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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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Jean-Luc Ponty

Mouna Bowa
Tchokola 1991 via Sony
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Harpdog Brown

The Comeback
For Love & Money 2019 via Dog House Records
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Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Jivers

Ray Pearl [1954]
Golden Doo Wop, Vol. 7 2013 via Cherished
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One Of Many Doo Wop Groups That Came And Went In Los Angeles In The 50's. The Big Difference Is That The Jivers Left Us With Some Great Music

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Rising Appalachia

SaDJuna
Leylines 2019 via Independent
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World Travelers For Nearly Two Decades, Rising Appalachia, Sisters Leah And Chloe Smith Have Merged Multiple Global Music influences With Their Own Southern Roots - "Leylines" Reflects Those Efforts

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9:40 am

Nick Lowe ft. Los Straitjackets

Trombone
Love Starvation (EP) 2019 via Nick Lowe
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Los Straitjackets: Four Men Who Wear Mexican Wrestling Masks Onstage Have Reacquainted The Great Nick Lowe With His Rock 'N' Roll Roots

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Albinia Jones

Don't Wear No Black [1945]
Fine And Mellow 2015 via Suncoast
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Errata, Ms - Accompanists: Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas And Sammy Price

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Taj Mahal

The Celebrated Walkin' Blues
Taj Mahal 1968 via Sony
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Henry St. Clair Fredericks - Celebrating Number 77 On 5/17

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The Felice Brothers

Hometown Hero
Undress 2019 via Yep Roc
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Appearing 8/14 At The Ark, Ann Arbor

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9:20 am

Geoff Muldaur

Chevrolet/Big Alice
The Secret Handshake 1998 via Hightone Records
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Founding Member Of The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, And Member Of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Muldaur Is One Of The Great Voices And Musical Forces To Emerge From The Folk, Blues and Folk-Rock Scenes Centered In Cambridge, MA

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Davina and the Vagabonds

I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
Sunshine 2014 via Roustabout
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Minnesota, 2006 - Bumble Bee Slim Recorded A Version Under That Title In 1936. Composed With The Title 'Muddy Water Blues' Ten Year Previous By Eddie Miller - Major Song For Lou Rawls In 1962

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Simon & Garfunkel

Bleeker Street
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 1964 via Columbia
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Known As Tom & Jerry In The Early Years, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Is The Debut By Simon And Garfunkel. Unsuccessful During The Initial Release In 1964, The Album Was Re-Released In '66 After The Success Of "The Sound Of Silence" One Year Prior

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Joan O'Bryant

Lord Bateman
Folksongs And Ballads Of Kansas 1957 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Wichita, KS - Late Nineteenth Century Folk Ballad Collected And Catalogued By James Child. The Child Ballads Are 305 Traditional Ballads From England And Scotland, And Their American Variants; Essential Listening

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9:00 am

Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars

Akera Ka Abonshor
Living Like A Refugee 2006 via Anti
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The Debut Release Formed By A Group Of Refugees Displaced To Guinea During The Sierra Leone Civil War

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Ranky Tanky

You Better Mind
Ranky Tanky 2017 via Independent
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Charleston, SC - Specializes In Jazz-Influenced Arrangements Of Traditional Gullah Music, A Culture That Originated Among Descendants Of Enslaved Africans In The Low Country Region Of The US Southeast

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Alynda Segarra

Drunken Angel
Blaze 2018 via Light In The Attic
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Hurray For The Riff Raff's Aynda Segarra With A Wonderful Reinterpretation Of The Blaze Foley Classic - Find It On The Bio-Pic "Blaze"

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Dave Alvin

Riverbed Rag
King Of California (Reissue) 2019 via Dave Alvin
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Alvin's Fourth Release; The Album Dave Considers To Be The One On Which He Finally And Fully Found His True Voice, As A Singer And A Songwriter - Street Date 6/28 - Dave Celebrates the Reissue With An Appearance On 7/13 At The Ark, Ann Arbor

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Lace And Pretty Flowers
High Or Hurtin': The Songs Of Willie P.Bennett 2012 via Rodeo King Music
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Harmony Vocals: Colleen Peterson - Covering The Songs Of The Highly-Regarded Canadian Singer-Songwriter Willie B. Bennett - The Band Derive Their Name From Bennett's 1979 Release 'Blackie & The Rodeo King'

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Sylvester Cotton

Ugly Woman Blues
Blues Sensation: Detroit Down Home Recordings 1948-49 2003 via Ace
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Blues Spotlight: Not Much Is Known Of Sylvester Cotton, Holding His Own As A Detroit Bluesman During That Cities Gritty Blues Scene Of The Late 1940's. Playing Around Town With John Lee Hooker, Only Nineteen Sides Were Cut By Cotton In 1948 And 1949. Details Of His Early Life Is Sketchy. Nothing Of His Life After Detroit Is Unknown.

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Sylvester Cotton

Three Cent Stamp Blues
Blues Sensation: Detroit Down Home Recordings 1948-49 2003 via Ace
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Blues Spotlight:

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Hank Mobley

Soul Station
Soul Station 1960 via Blue Note
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Art Blakey, Drums...Paul Chambers, Bass...Wynton Kelly, Piano...Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - This Morning '820' Jazz Presents "Soul Station", Recorded During A One Day Session In February 1960 By Hank Mobley. Rooted In Hard Bop, Mobley's Quartet Features His Past Bandleader In The Jazz Messengers, And Two Bandmates From His Time In the Miles Davis Quintet. We Dig Into The Title Track On "Soul Station" With The Band Taking The Time To Explore The Song's Contours; Unearthing Deep Reserves Of Soul Wherever They Tread By One Of Blue Note's Quintessential Bop Quartet's

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8:20 am

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

Road That Leads To You
Sidelong 2016 via Self-released
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Appearing In Ann Arbor At The Ark, 7/7

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Cabbage Crik

Lover, Please Come Home
You Get What You Play For 1975 via Independent
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West Michigan Pickin'

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Dale Ann Bradley

Because He Loved Me
The Hard Way 2019 via Pinecastle
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Raised In The Coal Fields Of Southeastern Kentucky - Five-Time Awards Recipient From The International Bluegrass Music Association

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Ian Noe

Letter to Madeline
Between the Country 2019 via National Treasury/Thirty Tigers
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Beattyville, KY - Full-Length Debut Album Due On The 31st Of May - Longtime Compatriot Of Colter Wall, And Opening On the Upcoming Summer Tour For Son Volt, John Prine And Jamestown Revival

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Seamus Egan

The Convenience Reel/Gan Ainm/Hills Of Offaly/Guns Of The Magnificent Seven
Traditional Music Of Ireland 2005 via Seamus Egan
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Producer For Solas, Karen Casey And Liz Carroll, All Heard Here On 'Yce

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Po' Girl

Old Mountain Line
Home To You 2007 via Nettwerk Records
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The Band Evolved From A Series Of Jam Sessions, In 2000, Between Trish Klein Of The Be Good Tanyas And Allison Russell, Then Of Fear Of Drinking, Birds Of Chicago, And Of Late Our Native Daughters

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