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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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Mississippi Heat

Calypso In Blue
Hattiesburg Blues 2008 via Delmark
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Ethel and the Chordtones

I'll Be Your Shelter
Trouble - EP 2015 via Songs Music
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Brooklyn, NY - Julie Hardy & Mike MacAllister Revisiting The Sounds Of The Early Days Playing In Garage Rock Bands - The Bluesy Swagger Marks A Return To Hardy's Roots As A Jazz And Blues Songstress

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Cicada Rhythm

Bare Minimum
Everywhere I Go 2018 via NEW WEST
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Fresh Into 'YCE - First Time Spin

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Memphis Jug Band

Memphis Shakedown [1928]
American Epic: The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band 2017 via Sony
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The Memphis Jug Band, Led By Will Shade, Was A Rotating Group Of Musicians Who Made More Than 60 Recordings Between 1927 And 1932, And Continued To Record Into The 1950's, Well After The Jug's Heyday. Their Body Of Work Has Inspired Folk, Rock And Pop Bands From The 1960's To The Present

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Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps

The Day The Blues Came To Call
Here In Babylon 2018 via Independent
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Recounting How The Voice Of Gregg Allman Profoundly Connected Her To The Blues The First Time She Heard It

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9:40 am

Bleizi Ruz

Suite: Plinn Paydoushko Horo
Musiques Et Danses De Bretagne 2010 via Rendez-Vous
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We Just Heard A Suite Of Balkan Folk Dancing Songs From A Trio Of Revivalists Founded In 1973 Focusing On Playing Traditional Musics From A Myriad Of World Cultures

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The Neville Brothers

Fire on the Bayou
Uptown Rulin' - The Best Of The Neville Brothers 1999 via Interscope Records
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In Memory Of Charles Neville Passing Away April 26, 2018 At the Age Of 79 - Known Onstage As "Charlie the Horn Man," His Sax Will Be Missed

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Spirits Of Rhythm

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Spirits Of Rhythm: 1933-1945 1998 via Coquette Records
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American Jazz String Band Dividing Time Between New York City And Hollywood During the 1930's & '40's - The Group's Playing Style Included The Use Of Homemade Percussion And Scatting Vocalese

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9:20 am

Twisted Pine

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Dreams 2018 via Signature Sounds
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Undercover: The Beatles, 1967

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Jayme Stone

I Want To Hear Somebody Pray
Jayme Stone's Folklife 2017 via Smithsonian Folkways
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(WS) - Mining The Treasures Of The Preserved Early Twentieth Century Field Recordings From Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax

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Doc Watson

June Apple
Good Deal! 1996 via Vanguard
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Recorded With The Nashville A-Team - Here, Doc Pays Tribute to Blue Ridge Fiddler Tommy Jarrell, 1926

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Doc & Merle Watson

Big Spike Hammer
Definitive 2013 via Sugar Hill
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Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, t. Michael Coleman Alan O'Bryant Joining Doc & Merle On This Osborne Brothers Classic

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9:00 am

Tom Rush

My Best Girl
Voices 2018 via Appleseed
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The Fresh One From One Of Folk Music's Most Iconic And Enduring Figures

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Old School Freight Train

Tango Chutney
Run 2005 via Acoustic Disc
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Charlottesville, VA

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Ray Chesna

Viola Lee Blues
Everyday Above Ground Is A Good One 1997 via Ray Chesna
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Veteran Bluesman & In-Demand Session Player Keeping It True To The 1928 Classic By Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers And One Of The Dead's Earliest Jams

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COMPILATIONS

Body On Body
Johnny Cash_Forever Words 2018 via SONY LEGACY
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Vocals: Jewell - Throughout Johnny Cash's Life, There Were Many Songs/Lyrics/Poems That He Chose Not To Release. Johnny's Son, John Carter Has Assembled An Album With Sixteen Of Those Writings, Recorded By A Selection Of Hand-Picked Musicians Recording The Songs In Their Own Particular Style And Genre

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8:40 am
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Allen Toussaint

Mother-In-Law/Lipstick Traces
Louisiana - Live From Mountain Stage 1996 via Blue Plate
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Composer: Allen Toussaint - Circa 1961 In A Studio With R&B Singer Ernie K-Doe, Toussaint Playing Piano, And Not Having Any Luck Putting Down A Satisfying Recording. After Several Unsuccessful Takes, Balled Up The Composition And Threw It Away As He Was Leaving The Room. One Of The Backup Singers Thought It Was Such A Good Song And Convinced K-Doe To Give It One More Try; "Mother-In-Law," Went To Number One On Two Charts Shortly Thereafter

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Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra

Benevolence
Jazz On Tap 2010 via Independent
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A Premier Jazz Orchestra Founded In 1976 By The Late Bruce Early, And Over The Years Has Performed With Many Genre-Defining Artists Such As Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Phil Woods, Pearl Bailey And Randy Brecker - See Them The First Sundays Of The Month At Founder's Brewing

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8:20 am

Steep Canyon Rangers

Long Summer
Radio 2015 via Rounder
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Appearing Tonight With Steve Martin And Martin Short At Devos Performance Hall

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Buck Owens

Act Naturally [1963]
All-Time Greatest Hits 2010 via Saguaro
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Vintage Buck & The Buckaroos

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Eilen Jewell

The Poor Girl's Story
Down Hearted Blues 2017 via Signature Sounds
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Composed By Fiddlin' John Carson & Moonshine Kate, 1928

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McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers

Dill Pickles Rag
Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music 2013 via Tompkins Square
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1906 Ragtime Classic Given A Mountain Twist

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Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Fats Kaplin

Lost John Dean
Lost John Dean 2006 via Compass
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Pharis & Jason Romero

Sweet Old Religion
Sweet Old Religion 2018 via Lula Records
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Juno Award winning Duo

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