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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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Colcannon

Return To Fingal-The Golden Keyboard-The toormore Slide-the Youngest daughter
Three Days In May 2010 via Oxford Road Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Incredibly Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Bonita & The Blues Shacks

So Close
Sweet Thing 2019 via Rhythm Bomb
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Scandinavian Blues Boogie

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(REQUESTED)

William Elliot Whitmore

Diggin' My Grave
Ashes To Dust (The Early Years) 2005 via Whitmore Records
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Cowboy Nation

Shenandoah
A Journey Out Of Time 2000 via Western Jubilee
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Formed By Chip And Tony Kinman In 1996 After The Demise Of Their Infinitely Successful Cowpunk Band, Rank & File Putting a Unique Spin On Oh Shenandoah, A Traditional American Folk Song Of Uncertain Origin, Dating To The Early 19th Century; Appearing To Have Originated With Canadian And American Voyageurs Or Fur Traders Traveling Down The Missouri River

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9:40 am

Silas Hogan

Everybody Needs Somebody
Trouble: The Best Of the Excello Masters 1995 via Excello
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Inspired By Jimmy Reed, Hogan Began Performing In The 1930's Louisiana - Put To Together A Band Called The Rhythm Ramblers Which Greatly Impacted The Development Of The Baton Rouge Blues Sound

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Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor

Amarillo Highway
Return Of The Formerly Brothers 1990 via Stony Plain
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Composer: Terry Allen, 1979 - Juno Award For Best Roots And Traditional Album

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Rodrigo y Gabriela

Foc
Live In Japan 2008 via Ato Records / Red
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Appearing At Meijer Gardens Next Sunday 6/9

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9:20 am

Bob Dylan

What Was It You Wanted
Oh Mercy 1989 via Columbia
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Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941 (78)

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(REQUESTED)

Laura Love

He Is My Rock
Negrass 2007 via Laura Love Music
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Online Suggestion

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Louis Armstrong

When You're Smiling [1929]
Highlights From His Decca Years 1994 via GRP
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Recorded By Many, But It Was Armstrong That Made It a Standard

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Ravi Shankar

Asato Maa
Chants Of India (2018 Reissue) 1997 via HariSongs / Craft Recordings / Concord Music
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9:00 am

Big Jay McNeely

I Can't Stop Loving You
Welcome To California 2009 via Document
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One Of The Great R&B Saxophonists To Come Out Of California, Influenced By Illinois Jacquet And Lester Young

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Bigfoot Bob & the Toetappers

One Eyed Jack on the Glory Road
Footnotes 2007 via Independent
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Michigan Music - Leader Bob Schultz Was The Organist On The Bob Seger System's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"

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Kelly Willis

Don't Know Why
Translated From Love 2007 via Rykodisc
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Lawton, OK - Co-Written With Chuck Prophet

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Peter Case

Lone Time Gone
HWY 62 2015 via Peter Case
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Founding Member Of The Nerves And The Plimsouls, Striking Out On His Own In 1986

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8:40 am
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Moanin' Bernice Edwards

Hot Mattress Stomp [1930]
Texas Piano Vol. 1 (1923-1935) 1993 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: A Lively, Obscure Singer And Pianist, Moanin' Bernice Edwards Grew Up Playing The Juke-Joints Of Houston. Recording Opportunities Brought Her To Chicago Around 1923 For Two Sessions Cutting A Dozen Sides. Her Ragtime Boogie Style Is Accented By Vaudeville Warbling And Blues Belting. After A 1935 Recording Session, Moanin' Bernice Edwards Drifted Into Obscurity.

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Moanin' Bernice Edwards

Long Tall Mama [1928]
One Of The Family 2015 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: Birth And Death Dates Unknown

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Grant Green Sextet

Nomad
Idle Moments 1963 via Blue Note
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820 Jazz: Al Harewood, Drums...Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass...Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone...Duke Pearson, Piano...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone...Grant Green, Guitar - - - - - - -820 Jazz Presents "idle Moments" A 1963 Recording That May Well Be Grant Green's Greatest Moment On Record. He's Helped By An Ensemble That Is Slightly Larger And More Expressive Than His Usual Configuration. This Is Some Of The Finest Guitar Jazz Of the Hard Bop Era

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8:20 am

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Texas 1947
Guy 2019 via New West
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Steve's Tribute To His Mentor, Guy Clark

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Andy Statman

Statman Romp
Monroe Bus 2019 via Shefa Records
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The Osborne Brothers

Rocky Top [1967]
From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom: The Songs Of Boudleaux And Felice Bryant 2008 via CMH
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Vintage Grass By Sonny And Bobby From Jack's Creek, KY With The Song That Put Them On Map

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Go Jane Go

Tell Me Mama
Go Jane Go 2013 via Kane Music
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The Duo Of David Francey And Kieran Kane

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Irene Kelley

Highway Back To You
Benny's TV Repair 2019 via Mountain Fever
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New Music From The Nashville-Based Singer-Songwriter

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Willie Nelson

Seven Year Itch
Ride Me Back Home 2019 via Sony Legacy
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