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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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Nick Moss

Haymarket Hop
From The Root To The Fruit 2016 via Blue Bella
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Frankie Lee Sims

Don't Be Mad With Me [1960]
Frankie's Blues 2011
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Texas Blues Guitarist With A Rocking, Roughed-Up Style With One National Hit Record In The 50's - First Cousin To Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins

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Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne

Back To Square One
Jumpin' & Boppin' 2016 via Stony Plain Recording
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A Master At Boogie Woogie Piano - This Is His Third Recording For Stoney Plain Records

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Joanna Connor

Can't Find My Way Home
Mercury Blues 2003
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Undercover: Blind Faith, 1969

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9:40 am

Levon Helm

Sing, Sing, Sing
Live At The Palladium In New York City New Year's Eve 1977 2006 via Levon Helm Studios
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With The RKO All-Stars

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Yves Lambert Trio

Suite: Poor Keith Corrigan
Trio 2012 via LaPritch Records
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Canada - A Trio Of Influential Players Credited With Reviving Quebec's Roots Revival

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Billie Holiday

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
The Complete Verve Master Takes 2005 via Verve
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Featuring: Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Charlie Shavers

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9:20 am

Evie Ladin

Ease On Down
Jump The Fire 2016 via Self-released
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Produced By Eli West

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Nefresh Mountain

Chasing The Sunset
Nefresh Mountain 2016 via Nefresh Mountain
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Nefesh Mountain Is The Fusion Of Jewish Culture And Bluegrass Music.

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Appalachia Calling: Bob Siggins And Bill Vanaveer

Don't You Cry, Melinda
Old Time Banjo Project 2013 via Country Music Group

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Appalachia Calling: Uncle Jimmy Thompson

Lynchburg [1925]
The Cornshucker's Frolic: Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's 2006 via Yazoo

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9:00 am

Bruce Cockburn

If A Tree Falls In The Forest
Big Circumstance 1988 via True North
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Frog Holler

I Don't Know Why
Souvenir 2016 via Frog Holler
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Berks County, PA Roots Rockers - Founded In 1996 As A Cover Band; Everything From George Jones And Bakersfield Honky Tonk To The Rolling Stones And The Byrds

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The Lonely Heartstring Band

If I Had a Hammer
Deep Waters 2016 via Rounder
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Undercover: The Weavers, 1949 (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert & Fred Hellerman)

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Kristin Diable And The city

Water Keeps Rising
Kristin Diable And The City 2012 via Speakeasy Records

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Sarah Jarosz

Still Life
Undercurrent 2016 via Sugar Hill
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Traditions Appearance Alert: The Ark, 7/7 Ann Arbor - Corson Auditorium, 7/9 Interlochen

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Billy Boy Arnold

Left My Happy Home
Goin' To Chicago 1966 via Alligator
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September 16, 1935 Illinois -

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Spoonful Of Blues: Hattie Bolton

Down Home Shake [1934]
Best Of The Blues Women 2014 via Photoplay
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?/?/1900 Tennessee - ?/?/??? Unknown

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This Is '820' Jazz: Charles Mingus

Moanin'
Blues & Roots 1959 via Atlantic
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John Handy & Jackie McLean, Alto Sax...Jimmy Kneppler & Willie Dennis, Trombone...Booker Ervin, Tenor Sax...Horace Parlan, Piano...Dannie Richmond, Drums...Pepper Adams, Baritone Sax...Charles Mingus, Bass

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8:20 am

Steve Earle

Guitar Town
Guitar Town 1986 via MCA
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Steve's Debut - Writing Songs In Nashville Since 1974 - After The Success Of "Guitar Town," Country Turned Its' Back On Steve Earle

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Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick

Used To Be
True Life Blues: The Songs Of Bill Monroe 1996 via Sugar Hill
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Pickin' On Bill Monroe

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Shady Grove Band

Cruel-Hearted Wind
The Chapel Hillbilly Way 1994 via Flying Fish Records
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Founded In Chapel Hill In the Early 1980's

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The Del McCoury Band

Government Road
Del & Woody 2016 via McCoury Music
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Del Taking On The Woody Guthrie Archives

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Noam Pikelny

Mississippi Waltz
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe 2013 via Compass
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Grammy Nominated Banjoist - Founding Member Of The Punch Brothers And Michael Daves Trio - Solo, Noam Continues To Explore New Roots Territory

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Bryan Sutton

The More I Learn
The More I Learn 2016
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The Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week - The Most Accomplished And Awarded Acoustic Guitarist Of His Generation

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8:00 am