Afro Bop Alliance

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

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons

Composed And Recorded By Henry Townsend, June 13, 1928 In Chicago

Rory Block

Producers: Rory Block & Rob Davis - Rory's Sixth Release In Her Mentor Series - This Time She Pays Tribute To Bukka White, One Of The Most Influential Country Blues Artists In History

COMPILATIONS

Tim Easton & Aaron Lee Tasjan

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Hasna El Becharia

Algerian Poetess - Formed Her Quartet In 1972, It Continues To This Day with The Founding Members, Maintaining The Traditions Of The Gnawa Musicians Of Algeria - El Bécharia Is A Powerful Link With The Past

J.D. Souther

The Album's Release In '08 Was J.D.'s First In Twenty-Four Years

Booker T. & The MG'S

Second Release And The First To Feature Donald "Duck" Dunn

Paper Bird

Colorado - The Band Is Known for Playing In Odd Meters, Five-Beat; Seven-Beat

Al Jolson

Published In 1908 - One In A Series Of Moon-Related Tin Pan Alley Songs Of The Era

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David Bromberg Band

Covering Texas Guitarist Ace "Little Hat" Jones

Ry Cooder

Undercover: Jelly Roll Morton, 1923 - Jelly Roll Morton Was the First Great Composer And Piano Player Of Jazz

April Verch

Iris Dement

Composed And First Published By Johnson Oatman In 1898 - Featuring Vocals From Flora Mae Dement

9 O'Clock Doc: The Doc Watson Family

Liner Notes: Nancy Watson Recalling Memories Of Grandpa Gaither Carlton, The First Watson Family Recording Session, And The April Night Merle Began Playing Guitar

9 O'Clock Doc: The Doc Watson Family

This Album's Music Is Taken From Field Recordings By Eugene Earle And D. K. Wilgus, Containing Previously Unreleased Material From The Early 1960's

Cowboy Junkies

Always Good To Hear Margo's Voice On The Radio

Buffalo Springfield

Lead Vocal: Richie Furay - Third And Final Album With Jim Messina Producing

Roy Book Binder

Madeleine Peyroux

Luke Winslow-King

Michigan - The Album's Theme Reflects His Break-Up With Ester Rose

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Booker T. & The MG'S

Spoonful Of Blues: Henry Townsend

Left Home At The Age Of Nine And Hoboed His Way To St. Louis, Learning Guitar & Piano In His Early Teens From A Locally Renowned Bluesman Known As "Dudlow Joe." This Meeting Would Set A Course For A Distinguished Eighty-Year Career Beginning As The Top Session Man In St. Louis, Recording His First Sides In 1929 With Roosevelt Sykes And John Lee "Sonny Boy #1" Williamson. By The Early 1980's, Henry Townsend Had Become An Elder Statesman Of St. Louis Blues. Though Semi-Retired By That Time, He Continued To Play The Occasional Gig, Being Awarded A Posthumous Grammy In 1985 For His Participation On The Album "The Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen - Live in Dallas, Which Featured Fellow Nonagenarians Robert Lockwood, David "Honeyboy Edwards," And Pinetop Perkins.

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Spoonful Of Blues: Henry Townsend

October 27, 1909 Mississippi - September 26, 2006 Wisconsin - Awards: National Heritage Fellowship, 1985; St. Louis Walk Of Fame, 1995; Best Traditional Blues Album, Given For His Performances On Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas, 2008; Henry Townsend Was Added To the Mississippi Blues Trail, 2009

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This Is '820' Jazz: Herb Ellis

Stan Getz, Tenor Sax...Ray Brown, Bass...Stan Levey, Drums...Roy Eldridge, Trumpet...Heb Ellis, Guitar

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COMPILATIONS

Vocals: Preston Shannon - Charlie's Recordings During His Time At Sun records

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Gillian Welch

Due Out November 25, This Album Features Outtakes, Alternate Versions, And Demos From The Making Of Gillian's Landmark "Revival," Celebrating That Album's Twenty Year Anniversary

Vern Williams Band

Accepted As The Father Of West Coast Bluegrass - With Partner Ray Park Formed The Carroll County Country Boys In 1959 - During their Tenure Playing, Vern And Ray Would Have An Indelible Mark On The Development And Future Of Bluegrass Music In California - Awards: International Bluegrass Music Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award, 1997

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Phyllis Boyens

West Virginia - Best Known For Playing Loretta Lynn's Mother, Clary, In The Movie Coal Miner's Daughter - She Passed On In 2009

Lonesome Ace Stringband

Canadian Trio Keeping the Appalachian Banjo/Fiddle Tunes Alive And Well

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Bryan Sutton

Guests Include: Pete Wernick & Tim O'Brien Of Hot Rize, Béla Fleck, Mark Schatz, Sam Bush, And Russ Barenberg - Grammy Award For Best Bluegrass Album, 2010