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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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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Labyrinth
The Hidden Land 2006 via Sony
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2007 Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Jazz Album

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Sippie Wallace

You Got To Know How
Women Be Wise 1992 via Storyville Records
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With Little Brother Montgomery & Roosevelt Sykes - Sippie's Early Career In Tent Shows Gained Her The Billing "The Texas Nightingale" - Inducted Into The Michigan Women"s Hall of Fame In 1993

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(REQUESTED)

Levon Helm

Golden Bird
Electric Dirt 2009 via Vanguard Records
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Turkey Scratch, Ark - Saw Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys At The Age Of Six And Decided Then To Become A Musician

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9:40 am

Buena Vista Social Club

Chanchullo
Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall (Live) 2008 via World Circuit
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Recorded, 1998; Produced By Ry Cooder And Featuring Veteran Cuban Performers Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben González, Compay Segundo, And Omara Portuondo

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Son House

Louise McGhee
The Legendary Son House, Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions 1992 via Sony Legacy
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Son's Blistering Bottleneck Guitar Prompted Robert Johnson To Pick Up A Six String - House's Potent Early Recordings From 1930 And 1941 To 1942 Showcased His Raw, Emotionally Powerful Style - Did Some Time At Parchman Farm Penitentiary - Rediscovered During The '60's Blues Revivalist Movement; His Voice Still Possessed Wall-Shaking Intensity And His Idiosyncratic Slide Guitar Still Had Bite

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9:20 am

An Dro

Forked Deer-Cold Frosty Morn-Over the Waterfall
The Turn 2009 via Independent
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'YCE Jammie Recipients Appearing The Harris Building In Grand Rapids Providing Music For The Land Conservancy Art Exhibit On 11/01

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The Golden Gate Quartet

Swing Down, Sweet Chariot [1945]
Golden Gospel 2016 via Document
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Formed In 1931; Still Active Today - The Perform In The Jubilee Quartet Style - Inducted Into The Vocal Hall Of Fame In 1998

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Emmylou Harris

The Boxer
Roses in the Snow 1980 via Warner Brothers
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Album Of The Year, 1980 - Albert Lee, Jerry Douglas & Linda Ronstadt Lending Their One-Of-Kind Talents To The Song - Undercover: Simon & Garfunkel, 1970 (Bridge Over Troubled Water)

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

St. Louis Blues (1963)
Doc Watson At Gerde's Folk City 2001 via Sugar Hill
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Composer: W.C. Handy - Watson's First Solo Public Performances, Recorded In 1962 And 1963 At Gerde's Folk City; Never Released Prior To 2001

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9 O'Clock Doc: Clint Howard & Fred Price

Sunny Tennessee
Old Timey Concert: At The Seatlle Folklore Society 1967 via Vanguard
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Doc Playing With Two Of His Inspirations

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9:00 am

Magnolia Sisters

Keep a Knockin'
Apres Faire Le Boogie Woogie 2004 via Rounder
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Lafayette, LA - An All-Woman Quartet Who Play Many Styles Of Cajun French Music From Southwest Louisiana

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Josh Ritter

Lantern
Live At the Iveagh Gardens 2014 via Josh Ritter
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With His Long-Time Royal City Band - Recorded In Dublin In 2010 - Celebrating Number 41 In A Few Days - Shares The Date With My Son Dylan

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Joseph Fire Crow

Into the Sun
Legend Of The Warrior 2003 via MAK
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March 29, 1959 - July 11, 2017 (58); Award-Winning Cheyenne Flautist

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Beale Street Sheiks

Downtown Blues
The Victor Recordings (1928-1929) 2000 via Document
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Frank Stokes & Dan Sane - By The Turn Of The Century A Long-Term Musical Partnership Had Formed - Together, They Busked On The Streets Of Memphis; Stokes And Sane Developed A Professionalism That Set Them Apart From Many Of The More Rural, Less Polished Blues Musicians - The Interweaving Of The Two Guitars Is About As Tight As Anything In Blues - Their Final Recordings Together Took Place In 1929 - We Are Fortunate To Have These Recordings; The True Beginning Of Memphis Blues

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Spoonful Of Blues: Lillian Glinn

Moanin' Blues
Lillian Glinn (1927-1929) 1993 via Document
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May 10, 1902 Texas - July 22, 1978 California - Discovered By Fellow Blueswoman Hattie Burleson - Success As A Vaudeville Performer Led To A Record Deal In 1927, Recording Twenty-Two Tracks In Two Years - Glinn Specialty Was Slow Blues With Topics Concentrating On The Harsher Side Of Life - Blues Researchers Consider Many Of Her Songs Were Her Own Material; An Exception Among Columbia's Female Blues Singers Of That Era

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'820 Jazz Presents: The Buddy Collette - Chico Hamilton Sextet

Blindfold Test
Tanganyika 1956 via Dig
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Curtis Counce, Bass...Chico Hamilton, Drums...Jimmy Hall, Guitar...Gerald Wiggins, Piano...John Anderson, Trumpet...Buddy Collette, Reeds

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8:20 am

Woody Pines

Like I Do
Rabbits Motel 2013 via Independent
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Blind Lemon Pledge

Polly Come Out
Backwoods Glance 2017 via Independent
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San Francisco Based Quintet

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The Stanley Brothers

Maple On The Hill [1955]
The Complete Mercury Recordings 2005 via Mercury
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Ralph & Carter And The Clinch Mountain Boys

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Blue Train
A Tribute To John D. Loudermilk 2017 via Gamble
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COMPILATIONS

Lonesome Wind Blues
O Sister! A Women's Bluegrass Collection 2001 via Rounder / Pgd
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Rhonda Vincent

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The Early Mays

Martin's Breakdown
Chase The Sun 2017 via Bird On The Wing Records

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Tim O'Brien

When the Mist Clears Away
Where The River Meets The Road 2017 via Howdy Skies Records
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This Album Celebrates The Music Of Tim's Native State Of West Virginia With Title Track Telling The Story Of His Great Grandfather's Emigration From Ireland To Wheeling In 1851

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