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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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Buyepongo

Punta (Negra)
Todo Mundo 2016 via Self-released
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM
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Hank and Nick Mowery

The Business Side
The Vegas Tapes 2007 via Independent
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HomeGrown From The 'YCE Blues Alley - Traditions Appearance Alert: Holland Blues Festival, 9/24
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Joanna Connor

Big Girl Blues
Big Girl Blues 1996 via Blind Pig
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Chicago-Based Slide Guitarist - Influenced By Taj Mahal - Professional Musician At The Age Of Nineteen -

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Little Mike and The Tornadoes

Blind Love and Whiskey
Heart Attack 1990 via Blind Pig
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Michael Jerome Browne

One More Empty Bottle
The Road is Dark 2012 via Borealis Recording
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Three-Time Canadian Folk Music Award Winner (Traditional Singer, 2015; Solo Artist, 2012 & 2008)
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9:40 am
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Doug Seegers

There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
Going Down To The River 2014 via Rounder
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With Buddy Miller
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Kingfish

Big Iron
Kingfish 1976 via Round
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Undercover: Marty Robbins, 1959 - Founding Members: Bob Weir, David Torbert & Matthew Kelly (New Riders Of The Purple Sage)
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Flaco Jimenez

The Girls from Texas
Partners 1992 via Reprise / Wea
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Composer: Ry Cooder

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Billy Jack Wills

Jelly Roll Blues
Western Swing Band Classics 2010 via Goldenlane
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Co-Founder With His Brother Bob Of The Texas Playboys - This Guy Was A Sponge, Incorporating A Multitude Of Influences Into His Western Swing
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9:20 am
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Sarah Jarosz

House Of Mercy
Single 2016 via Sugar Hill
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From Her Forthcoming Album
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Blue Water Ramblers

Driving Song
Beyond the Straits 2010 via Independent
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HomeGrown!

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Kinfolk In Carolina
The Bottom Line Archive Series: (2002) 2015 via Bottom Line
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These 2002 Live Recordings Capture The Guitar Virtuoso On The Heels Of His Sixth Grammy Win Recorded During Doc's Final Two Bottom Line Engagements
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson & David Grisman

Kentucky Waltz
Doc & Dawg 1997 via Acoustic Disc
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Composer: Bill Monroe, 1946
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9:00 am
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Bob Dylan

Things Have Changed
Wonder Boys - Music From The Motion Picture 2000 via BMG
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Winner: Grammy Award For Best Male Vocal Performance - Academy Award For Best Original Song
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Wrinkle Neck Mules

Cadillac Limosine
The Wicks Have Met 2007 via Lower 40
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Virginia - Quintet Of Extraordinary Musicians Releasing Eight Albums Since 2003 - Touring Is Limited Due to Each Members Side Projects

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Steve Dawson

California Saviour
Solid States And Loose Ends 2016 via Black Hen Music
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Fresh Into 'YCE - Sought After Producer And Multiple Juno Award Winner
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Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys

Everything Changed [Live]
Audiotree Live 2015 via Courtesy Of Audiotree
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Merlefest, 4/30 (Wilkesboro, NC) - MerleFest Offers A Mix Of Traditional And Contemporary Roots Music,"traditional plus." It Brings Together Bluegrass, Contemporary Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Old-Time Music, Cajun, Jazz, Country, Celtic, Americana, Rock And Singer-Songwriter.
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The Deep Hollow

Porch Light
The Deep Hollow 2016 via Independant
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A Song About Coming Home - First Time Spin On 'YCE
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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Little Willie John

Need Your Love So Bad [1956]
The Early King Sessions 2002 via Ace
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November 15, 1937 Arkansas - May 26. 1968 Michigan

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Spoonful Of Blues: Joshua Barnes "Peg Leg' Howell

Rolling Mill Blues [1924]
Bootleggin' Liquor 2015
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March 15, 1888 Georgia - August 11, 1966 Georgia

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This Is '820' Jazz: John Mayall

California
The Turning Point 1969 via Polydor
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Steve Thompson, Bass...Johnny Almond, Tenor/Alto Sax & Flute...Jon Mark, Acoustic Finger-Style Guitar...John Mayall, Acoustic Guitar/Vocal

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8:20 am
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The Honeycutters

The Handbook
On The Ropes 2016 via Organic Records
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North Carolina - Sweet And Aching Vocals Of Amanda Ann Platt
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Michael Daves

Pretty Polly (Bluegrass)
Orchids and Violence 2016 via Nonesuch
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This Is A Double-Album With Identical Track Listings Of Traditional Bluegrass Tunes, Many You Know. Disc One Features Straightforward Interpretations With A Band Of Roots-Music Innovators, Featuring Sarah Jarosz And Noam Pilkeny - Michael Plugs In On Disc Two, Giving The Same Tunes A Very Different Presentation
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Michael Cleveland And Flame Keeper

Northern White Clouds
Leavin' Town 2008 via Rounder
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Charlotte Bluegrass Festival, 6/18 - Three Day Event Beginning Thursday 6/16 - Eighteen Bands Playing Two Sets Apiece Over Three Days - This Event Includes Some Heavy Hitters

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Town Mountain

Wildbird
Southern Crescent 2016 via Lohi Records
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Hard Drivin' Carolina String Band With A Rough-Hewn Side To It's Sound - This Is Their Latest Album
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Sierra Hull

Pretend
Secrets 2008 via Rounder
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Sierra's Debut Vocal Album - Signed to Rounder Records At Age Thirteen - She'll Soon Turn 25
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Sean Watkins

Local Honey
What to Fear 2016 via Family Hour Records
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A Former Robb M Pick Of The Week
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8:00 am
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