Taj Mahal

Thanks To Direct Trade Coffee For Their Ongoing Support Of Traditions...Robb M

The Nighthawks

Another Fresh One Into The 'YCE Blues Alley...I Love This Treatment Of Patsy's Classic!

Sonny Boy Williamson

Recorded May 17, 1940 - Chicago. Regarded As A Pioneer Of The Blues Harp As A Solo Instrument.

Michael Jerome Browne

Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Arlen Roth

Special Guest: Jimmy Vivino (Late Night With Conan O'Brien)

Carnival Steel Drum Band

Steelpans, Also Known As Steel Drums Or Pans, Is A Musical Instrument Originating From Trinidad And Tobago Between 1880 & 1937. Steel Pan Musicians Are Called Pannists.

Allen Toussaint

Composed By Toussaint, The Pointer Sister Recorded It In 1973. This Version Is Included On An Album Benefiting The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina.

Kermit Ruffins

Co-Founded The Award Winning Rebirth Brass Band In 1983. They Still Perform To This Day

Ella Mae Morse

A Texan By Birth, Her First Professional Singing Job Was With The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra In 1938 At the Age Of 14.

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Stella

Southeast Michigan Roots Band Appearing Tonight At Salt Of The Earth, Fennville...First Set, 8 PM

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John Hartford

Guest Pickers Include: Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, Jack Clement, Jerry Douglas & Mark O'Connor

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Goin' Across The Mountain: The Monroe Brothers

Rosine, Kentucky - Jerusalem Ridge, Appalachian Range...The Monroe Brothers Began As a Trio Of Birch, Charlie & Bill Monroe On Fiddle, Guitar & Mandolin Respectively, Performing Square Dance Songs As Well As Traditional & Gospel Numbers. The Brothers Recorded Sixty Sides In Four Years Before Bill's Departure In 1938, And His Destiny In to Bluegrass Legend.

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Doc & Merle Watson

9 O'Clock Doc: Grammy Award Winner For Best Traditional Folk Album (1987). Guest Musicians Include Bela Fleck, Sam Bush & Mark O'Connor. This Is The Last Album Merle Recorded Before His Fatal Farm Accident.

Doc & Merle Watson

9 O'Clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthe "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC

Robert Earl Keen

The Album Charted Across Six Charts In '93

Amy Helm

Levon's Baby Girl

Mark Stuart

Appearing At One Trick Pony 8/13..First Set 8 PM

Erin McDermott

Special Guest: Stuart Duncan, Fiddle

Peter Mayer

Minnesota Based Singer/Songwriter

Spoonful Of Blues: Bea Foote

Enigmatic Blues Singer With Virtually No Known Documentation Of Her Life Outside Of Music. Eleven Sides Recorded With Sammy Price & The Blues Jumpers Beginning In 1937. Foote Had A "Down In The Dumps Delivery," Style With Refreshingly Honest Reflections On Human Behavior. Her Comfort Zone Seemed To Be Songs Of Temptation, Reefer & Sex. Nothing Is Known Of Miss Foote Beyond The Mid-1940's ?/?/??

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Spoonful Of Blues: Crying Sam Collins

Part Of The Earliest Of Blues Performers, Developing His Style In South Mississippi Opposed To The Delta. His Debut 1927 Single Predates Those Of Charlie Patton & Tommy Johnson. Collins Used The Fluid Qualities Of His Bottleneck Guitar Rather Than A Slashing Style, And Though He Wasn't An Innovator, A Few Of His Songs Had The Intensity Of The Mississippi Music At Its Most Creative Level. He Passed On Unnoticed In 1949. 8/11/1887 - 10/20/1949 (62)...Louisiana

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Eric Dolphy, Alto Sax...Richard Williams, Trumpet...Richard Wyans, Piano...George Duvivier, Bass...Roy Haynes, Drums...Oliver Nelson, Tenor Sax

The Dustbowl Revival

Appearing At the Tip Top Deluxe On GR's West Side 7/2

Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins

Honoring The Osborne Brothers

Darin And Brooke Aldridge

Husband & Wife Duo From North Carolina

Detour

Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/8...First Set 8 PM

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Hot Rize

Established By Tim O'Brien, Pete Wernick,& Charles Sawtelle In Wheeling In 1978. Upon Sawtelle's Passing In 1999, The Band Re-grouped In 2002 Adding Bryan Sutton On Guitar. Look For Them In A Town Near You.

James King

Written By Vern Gosdin...1988