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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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Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdes

Con Poco Coco
Familia - Tribute To Bebo & Chico 2017 via Motema
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose" Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Hank Mowery

Pray For A Cloudy Day
Account to Me 2013 via Old Pal Records
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Hank Raced Come Onto The West Michigan Blues Scene In The Mid 90's With His Band The Hawktones - "I Am Very Fortunate To Be Surrounded By Some Of The Best Talent Around. My Goal Is To Always Be The LEAST Talented Guy In The Band!"

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Ray Bonneville

River John
Bad Man's Blood 2011 via Red House Records
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Special Guest Guitarist: Gurf Morlix - A "Song And Groove Man," Bonneville Has Lived The Life Of The Itinerant Artist. An Acclaimed Raconteur, Bonneville Strips His Bluesy Americana Down To Its Essentials, Steeped In The Humid Grooves Of The South, Creating A Compelling Poetry Of Hard Living And Deep Feeling; This Is A Very Good Album

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The Lowest Pair

Morning Light
The Perfect Plan 2020 via Delicata Records
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One Of My Favorites - The Lowest Pair Might Be One Of The Best Under-The-Radar Americana Duos Today

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9:40 am

Rosie Flores

Crying Over You
Rosie Flores 1987 via Hightone
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Austin, TX - Since The Late 70's With Her Rockabilly Punk Band The Screamin' Sirens, Rosie Flores Has Been Crafting A Pioneering Career In The Roots Underground; An Integral Part Of The LA New Traditionalist Scene That Gave Rise To Dwight Yoakam And Los Lobos.

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The Black Lillies

Peach Pickin'
100 Miles of Wreckage 2011 via North Knox Records / Attack Monkey Productions
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The Band's Second Release

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Bobby McFerrin

Say Ladeo
Vocabularies 2010 via EmArcy
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10-Time Grammy Award Winners Collaboration With Producer Roger Treece; Featuring Over Fifty Of The World's Finest Singers Recorded One At A Time And In Small Groups, Creating A Virtual Choir Made Up Of Over 1,400 Vocal Tracks

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9:20 am

The Upsetters

Low Lights
Many Moods Of The Upsetters 1970 via Pama
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Name Given To The House Band For Jamaican Reggae Producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, Evolving From The Pioneering Ska Band 'Gladdy's All-Stars

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Professor Longhair

Hey Now Baby
Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge 1991 via Rhino / Wea
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First Appeared On the Professor's 1972 Release 'New Orleans Piano'

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Martha Tilton

Broadway Cabello [1945]
Martha Tilton: The Complete Standard Transcriptions 2004 via Standard
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One Of the Most Defining Singers Of The Swing Era And Major Success As One Of The First Artists to Record For Capitol Records - Best Known For Her Association With The Benny Goodman Orchestra

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David McCarn

Cotton Mill Colic [1930]
Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs Of Hard Times And Hardship 2006 via Yazoo
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North Carolina Textile Worker And Singer Writing The Song In 1926 While Playing With A Local String Band Around Gaston County, NC

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Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble

Miyako Odori
Japanese Shamisen Ensemble 2009 via Lyrichord
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Jiuta:A Style Of Japanese Traditional Music In The Edo Period Played With A Shamisen.\, A Three-Stringed Traditional Japanese Musical Instrument

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9:00 am
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Fuzz And Carrie

Sweeter
Maple Hill Sessions, Vol. 1 2019 via Fuzz & Carrie
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Online Suggestion

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Lulu Reed

Going Back To Mexico
Blue And Moody 2005 via Gusto
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1950's R&B And Gospel Singer; A Couple Of Chart Toppers With Bandleader Sonny Thompson Before Taking Up Residence In The Freddy King Band

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Haroula Rose

Margo
Here The Blue River 2016 via Little Bliss Records
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An Award-Winning Film Director And Producer Who Came To Filmmaking Via A Successful Career In Music

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Ol' Dirty Bathtub

Halfway There
Pack Mule 2018 via Ol' Dirty Bathtub
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Sylvia, NC - The Band Still Retain Their Day Jobs As A Lawyer, Gardener, Journalist And Small Business Owner Knowing There's A Weekend Stage Waiting For Them Somewhere In The Smoky Mountains

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Lucinda Williams

Big Black Train
Good Souls Better Angels 2020 via Highway 20
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Three-Time Grammy Award Recipient

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8:40 am
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Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon

Down At Jasper's Bar-B-Que
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, Vol. 1 (1926-1929) 1994 via Document
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Drag Acts Are Not Usually Associated With The Blues, But In The Speakeasies Of Harlem And Chicago During The 'Roaring 20's', It Was A Case Of 'Anything Goes'. Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Was An Eccentric Singer And Mysterious Figure, The Ultimate Showman Who Sang The Blues In Drag. He Was A Popular Performer Until 1941, Retiring From Music To Work At The Pentagon. Frank Devera Jackson Passed On In 1953.

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Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers

Give Me That Old Time Religion
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon (1926-1930) 1994 via Document
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March 3, 1896 AL - May 15, 1953 CA

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Cannonball Adderley Quartet

Somethin' Else
Somethin' Else 1958 via Blue Note
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'820' Jazz Presents: Hank Jones, Piano...Art Blakey, Drums...Sam Jones, Bass...Mile Davis, Trumpet...Julian "Cannonball' Adderley, Alto Saxophone

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8:20 am

COMPILATIONS

Rebel Girl/Mama's Hand
Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways 2002 via Smithsonian Folkways
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The Legendary Hazel Dickens On Vocals

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Danny Barnes

Hambone Slide
Man On Fire 2020 via ATO Records
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Produced By Dave Matthews - Bill Frisell And John Paul Jones Guesting

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Crooked Still

Baby, What's Wrong With You?
Still Crooked 2008 via Signature Sounds
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Cahalen Morrison And Eli West

Pocket Full Of Dust
I'll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands 2014 via Independent
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Currently On Hiatus

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The Chieftains

Medley- Ladies Pantalettes-Belles of Blackville-First House in Connaught
Down The Old Plank Road- The Nashville Sessions 2002 via RCA
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With Bela Fleck

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8:00 am