Sultans Of String

"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

The Sojourners

Gospel-Infused Canadian Trio Reinterpreting The Mississippi Sheiks (1933)

Lightnin' Hopkins

Texas Country Blues Man Of The Highest Caliber - Felt The Blues Was In Him After Meeting Blind Lemon Jefferson At The Age Of Eight (1920) - Demanded Full Payment For His Services Before Recording - Seldom Laid Down More Than One Take Of Any Song

Shari Kane and Dave Steele

Traditions Appearance Alert: Johnny Speakeasy, Ann Arbor 5/7...Dave's Birthday Party! # 60 - Evart Folk Festival, 7/30 - Michigan Blues Festival, Lansing 9/17-18

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The Oak Ridge Boys, Tinsley Ellis, Kevin McKendree

Wonderful Tribute To A True American Music Treasure - This Collection Features New Performances Of Some Of The Band's Most Classic Tunes

Professor Longhair

Composer: Antoine "Fats" Domino - The Professor's Final Album Recorded A Few Months Before His Passing - Won The First W.C. Handy Blues Album Of The Year Award in 1980 - Produced By Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Vocals: Irving Mayfield & Dee Dee Bridgewater

Al Hibbler

Master Interpreter Of Twentieth-Century Popular Song - Vocalist For Duke Ellington, Joining In 1943 Replacing Herb Jeffries - First to Record "Unchained Melody" (1955)

Pretty Little Feet

Washington - Founded In 2009 - Mark Novak & GR Native Allegra Ziffle

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Mountain Holler: Lee Wallin

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Twisted Pine

Composer: Bill Monroe - Major Players In the Vibrant Boston Bluegrass Community With Their Own Twist On Traditional Bluegrass

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Robbie Fulks

Fresh Into 'YCE

Del McCoury And David Grisman

For Fifty Years, Del McCoury's Music Has Defined Authenticity For Hard Core Bluegrass Fans, As Well As A Growing Number Of Fans Only Vaguely Familiar With The Genre - -For Nearly Half A Century, Mandolinist / Composer / Bandleader / Producer David Grisman Has Been A Guiding Force In The Evolving World Of Acoustic Music. His Musical Range Is Wide And Deep, Embracing Many Styles, Genres And Traditions - This Is A Must Album In Your Collection

9 O'Clock Doc: The Doc Watson Family

Recorded In Deep Gap, 1962. This Album Contains Previously Unreleased Material From The Early '60s As Well As Three Tracks Recorded In 1973.

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Composer: Mississippi John Hurt, 1928 - This Album Is A Testament That Doc's Music Is As Informed By The Blues As It Is By Any Other Form Of Music, An Often Overlooked Foundation Of His Trademark Sound.

Linda Ronstadt

Composer: Jackson Browne - Guests Musicians: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner & Sneaky Pete

Justin Townes Earle

The Far West

LA-Based Quintet Forming In 2010 - Each Member Leaving Their Other Respected Bands To Pursue A Unique Sound They Weren't Getting Elsewhere. They Found It With "The Far West."

Mark Erelli

Massachusetts - Recipient Of The Prestigious Kerrville Folk Festivals New Folk Award, 1999

Spoonful Of Blues: Silas Hogan

September 15, 1911 Louisiana - January 9, 1994 Louisiana

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Spoonful Of Blues: Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb

March 24, 1924 Mississippi - August 22, 1990 Louisiana

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This Is '820' Jazz: Lee Morgan Sextet

Charlie Persip, Drums...Paul Chambers, Bass...Horace Silver, Piano...Kenny Rodgers, Alto Saxophone...Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone...Lee Morgan, Trumpet

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Frank Solivan

Frank's Solo Minus Dirty Kitchen - Guests Musicians: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan & Rob Ickes

Nanci Griffith

With The Blue Moon Orchestra: Pete & Maura Kennedy And Pat McInerny - Multi-Award Winner

Suzanne Thomas & The Dry Branch Fire Squad

Also Included On The Compilation O Sister! Women's Bluegrass

The Gibson Brothers

Traditions Appearance Alert: Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/4 - Three Day Event Tucked Away Off U.S. 23 Between Ann Arbor And Dundee

Town Mountain

Undercover: Bruce Springsteen (1984) Born In The U.S.A.

Caroline Herring

You Have Found Traditions: 'American Roots, Redefined'