paul group that tours the state with its sometimes serious, sometimes funny offerings. Next weeke...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Bluegrass Review #1637
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We begin today with recent bluegrass, including a couple of artists who enjoy re-doing Flatt and Scruggs songs from a half century or more ago. Our...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, WVRU, WAMU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Gems of Bluegrass #1635. Bluegrass Music and Cover Songs
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In every style of music there’s a cutting edge and a musical history. In Bluegrass they both matter.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:14
Bluegrass Review #1636.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
At the top of the show, we play cuts from two new banjo albums. Both tracks feature the banjo on vocal numbers, and not instrumentals. Bluegrass ha...

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, KRZA, WAMU and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1635.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show opens with recent songs of desperate men, and focusing on train robbery and the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Later, we consider the ...

Bought by WVRU, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WAMU and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
New Voice Mayyadda Brings her Personal and Pointed Songs to Vieux Carre in St Paul, Aug 20
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mayyadda, Credit: Osaro Obanor
Once she made the decision to enter the field of music, Mayyadda has been firing on all cylinders, creating new songs and recordings to document th...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Cover Song in Bluegrass
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In every style of music there’s a cutting edge and a musical history. In Bluegrass they both matter.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:14
Bluegrass Review #1634.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After some great current bluegrass by the Trinity River Band, we play a few bluegrass songs where the departed have not completely departed. The Ge...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Mark Kreitzer Provides a Varied Musical Experience
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mark Kreitzer Band, Credit: Gary Mortensen
Mark Kreitzer has always enjoyed playing a variety of songtypes and he’s a whiz on many instruments. Plus, he has refined ideas on working in diffe...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 08:14
The Rising Profile of The Dirty Animals Alt-Rock Band
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Filthy Animals, Credit: Ben Mielke
The Filthy Animals. Well, there’s a band name that’ll grab your ear. But so does their music. The group has been playing for a number of years, it’...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2016
  • Length: 07:26
Bluegrass Review #1633.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
On today’s show we continue playing some excellent recent bluegrass. We have new work to play by fiddle virtuoso Mark O’Connor. As usual, we presen...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
Gems 1633 Still Another Look at the Coo Coo Bird
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The Cuckoo Bird is a very old song. It’s iconic recorded version is done solo, but in recent years, it’s evolved into a group song.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
Patty and the Buttons Long Aster Café Sunday Swing Brunch Run Continues
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Patty and the Buttons, Credit: Elizabeth Windsperger
Pre-World War II Jazz is unforgettable for many musicians and members of the public. That’s what drives the Sunday Swing brunch with Patty and the ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Bluegrass Review #1632.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
We break out with new bluegrass, then proceed to play two related songs, one old and one new, but both grim: They reference short lives of trouble....

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1631.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Shortly after the show opens, we play songs related to various types of towns. Later, we feature Frank Wakefield on the Gem of Bluegrass. Frank is ...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
Gems of Bluegrass #1631. Frank Wakefield and the New Camptown Races
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Frank Wakefield. He is one of the most compelling figures in the history of Bluegrass. He is over 80 now, but sees no reason to quit performing and...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 04:54
Bluegrass Review #1630.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The program opens with a bit of new bluegrass, then gives spins to songs about letters. On our Gem of Bluegrass, we express final thoughts regardin...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Gems of Bluegrass #1630. Some Final Thoughts About Ralph Stanley
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
By the turn of the twenty-first century, Ralph Stanley had become synonymous with traditional bluegrass. After world war two in the late 1940s, Ral...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:56