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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Nest Week
Composer: Willie Dixon, 1962 - During The Recording Of This Album, Hardin Was Undergoing Methadone Treatment In England; Peter Frampton And The Cissy Houston Singers Contributing Their Immense Talents
GR Flavor!
Rupert Lyon, 1905 - Pioneering Jamaican Saxophonist - Mento: Urban-Style Dance Band Groove Predating And Greatly Influencing Ska, Reggae And Dancehall - Mento Draws On Musical Traditions Brought By West African Slaves
San Antonio, TX - Celebrating Number 62 A Few Days Ago And Appearing In Ann Arbor At The Ark, 12/13 (Thursday)
Denver, CO - Honors: Recipients Of The 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition
Buffalo, NY - Major Hit For Wilson Pickett, 1967
Boston-Based Roots Septet Stirring Up Their Own Panoptic Bouillabaisse Of Influences Blending Smoother Than A Forty-Year Whiskey
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Accompanied By Nashville Singer-Songwriter Lilly Winwood (Steve's Daughter)
Reworking Of One The Premier Delta Bluesman, Tommy Johnson
Honors: 2009 NEA National Heritage Fellowship - Five-Man, Four-Part Harmony A Cappella Gospel Group, Drawing On The Rich Heritage Of Quartet-Style Singing Of Alabama's Jefferson County
With The Mildred Bailey Orchestra - One Of Jazz Music's Early Influences - Known As "Mr. Swing", Establishing The Xylophone, Marimba, And Vibraphone As Jazz Instruments
Leader Of Chicago's Blue Rockets During The Late 1940's
Catch New Tunes From Molly's New Album, First Flower Here On 'YCE
The Boston-Based Band's Music Draws Heavily From Several Disparate Genres: Experimental Music, Modern Classical, Cabaret, Circus Music, Appalachian String, Bluegrass, Old-Time Music, Southern Gospel, And Funeral Music
Twin Brothers Based Out Of Brooklyn
Street Date: February 1 - Appearing For An Early And Late Show At The Ark, 2/13
The Discography For Alonzo Scales Is Brief; Only Five Songs In Two Sessions Over Six Years Beginning In 1949. Born In 1888 North Carolina, Scales Worked the Coal Mines Of Hazard County, Kentucky Prior To Migrating to New York City At The Age Of Sixty-Three, Prior To Meeting Up And Recording those All To Few Sides With Champion Jack Dupree And Sonny Terry; And Soon After Drifting Into Obscurity And Passing On 1975.
June 5, 1888 NC - ?/?/1975 KY
Dave Holland, Bass...Don Alias, Percussion...Michael Brecker, Sax...John Scofield, Guitar...Jack DeJohnette, Drums...Herbie Hancock, Pianio
Vocals: Brooke & Darin Aldridge
Joined Flatt & Scruggs In 1957 Becoming The Featured Singer In The Duo's Foggy Mountain Boys
One-Half Of 10 String Symphony
With Guest Musicians Sam Bush And Mike Marshall
