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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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Missy Raines

Duke of Paducah
Inside Out 2009 via Compass Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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(REQUESTED)

Lyle Lovett

I've Been to Memphis
Joshua Judges Ruth 1992 via Mca
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Conferred The Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Humane Letters By The University Of Houston On May 15, 2010

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Aretha Franklin

Nighttime Is The Right Time
The Delta Meets Detroit 1998 via Atantic
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Reinterpreting A 1930's Classic: Delicious!

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Jimmie Lunceford

'Taint What You Do (It's How You Do It)
Lunceford Special 2001
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Alto Saxophonist And Bandleader In The Swing Era

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Lead Belly

Good Morning Blues [1940]
Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 1996 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Composers: H. Ledbetter - A. Lomax - Huddie William Ledbetter, (January, 1888 -- December 6, 1949 - Twelve-String Virtuoso

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Richard Shindell

Stray Cow Blues
Careless 2016 via Amalgamated Balladry
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Written In Argentina - "This Song Is Wriiten From The Point Of View Of One Particular Cow, Stranded Out In The Field All Night." -- Richard Shindell - The Ark, 11/13 Ann Arbor

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9:40 am
(REQUESTED)

Buena Vista Social Club

EL Cuarto de Tula
At Carnegie Hall 2008 via Nonesuch
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The Original Buena Vista Social Club Held Dances And Musical Activities, Becoming A Popular Location For Musicians To Meet And Play During The 1940s. Fifty Years After The Club Was Closed, It Inspired A Recording Made By Cuban Musician Juan de Marcos González And American Guitarist Ry Cooder With Traditional Cuban Musicians, Some Of Whom Were Veterans Who Had Performed At The Club During The Height Of Its Popularity - Currently, The Surviving Members Tour As the Thirteen Member Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club

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Bob Dylan

Precious Angel
Slow Train Coming 1979 via Columbia
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Guest Musicians: Mark Knophler & Pick Withers (Dire Straits).., Barry Beckett & The Muscle Shoals Horn Section

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Odetta

Pastures Of Plenty
Ballads For Americans And Other American Ballads 1960 via Vanguard
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Composer: Woody Guthrie, 1941 - The Song Describes The Travails And Dignity Of Migrant Workers In North America

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9:20 am

Sarah Vaughan

Broken Hearted Melody [1960]
The Ultimate Sarah Vaughn 1992
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J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Run Mountain [1949]
Run Mountain 1997 via Arhoolie
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Took Old-Time Mountain Fiddling To The Next Level Following The Groundbreaking Work Of Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers

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The Coal Porters

The Day The Last Ramone Died
No 6 2016 via Prima
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Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod

Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
Live At McCabes, 11/29/2014 2016
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Composed And First Performed By Eddie Leonard In 1903 - Jim Kweskin: Reintroduced An Essential Component Into Folk Music At The Peak Of The American Folk Revival, the Jug Band - Meredith Axelrod- Multi-Instrumentalist And Vocalist Who Envisions The Limitless Potential Of Early Twentieth Century Music - Committed To Authentic Recreation Of The Tunes In Her Repertoire–Swampy Blues And Early American Roots Music

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Red Tail Ring

Visiting
Fall Away Blues 2016 via Earth Work
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Kalamazoo's Michael Beauchamp & Laurel Premo - Seven Steps Up For The Pin Drop Concert Series, 10/7 Spring Lake, MI

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9:00 am

Shari Kane and Dave Steele

Rag Mama Rag
Four Hand Blues 2011 via Big Bones Music
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Composer: Blind Boy Fuller - Regional Flavorings - Thunder Bay Folk Festival, 9/24 Alpena, MI

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Kathleen Edwards

Oil Man's War
Asking For Flowers 2008 via Zoe Records
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Jason Isbell

The Magician
Sirens Of The Ditch 2007 via New West Records
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Devos Performance Hall, 10/3 Grand Rapids (With Josh Ritter) - First Solo After Leaving The Drive-By Truckers - Recorded At Fame Studios: Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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The Duhks

Je Pense A Toi
Beyond The Blue 2014 via Independent
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A Tasty Blend Of..Folk Traditions With Hard-Grooving World Beats, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, And A Healthy Injection Of Catchy, Soulful Pop. - Paste

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The Milk Carton Kids

Undress The World
Prologue 2011 via Milk Carton Records
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Eagle Rock, California - Joey Ryan & Kenneth Pattengale Formed The Band In 2011 - The Ark, 10/30 Ann Arbor

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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Helen Humes & Her All-Stars

Be Ba Ba Le Boogie [1946]
Blue And Sentimental 2015 via Codex
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A Vocalist With Count Basie's Band At The Age Of Fourteen- A Saucy R&B Diva And A Mature Interpreter Of The Classy Popular Song - She Could Straddle Among Blues, Jazz & Swing With Equal Ease And Intensity

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Spoonful Of Blues: Helen Humes

Handy Man
The Definitive Black And Blue Sessions: Let The Good Times Roll 2007 via Black & Blue
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June 23, 1913 Kentucky - September 9, 1981 California

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This Is '820' Jazz: Hank Jones Trio

There's A Small Hotel
The Trio 1955 via Savoy
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Wendell Marshall, Bass...Kenny Clarke, Drums...Hank Jones, Piano

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8:20 am

Pieta Brown

Ring of Gold
In The Cool 2005 via Valley
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Greg's Baby Girl

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Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Poison Lies [1953]
The Complete Mercury Recordings 2003 via Mercury
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Legendary Bluegrass Pioneers

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Dwight Yoakam

Free To Go
Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars 2016 via Sugar Hill
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The A-List: Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan And Scott Vestral

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Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time

Black Diamond Strings
Murder On Music Row 1999 via Ripcord
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One Of Nashville's Revered Songwriters

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Greensky Bluegrass

Living Over
Shouted, Written Down & Quoted 2016 via Big Blue Zoo
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Returning To Kalamazoo For A Two Night Stand With Joshua Davis, 11/25 & 26 (Friday & Saturday)

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