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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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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

The Big Blink
Left Of Cool 1998 via Warner Brothers
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Texicana Mamas

Cocina De Amore
The Texicana Mamas 2020 via The Texicana Mamas
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'Kitchen Of Love' - Debut Collaboration By Three Gifted Latina Singer-Songwriters: Tish Hinojosa, Stephanie Urbina Jones, and Patricia Vonne

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Greg Brown

I Believe I'll Go Back Home
Honey In The Lion's Head 2004 via Trailer
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Second Release - Traditional Southern Spiritual, 1930; The Source For Dock Bogg's 'Prodigal Son'

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Tierney Sutton

Big Yellow Taxi
After Blue 2013 via BFM Jazz
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Undercover: Joni Mitchell, 1970 (Ladies Of The Canyon)

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Sultans Of String

My Squid Has A Rash
Luna 2013 via Sultans Of String
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Debut Album Music By The Toronto Based Quintet, Melding Elements Of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic Folk, Cuban Rhythms, And French Manouche Gypsy-Jazz

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Molly Tuttle

She's a Rainbow
...But I'd Rather Be With You 2020 via Compass
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Ten-Song Covers Release By The Boundary-Bending Award-Winning Guitarist, Covering Fertile Ground Including The Rolling Stones Psychedelic. (The Original Can Be Found On "Their Satanic Majesties Request" 1967)

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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Money Talk
Born In Arkansas 2008 via Chess
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Chicago Blues Elder Statesman - Nineteen-Year Stint With The Muddy Waters Band - One Of The Great Practitioners Of A True American Art Form

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Big Kahuna And The Copa Cat Pack

Hey Baby (Shake Those Hula Hips)
Shake Those Hula Hips 2001 via Concord
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Honolulu, HI - Second Release Continuing The Groups Infectious Retro-Swing, Indigenous Grooves

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The Fabulous Heftones

Would You Like to Take a Walk- (Sump'n Good'll Come from That)
In The Garden 2005 via Independent
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Calling Lansing Home, Brian And Lynn Play The Tunes and Ditties From The 1920's

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Benny Martin

Ice Cold Love
Tennessee Jubilee 1975 via Rounder
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Pioneering Fiddler, Inventor Of The Eight-String Fiddle Joined By Two Other Legends, John Hartford & Lester Flatt

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Mary Lou Williams & Her Trio

Clean Pickin'
1930-1941 2008 via Jazz Depot
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By The Middle Of The 20th Century, Mary Lou Williams Had Solidified Her Status As A Jazz Great; Instrumental In Developing Kansas City Swing

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Macire Sylla

Noumarera
Talitha 2011 via Djembé Faré
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Guinea, West Africa

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The Four O'Clock Flowers

Jesus On The Mainline
The Four O'Clock Flowers 2014 via The Four O'clock Flowers
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Dusting Off The Traditional Spiritual Dating To The Halfway Point Of The Previous Century

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Doc Watson And David Grisman

Kentucky Waltz
Live In Watsonville: Doc & Dawg 1998 via Acoustic Disc
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Tip Of the Hat To Bill Monroe

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Deer Tick

Houston, TX
Born On Flag Day 2009 via Partisan Records
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Providence, RI - Inspiration For The Name "Deer Tick" Came While Hiking In A State Forest; Guitarist John McCauley Found A Deer Tick On His Scalp

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Sippie Wallace

Suitcase Blues
Women Be Wise 1992 via Storyville Records
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"The Texas Nightingale" - Honoree Of The Michigan Women's Hall Of Fame

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The Paragons

The Tide Is High [1967]
Ska & Reggae Classics 2018 via Sanctuary
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Rocksteady Vocal Trio From Kington With The Original Release Of 'The Tide Is High', Written By The Lead Vocalist, John Holt - Blondie Took It To World-Wide Acclaim In 1980, Being The Last Chart-Topper Eighteen Years.

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Brian Koenigsknecht

My Father's Guitar
Healing Bridges 2020 via Independent
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Singer/Songwriter From Kalamazoo, MI -

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Gretchen Peters

The Night You Wrote That Song
The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury 2020 via GP Music
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Holding Court With Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson And Tom T. Hall, Mickey Newbury Revolutionize Country Music By Bringing New, Broader Musical Influences Into The Writing, With Greater Emotional Depth To The Music - While At The Same Time Never Losing Respect For Tradition

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Harding "Hop" Wilson

My Woman's Got a Black Cat Bone [1960]
Steel Guitar Blues Deep Cuts 2015 via U5
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Lap-Steel Guitar Player Hop Wilson Began His Career Performing With King Ivory Lee Siemien and Ice Water Jones During The 1950's, Playing The Roadhouses Of SE Texas. Wilson Was Virtually Unknown Outside The State, But Through His Influence On Johnny Winter, Jimmie Vaughan And Ron Wood, His Sound Still Echoes To This Day. The Few Tracks Recorded For A Small Label In Lake Charles Never Troubled The National Charts, Hop Didn't Have World Fame, But His Licks Turn Up All Over Texas Roadhouse Blues. He Continued To Play The Houston Clubs Until His Passing In 1975.

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Harding "Hop" Wilson

Dance To It (Chicken Stuff #2)
Houston Ghetto Blues 1993 via Ivory
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April 27, 1921 TX - August 27, 1975 TX

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Oscar Peterson Trio

Put On A Happy Face
Live At The London House, Chicago 1961 1962 via Verve
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'820' Jazz Presents: Ray Brown, Double Bass...Ed Thigpen, Drums...Oscar Peterson, Piano

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Dwight Yoakam

Love Caught Up To Me
Tomorrow's Sounds Today 2000 via Dwight Yoakum
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Born In Pikeville, Ky, Raised In Columbus, Ignored By Nashville, It Took The Move To Los Angeles And Acceptance In The Roots Rock And Punk Scenes For Dwight To Pioneer His Brand Of Hip Honky-Tonk, Heavily-Influenced By The Bakersfield Sound - Dwight And Emily Welcomed Their First Born A Few Days Ago

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The Two Tracks

It's Too Easy
Cheers To Solitude 2020 via Independent
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Produced By Will Kimbrough

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Deborah Silver

Fly Me to the Moon
Glitter & Grits 2020 via Independent
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With Asleep At The Wheel

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The Earls Of Leicester

I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open
Live At The CMA Theater 2018 via Rounder
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Vintage Flatt & Scruggs

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Nora Jane Struthers, Caitlin Krisko, Erin Lunsford

Angel From Montgomery
The Bus Stop Sessions 2019 via Courtesy Of Beehive Productions
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This Trio Of Powerful Frontwomen Joined Forces For This Special One-Time Performance Of The John Prine Classic - Recorded/Filmed In The Back Of A Converted School Bus Located On The Grounds Of FloydFest In Floyd Virginia, July 2019

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Mike Auldridge

House Of The Rising Sun
Dobro-Blues and Bluegrass 2002 via Takoma
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Sixteenth-Century Origins' Unknown Author - Sometimes Called 'Rising Sun Blues' - Tells Of A Person's Life Gone Wrong In The Crescent City

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