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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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Delfeayo Marsalis And The Uptown Jazz Or

Snowball
Make America Great Again! 2016 via Troubador
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose. Traditions! Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Rory Block

New Frisco Train
Keepin' Outta Trouble - A Tribute To Bukka White 2016 via Stony Plain
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Jorma Kaukonen

Come Back Baby
2016-12-7 Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT (Live) 2016 via Fur Peace Ranch
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Composer: Walter Davis, 1940 - Happy Birthday, Jorma...Turning 76 On 12/23

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Session Americana with Jefferson Hamer

Mississippi Mud
Great Shakes 2016 via Ind
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A Rock Band In A Tea Cup, Or Possibly A Folk Band In A Whiskey Bottle? You Decide

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9:40 am

The Stray Birds

Shining In The Distance
Folk Alley Sessions: The Stray Birds 2016 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley
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Lancaster County, PA - Oliver Craven, Maya De Vitry, Charles Muench & Shane Leonard - Founded 2010

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Premo & Gustavsson

Hemresan
I Walked Abroad 2016 via Independent
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Transatlantic Collaboration Between Laurel Premo & Anna Gustavsson - Nominated For A Jammie In The Traditions! Award Category. The Jammies Are Coming In February

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Uqualla

Ancestral Shamanic Journey
Spiritual Native Chants 2016 via Maxy Sound
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Shaman, Medicine Man, Ceremonial Life Coach, Wisdom Keeper - Member Of The Havasupi Tribe: Havasu Canyon, AZ

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9:20 am

The Hot Nut Riveters

Your Feet's Too Big
Moustashe Girl 2014 via Small & Nimble
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Undercover: The Ink Spots, 1934

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Big Dave McLean

Swingin' On Heaven's Gate
Better The Devil You Know 2016 via Black Hen
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Saskatchewan, CN - Quintessential Behind-The-Scene Bluesman, Crafting His Art On Western Canadian Blues Scene For Fifty Years - Multiple Awards Winner

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Linda Thompson

Give Me a Sad Song
Versatile Heart 2007 via Rounder / Umgd
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Daughter And Son, Kamilla & Teddy And Rufus Wainwright Helping Out On The Album

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Intoxicated Rat
Doc Watson 1964 via Vanguard
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Written By Dorsey Dixon And Recorded By Dorsey And His Brother Howard As The Duo, The Dixon Brothers In 1936 - A Crowd Favorite At The 1963 Newport Folk Festival

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

St. James Hospital
Doc Watson 1964 via Vanguard
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Here, Doc Is Covering James "Iron Head" Baker, An African American Traditional Folk Singer Imprisoned In The Central State Prison Farm In Sugar Land, Texas - The 1934 Original Was Captured On Field Recordings Of Work Songs Made By John Lomax For The Library Of Congress Archive of American Folk Music In The 1930's

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The Horse Flies

Baghdad Children
Until The Ocean 2008 via The Horse Flies
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Ithaca, NY - Now A Sextet, The Band Was Founded As The 'Tompkins County Horseflies' In The Late 1970's, Emerging From The Old-Time Music Scene - The Unique Sound Evolved By Twining Old-Time Fiddle Tunes With Alt/Rock Influences And World folk Traditions

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Parker Millsap

Morning Blues
The Very Last Day 2016 via Okrahoma Records
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Purcell, OK - 2014 Americana Music Association Emerging Artist Of The Year - Writes With An Assortment Of Striking Imagery And A Tom Wait-ish Trickster Theatricality

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The Ormewoods

Delaware Ave
The Bedroom Sessions 2016 via The Ormewoods
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Don McCollistter And Claire Pearson, Nashville, TN - Grammy Winning Songwriters

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Gretchen Peters

Guadalupe
One To The Heart, One To The head 2009 via Scarlet Letter
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Produced, Vocals, Instrumentation, Album Artwork And Composed By Tom Russell

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Lil Green

I'm Wasting My Time On You
Lil Green (Remastered) 2016 via Starpointe
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With A Soulful Voice Trained In Mississippi Churches, Lil Green Honed Her Skills In The Clubs Of Chicago And New York City. She Wasn't A Prolific Recording Artist Letting Her Outstanding Live Performances Speak For Themselves. Big Bill Broonzy Hired Her For His Band During The Mid 1930's. Kansas Joe McCoy And Tiny Bradshaw Recorded With Her In The Early 1940's, A Time When Green Was Coming Into Her Own As a Prolific Songwriter, And One Of The Leading Female Rhythm & Blues Singers Of The 1940's. Lil Green Passed On In 1954 At the Age Of 34

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Spoonful Of Blues: Lil Green

Why Don't You Do It Right [1940]
Lil Green (Remastered) 2016 via Starpointe
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December 22, 1919 Mississippi - April 14, 1954 Illinois

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This Is '820' Jazz: Ray Baretto And New World Spirit

Go
Portraits In Jazz And Clave 1999 via BMG france
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Kenny Burrell, Guitar...Eddie Gomez, Bass...Joe Lovano, Tenor Saxophone...Steve Turre, Trombone...John Bailey, Trumpet...John Di Martino, Piano...Adam Kolker, Alto Saxophone...Bobby Sanabria, Percussion...Vince Cherico, Drums...Ray Baretto, Conga

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8:20 am

Lefty Frizzell

Cigarettes And Coffee Blues [1958]
The Essential Lefty Frizzell 2013 via Sony
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Singing-Songwriting Honky-Tonk Legend

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Gibson Brothers

Highway
In The Ground 2017 via Rounder
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Latest Single From The Upcoming Release, "In the Ground," Due Out February Seventeenth

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Gram Parsons

Still Feeling Blue
G.P.-Grievous Angel 1990 via Reprise / Wea
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G.P.: Debut Solo, 1973 - Guest Musicians: Byron Berline, James Burton, Buddy Emmons, Al Perkins & Emmylou Harris

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The Brothers Comatose

My Bucket's Got A Hole It
The Covers, Vol. 2 - EP 2016 via Swamp Jam
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Composer: Tom Gates, 1927 - Washboard Sam, 1937 - Widely-Known By Hank Williams, 1949

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The Piedmont Melody Makers

Trials Troubles Tribulations
Wonderful World Outside 2016 via Independent
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Composer: E.C. Ball, 1959 - 'YCE Artists Andrew Bird And Valerie June Have Also Recorded This Gospel Gem

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Two Oceans Trio

Chinquapin Huntin'/Sugar In The Gourd
Two Oceans Trio 2009 via Howdy Skies
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Trevor Hutchinson, Tim O'Brien & Gerry Paul

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