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piece suggested for Sept 19 – 26, 2009
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 1
Old time string bands and bluegrass groups have always been very different from Pop. One big difference relates to smoothness. Pop has always had i...
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 07:11
Although pop and bluegrass are very different, pop is able to mine bluegrass from time to time.
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 06:55
piece suggested for Aug 1-7, 2009 for regular users. But there's no real date peg.
- Added: Jul 10, 2009
- Length: 08:36
Bluegrass is a combination of many styles originating in America, Europe and Africa. But bluegrass is considered American. Ask bluegrass players wh...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Jun 26, 2009
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
You know what bluegrass and old time music get from the old ballad singers? It’s the frank way the sung stories unfold. And when we listeners hear ...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Jun 25, 2009
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 1
Bluegrass is a combination of many styles originating in America, Europe and Africa. But bluegrass is considered American. Ask bluegrass players wh...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 24, 2009
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
When you play bluegrass banjo, you can use a combination of formulas and invented playing techniques. You put a lot of sweat equity in learning the...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Jun 14, 2009
- Length: 06:02
- Purchases: 1
So many players get started by imitating what they've heard. They just have to make that pretty sound. But in the process of learning, the music ch...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: Jun 10, 2009
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 1
Over the short history of bluegrass, its audience has changed from rural to urban. It broke off from the country music industry. It grew from a reg...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 06:48
- Purchases: 1
Every music tradition changes over time, including bluegrass. It’s natural think that change means it gets more complex. But sometimes, the old stu...
Bought by WAMU
- Added: May 16, 2009
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Apr 21, 2009
- Length: 08:11
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Apr 11, 2009
- Length: 07:48
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KZYX, and WAMU
- Added: Mar 29, 2009
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 3
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 29, 2009
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 16, 2009
- Length: 07:13
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Mar 16, 2009
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 26, 2009
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass are 5 - 8 minutes drop-in modules that look at bluegrass / old time history, aesthetics and culture. Each Gem consists of multipl...
- Added: Feb 17, 2009
- Length: 07:14
weekly 5 - 8 minute feature with song bits unified by commentary over music beds on a bluegrass topic.
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 07:42
- Purchases: 2
The Stanley sound is an important approach to bluegrass, pioneered by brothers Ralph and Carter Stanley. The piece shows what makes it up and tells...
- Added: Jan 28, 2009
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 2
Weekly module relating to bluegrass / old time music.
- Added: Jan 09, 2009
- Length: 07:36
- Purchases: 2
piece suggested for Dec 13 - 19, 2008
- Added: Dec 05, 2008
- Length: 06:38
- Purchases: 2
