Charlie Musselwhite

Much Thanks To Direct Trade Coffee For Their Continued Support Of Traditions

Amy Black

New Into 'YCE...Appearing At The Livery Brew In Benton Harbor On 7/5...Sarah Borges Opens The Show

Bob Dylan

The Eldest Of Two Boys Raised In Hibbing, MN On The Mesabi Range Of Western Lake Superior

Bob Dylan

Celebrating Bob's 74th Birthday..5/24/1941 In Duluth, MN

Jorma Kaukonen

Written By A Backwoods Preacher In The Early 19th Century...The Song Has Survived Many Manifestations. Jorma Arranged & Sang The Song On The Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers." (69)

Lou Rawls

Frank Sinatra Once Said That Rawls Had "The Classiest Singing And Silkiest Chops In The Singing Game".

Della Reese

Detroit Native Taking Bessie Smith Undercover...The Classic Smith Version Recorded In 1928

Yonder Mountain String Band

The Band Is Embarking On An Extensive Summer Tour Celebrating Their 17th Anniversary Together Including An Appearance On 6/28 In Rothbury At Electric Forest

Red Tail Ring

Making Two Appearances At The Buttermilk Jamboree The Weekend Of 6/12. Check The Band's Website For Performance Times

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Goin' Across The Mountain: Wilson Douglas

Triplet Ridge: Clay County, WV...Old Time Gospel Song Given The Mountain Treatment. Not The Only Version To Feature Fiddle & Banjo But Douglas's Treatment Is Native To Central WV.

Doc & Merle Watson

This Work Song Dates Back To The Days Of The Mississippi Steamboats Hauling Cotton & Sugar Around 1814.The Earliest Published Version Can Be Traced To 1890, Then Known As The "Merchant's Gargle Oil Songster," An Indication The Song Had Migrated To Become A Medicine-Show Minstrel Song

Doc Watson

9 O'clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC This Song Written In 1899 By Ada Blenkhorn. Recorded By The Carter Family In 1928....A.P. Carter's Tombstone Has A Gold Record Of The Song Embedded In It.

Sister Wilene

Summer In The Studio Series: Saugatuck Center For The Arts, 8/17..First Set 8PM

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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Their Second Collaborative Album Together..The Two Crossing Paths For The First Time Forty Years Ago When Crowell Joined As A Member Of Emmy's "Hot Band."

Thunderbolt & Lightfoot

Phil Barry & Sarah Fuerst Spent Sixteen Years With The Corn Fed Girls..Recorded At Kalamazoo's La Luna Recording Studio

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Rickie Lee Jones

First Set Of Original Tunes In Ten Years From Rickie.. She Is Scheduled To Appear In Ann Arbor At The Michigan Theater On 7/14.

Townes Van Zandt

Legendary Texas Troubadour... A Nice Overview Of His Later Years

Woody Pines

A Few Years Back Woody & Old Crow's Gill Landry Fronted Their Own Jug Band

Spoonful Of Blues: Victory Spivey

Victoria's Recording Career Spanned Forty Years, Working Her Way From The Saloons, Brothels & Nightclubs To The Broadway Stage. Retiring For Ten Years in 1951, The Lure Of The Blues & The Folk/Blues Revival Of The 1960's Led Her Back To Performing, Rediscovered By A New Generation. She Is Considered A Highly Influential Blues Musician. 10/15/1906-10/3/1976 (70) Houston

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Spoonful Of Blues: Tom Dickson

Tom Dickson Is An Enigma. Virtually Nothing Is Known Of His Life. We Know This: His 1928 Recording Output Included Six Songs, Two Unissued. Documented Sightings Have Him Performing In & Around Memphis. Nothing after 1930. He Developed A Signature Lick Complementing A Straightforward Country Blues Style With An Inward & Humble Vocal Approach. Early Blues Historians Regard Dickson As Fine Lyricist & Excellent Guitarist. ?/?/?-?/?/? (?) ?

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Oscar Peterson, Piano...Ray Brown, Bass...Barney Kessel, Guitar...J.C. Heard, Drums...Lester Young, Tenor Sax

The Charles River Valley Boys

The Robb M Vintage Pick This Morning

Russell Moore & 111RD Tyme Out

Eight Time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Award Winners

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Appearing At The Charlotte Bluegrass Festival On 6/19

Songs From The Road Band

Side Project For Members Of The Steep Canyon Rangers, Leftover Salmon & Mandolin Orange

The Railsplitters

A Quintet Hailing From Colorado's Front Range..Winners Of Two Major Competitions: Rockygrass in 2013 & Pickin In The Pines In 2012