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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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Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna

Sunday In New York
The More I See You 2018 via Cellar Live
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"When Music Is Tight It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions!" Returns Next Week

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Nana Mouskouri

Black Coffee
Nana Swings 2003 via Mercury Music
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Composer: Sonny Burke, 1938 - Miss Mouskouri Has Released Over 200 albums And Singles In At Least Twelve Different Languages Over The Course Of An Extraordinary Career - Celebrating Number 84 This Past October

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Los TexManiacs

El Paso/San Antonio Rose
Texas Towns And Tex-Mex sounds 2012 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Guest Musicians: Ray Benson And Bobby Flores - Founded In 1997 In Albuquerque, NM - Incorporating Elements From A Myriad Of Genre While Still Honoring The Roots Of Conjunto Tejano

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Sara And Maybelle Carter

Worried Man Blues [1930]
Walk Right In (When The Sun Goes Down Series) 2002 via BMG
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Catalogued As Roud Folk Song Index No. 4753 - Made Up Of Traditional Verses From Charlie Patton's "Down The Dirt Road - The Lyrics Vary From Version To Version As Is Common With Folk Songs Handed Down Through Oral Tradition

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9:40 am
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The War and Treaty

Set My Soul On Fire
Down To The River 2017 via Strong World
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Albion, MI - Michael And Tanya Trotter

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Altan

The Ardara Girls/The Backdoor Highlands
The Poison Glen 2012 via Altan
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Formed In County Donegal, 1987

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Ry Cooder

If Walls Could Talk
Paradise and Lunch 1974 via Reprise / Wea
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Fourth Album Composed Of Cover Versions Of Jazz, Blues And Roots Standards And Obscurities; Written By Bobby Miller, Little Milton Was First To Release It In 1969 - Duke Robillard And Koko Taylor Have Also Covered It

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COMPILATIONS

Come and Go Blues
Muscle Shoals - Small Town Big Sound 2018 via BMG
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Reworking Gregg Allman's Classic

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9:20 am

Elvis Presley

King Creole
King Creole 1958 via RCA
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Remembering Elvis On What Have Been The Week Of His 84th Birthday, January 8, 1935

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Wanda Jackson

Good Rockin' Tonight
I Remember Elvis 2006 via Goldenlane
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Remembering Elvis On What Have Been The Week Of His 84th Birthday, January 8, 1935: Rockabilly Queen In The Sun Records Stable; Close Friend To Elvis

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Albert King

All Shook Up
Blues For Elvis: King Does The King's Things 1991 via Fantasy
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Remembering Elvis On What Have Been The Week Of His 84th Birthday, January 8, 1935: King's Immense Respect For Elvis

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The Blackwood Brothers Quartet

Rock A My Soul
Elvis Presley: the Searcher 2018 via RCA
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Remembering Elvis On What Have Been The Week Of His 84th Birthday, January 8, 1935: Representing Elvis's Gospel Side

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Bill Black's Combo

Don't Be Cruel
Bill Black's Combo 2003 via Paradime
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Remembering Elvis On What Have Been The Week Of His 84th Birthday, January 8, 1935: Bassist In Elvis's Early Trio

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The Ink Spots

Slap That Bass [1937]
The Ink Spots Respective 2013 via Capitol
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Composers: Gershwin Brothers, 1937 - Jimmy Dorsey Was The First To Record "Slap that Bass," In March Of 1937 With the Ink Spots Following One Month Later

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Downing And Mayer

Agra
Traditional Indian Music 2009 via SMD
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Named After The City On The Banks Of The River Yamuna In Northern India. Agra Was First Mentioned In Persian Poetry In 1080 AD

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9:00 am

Travelin' Brothers

Sweet Corrine
13th Avenue South 2018 via Magnolia
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Eighth Release Recorded In Ten Days In Nashville

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Tracy Grammer

Good Life
Low Tide 2018 via Tracy Grammer Music
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'Good Life' Is A Tribute To Tracy's Late Father - The Album Is Standing Stellar For Album Of The Year; Returning To The Ark In September

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The Gasoline Gypsies

Robin Redbreast
Vagabundos 2018 via Independent
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Two-Time Detroit Music Award Recipients

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8:40 am
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Hammie Nixon

The Judge, He Pleaded
Tappin' That Thing 1984 via Shout!
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Blues Spotlight: The Long-Time Harp Playing Companion Of Sleepy John Estes. Born In Brownsville And Orphaned As A Child, Nixon's Early Influence Was Noah Lewis, Who Went On to Play With Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers In Memphis. It Was During the Mid-1920's Hammie Teamed Up With Yank Rachell And Sleepy John Estes, And The Trio Traveled Around The Delta Juke Joints And To Chicago Where The Recording Opportunities Increased As the Decades Rolled On. After The Passing Of Estes, Hammie Continued As a Member Of The Beale Street Jug Band. Hammie Nickerson Passed On 1984

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Hammie Nixon

That's All Right [1972]
Blues At Home 12 2013 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: January 22, 1908 Tennessee - August 17, 1984 Tennessee

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Lee Konitz

If I Had You
Lee Konitz At Storyville 1954 via Storyville
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Ronnie Ball, Piano..Percy Heath, Bass...Al Levitt, Drums...Lee Konitz, Alto Saxophone - - - - - Recorded At The Famed Boston Nightclub, January 5, 1954, Giving One A Definitive Look At Altoist Lee Konitz At A Pivotal Period Of Time Breaking Away From Being A Sideman And A Student Of Lennie Tristano, And Asserting Himself As A Leader.

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8:20 am

Stephanie Urbina Jones

Is Anybody Going to San Antone
Tularosa 2018 via Soundly Music
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Honky-Tonk Mariachi!

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Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours

Drivin' Nails In My Coffin [1946]
At His Best 2018 via RCA
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One Of The Pioneers Of Country Music: The Original Honky-Tonker - Inspiration: Jimmie Rodgers

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Wrinkle Neck Mules

17 Miles Of Bourbon
Minor Enough 2002 via Wrinkle Neck Mules
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Quintet Of Pickers Out Of Richmond, VA - Six Releases to Date With Limited Touring Schedules Due To Each Members Side Interests

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Vivian Leva

Why Don't You Introduce Me As Your Darling
Time Is Everything 2018 via Free Dirt
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Lexington, VA - Grew Up Steeped In The Appalachian And Country Music Influence

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Joel Mabus

My Ramona
Six Of One 2001 via Fossil
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Midwinter Singing And Folk Festival The Weekend Of February 1st In East Lansing, MI; Sally Rogers And Claudia Schmidt Also Attending

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Colter Wall

Kate McCannon
Colter Wall 2017 via Young Mary's Record Co
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Swift Current, Saskatchewan; Debut Release

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8:00 am