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Traditions!

Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Rodrigo y Gabriela

Atman
11 11 2009 via ATO
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'When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Marcia Ball

I'm Coming Down with the Blues
Presumed Innocent 2001 via Alligator Records
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Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin

Papa's On The House Top
Lost Time 2015 via Yep Roc
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The Brothers Nail This One!

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Corey Harris

Preaching Blues
Fish Ain't Bitin' 1997 via Alligator Records
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Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo

Heaven Sittin' Down
R And B 1991 via Blind Pig
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9:40 am

The Jon Stickley Trio

The High Road
Lost At Last 2015 via John Stickley Trio
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The Band's Second Full Length Album.

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The Black Lillies

All This Living
Runaway Freeway Blues 2013 via Attack Monkey Productions/ North Knox Records
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Knoxville, Tennessee - Founded In Early 2009 By Cruz Contreras (Formerly Of Robinella And The CC String Band)

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Brooke Benton, Dinah Washington & Clyde Otis

A Rockin' Good Way [1960]
Early R&B Classics 2013 via U-5
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Vintage R&B

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Blue Largo

Nothin To Prove
Sing Your Own Song 2015 via Coffeegrinds
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Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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9:20 am

The Suitcase Junket

Twisted Fate
Folk Alley Sessions: The Suitcase Junket 2015 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley And Beehive Studios
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The Suitcase Junket Is Matt Lorenz, A One Man Band From Massachusetts. It All Began When He Fished Out A Moldy, Beat-Up Guitar From a Dumpster In Amherst.

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The Stray Birds

Just Sayin'
The Stray Birds 2012 via CD Baby
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Three Classically-Trained Musicians Making Music Together Since Junior High. They Hail From Lancaster, PA'

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Moonshine Hollers

Riding In A Chevrolet Six
Old Time Melodies 2015 via Moonshine Holler
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Blue Water Ramblers

Buy Local
Songs for You 2015 via Independent
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Homespun GR

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Train Of Love
Docabilly 1995 via Sugar Hill
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Guests Musicians: Duane Eddy, Duane Eddy, Mike Auldridge & Junior Brown...Doc Delivers Some Rollicking Rockabilly, Mixing Early Rock & Roll Classics With Some Country Comforts. Here, He Covers Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two (1958)

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Highway Of Sorrow
Riding The Midnight Train 1986 via Sugar Hill
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Composed By Bill Monroe, 1966 (The High Lonesome Sound Of Bill Monroe). This Thirteen Songs Cover The Very Essence Of Traditional Roots

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9:00 am

Fred Eaglesmith

Milly's Cafe
Milly's Cafe 2006 via Independent
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A Song About Cafe Owners Turned Outlaws. The Album's Songwriting Is Raw, Bare-Boned And Totally Fred - A Must In Your Collection.

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The Civil Wars

Dance Me To The End Of Love
Barton Hollow [Reissue] 2012 via Sensibility Records
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The Civil Wars Taking Leonard Cohen Undercover

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Eddie Vedder

Rise
Into The Wild 2007 via J-Records
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Eddie's First Solo Studio Album, And Is Based On His Contributions To The Soundtrack For The Film "Into the Wild." Director Sean Penn Hand-Picked Vedder To Write The Film's Soundtrack.

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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Poncho And Lefty [Live]
Acoustic Stage: Fireman's Kitchen - Hickory, NC 1997
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Written By Townes Van Zandt

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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Louise "Blu Lu" Barker

Midnight Blues [1930]
Blu Lu Barker Remasterd collection 2015
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November 13, 1913, Louisiana - May 7, 1998, Louisiana

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Spoonful Of Blues: Robert Wilkins

Rollin' Stone [1931]
Complete Recordings In Chronological Order, 1928-1935 (Remastered) 2013 via Yazoo
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January 16, 1896, Mississippi - May 26 1987, Tennessee

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This Is '820' Jazz: Hugh Masekela

A Felicidade
Stimela 1994 via Connoisseur Collection
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Moses Khumalo, Alto Sax...Sello Montwedi, Drums...Francis Fuster, Percussion...John Selwanie, Guitar...Todd Jasmin, Piano...Hugh Masekela, Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn

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8:20 am

Dan Zanes

Wabash Cannonball
House Party 2003 via Festival Five Records
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With Bob Weir

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Kasey Chambers

Still Feeling Blue
Barricades & Brickwalls 2001 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Multi-Award Winning Australian

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Unspoken Tradition

Points Of Rock Station
Miles Between 2015
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Fresh Into The Robb M Bluegrass Batch...A Quintet Of Pickers From Cherryville, NC.

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Jukejoint Handmedowns

Can't Wait to Fall
Everything But the Squeal 2012 via Independent
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GR Flavorings

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Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge

Panhandle Rag
Three Bells 2014 via Rounder
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Their First Work Together Since 1994's Grammy-Winning "The Great Dobro Sessions," And Features The Final Recordings Of Longtime Friend Mike Auldridge, Who Passed Away Shortly After These Sessions Were Completed.

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8:00 am