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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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Bombino

Igmayagh Dum (My Lover)
Azel 2016 via Partisan Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Gina Sicilia

That's My Pretty Good Love
Allow Me To Confess 2006 via Swing Nation
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Ronnie Earl, Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones

Kidney Stew
Eye To Eye 1996
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Undercover: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, 1969

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Butch Thompson & Pat Donohue

Mean Mistreater Blues
Vicksburg Blues 2012 via Red House
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Longtime Collaborators - This Album Harkens Back To The Great Early Titians Of The Blues - A New American Blues Classic That Speaks To A New Generation - If Your New And Maybe Sampling The Blues, This Album Is The One To Have

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9:40 am

Roxy Perry

Roadmaster
In My Sweet Time 2008 via Blue Perry
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New York - Fronting Her Own Swing Bands In Her Teens - Critically Acclaimed As The "Real Deal" - Straddles That Fine Line Between Swing And Jump Blues - She May Be Referring to The 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible (One Sweet Ride)

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Bill Carter

Lost In A Day
Innocent Victims and Evil Companions 2016 via Forty Below
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Austin-Based Singer-Songwriter - Composed Stevie Ray's 'Crossfire' - Tunes Have Been Covered By John Mayall, Waylon & Ruth Brown

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(REQUESTED)

Bobbie Gentry

Fancy
Fancy 1970 via Capitol
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Roberta Lee Streeter, Mississippi - One Of The First Female Country Artists To Compose And Produce Her Own Material - Multiple Grammy Award Winner - Major Hit For Reba In 1990

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King Louie and LaRhonda Steele

I Love You More Today Than Yesterday
Rock Me Baby 2016 via Shoug Records
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B-3 Organ & Sax Heavy Album - Reinterpreting The Spiral Staircase, 1969

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9:20 am

The Hackensaw Boys

Flora
Charismo 2016 via Free Dirt
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Founder's Harvest Party, 10/15

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(REQUESTED)

Hazel Dickens, Carol Jones, Ginny Hawker

Old River
Heart Of A Singer 1998 via Rounder Select
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Composer: Hazel Dickens - First Time Spin On 'YCE - These Three Capture The Depth, Beauty, And Raw Power Of A Simple Song

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Robbie Fulks

America Is A Hard Religion
Upland Stories 2016 via Bloodshot Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: The Ark In Ann Arbor, 4/12

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Joel Mabus

Henhouse Door
Flatpick & Clawhammer 1991 via Fossil
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Good Friend to Us All - Traditions Appearance Alert: Buttermilk Jamboree, 6/11 With His Band "The String Doctors"

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson And Clarence Ashley

Run, Jimmie Run
Original Folkways Recordings Of Doc Watson And Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962 1994 via Smithsonian
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This Collection Of Songs Introduced The World To Doc Then Thirty-Seven Years Of Age - At The Time Of These Recordings, Watson Didn't Own An Acoustic Guitar And Was Playing Electric Guitar In A Local Rockabilly Band. Ashley Himself Did Not Even Own A Banjo And Hadn't Played For Twenty Years

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9 O'Clock Doc: The Watson Family

The Lost Soul
The Watson Family 1963 via Folkways
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This Release Captures Doc Watson, And Almost A Dozen Family Members At The Height Of Their Power And Has Been Deservingly Hailed As A Classic Recording

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9:00 am

Dom Flemons

Have I Stayed Away Too Long_
Prospect Hill 2014 via Music Maker Relief Foundation
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Arizona - Former Founding Member Of The Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Prospect Hill," Is His Third Solo Album

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Crooked Still

You Got The Silver
Some Strange Country 2010 via Signature Sounds Recording Company
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Undercover: Rolling Stones, 1969 (Let It Bleed)

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Dave Alvin

Goodbye Again
King Of California 1994 via Hightone
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Guest Vocalist: Rosie Flores

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Shelby Lynne

Jesus On A Greyhound [Live]
Live At McCabe's 2012
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Grammy Award For Best New Artist, 1999

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Elephant Revival

Raindrops
Petals 2016 via Itz Evolving
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Colorado Quintet

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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Tarter & Gay

Unknown Blues [1928]
Country Blues Outlaws 2009 via Goldenlane
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Steven Tarter, ?/?/1895 Tennessee - ?/?/Mid-1930's....Harry Gay, November 23,1904 Virginia - ?/?/1980

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Spoonful Of Blues: Skip James

Jack Of Diamonds [1931]
Gambling Blues: 22 Rare Blues Tracks 2014 via X5
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June 9, 1902 Mississippi - October 3, 1969 Pennsylvania

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This Is '820' Jazz: Hank Crawford

Corazon
Wildflower 1973 via CITI
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Joe Beck, Guitar...Idris Muhammas, Drums...Bob Cranshaw, Bass...Richard Tee, Piano & Organ...The NYC Brass Section...Hank Crawford, Alto Sax

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8:20 am

Loretta Lynn

Whos Gonna Miss Me-
Full Circle 2016 via Sony
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Kentucky - She Remains The Most Awarded Female Country Recording Artist Over A Sixty Year Career - Miss Lynn Is Turning Eighty-Four On 4/14 - Appearing At The Blue Gate Theater In Shipshewana, IN, 4/16

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Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys

Howlin' At the Moon
The Lost Highway 2013 via All American Tunes
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Composer: Hank Williams - Producer: Owen Bradley - The "Dog Yodels," Courtesy Of Fiddler Jerry Rivers - The B Side Of A Double-Sided Hit, Although It Did Outperform It's A-Side "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) - Hank's Biopic "I Saw The Light," Opens in Theaters Locally Next Friday, 4/1

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Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass

I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye
Down Memory Lane 2015 via Rebel
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A Robb M Top Ten Pick From 2015

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Jon Weisberger & The Lonesome Heirs

Don't Count Me Out
I've Been MostlyAwake 2015 via Wise Kings
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Guest Musician: Jim Lauderdale - Jon's Side Project Away From His Bass Duties For Chris Jones & The Night Drivers

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COMPILATIONS

Will There Be Any Stars-
O Sister! A Women's Bluegrass Collection 2001 via Rounder / Pgd
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Vocals: Alison Krauss & The Cox Family - Union Station Pickin' It Out

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Frank Solivan

Pretty Woman
Family, Friends & Heroes 2016 via Compass Records
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Pickin' On Roy Orbison, 1964

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Larry Keel

Another Summer Day
Experienced 2016 via Independent
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Featuring: Anders Beck, Greensky Bluegrass

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