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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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Eddie Palmieri

Doctor Duck
Palmas 1994 via Nonesuch
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"When Music Is Tight, It all Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Dave Mason

Bring It On Home To Me
Dave Mason 1974 via One Way Records Inc
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Sam Cooke, Composer - One Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll

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Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir

Lift Every Voice and Sing
Front Porch Music 1997 via Rhino Records
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Tillery Calls The Music Performed By The CHC "Survival Music"

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(REQUESTED)

Mary Stallings And Cal Tjader

I'm Beginning To See The Light [1944]
Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings 2005 via Vanguard
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Multi-Award Winning San Francisco Song Stylist Joined by The Great Latin Vibraphonist Reworking The Jazz Standard Written By Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges And Harry James

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9:40 am

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers

Let's Work Together
Volume 1 2020 via Stony Plain
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Founded In 2008 By Brothers Luther & Cody Dickinson, Dad The Late Jim Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Charlie Musselwhite And Alvin Youngblood Hart

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The Mavericks

- Suspiro Azul
En Espanol 2020 via Mono Mundo
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The Mavericks Exploring Their Cuban And Mexican Roots

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Lillian Green

No Baby, No One But You [1945]
Female Blues - The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) 1997 via Document
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Among The Leading Female Rhythm And Blues Singers Of The 1940's During 1930's She And Big Bill Broonzy Had A Nightclub Act Together - REcorded Most Of Her Material In Chicago

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Don Vappie ft. Sammy Rimington & Finn Burich

Ice Cream
Swingin' With Finn 2013 via Tidal
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The New Orleans Banjoman Was A Featured Performer In The 'Preservation Hall Jazz Band' - Now Leads The 'Creole Jazz Serenaders'

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9:20 am

Brent Cobb

Dust Under My Rug
Keep 'Em On They Toes 2020 via Thirty Tigers
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Americus, GA - Fourth Release

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Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers

Boil Dem Cabbage Down
Earl Johnson, Vol. 1 1927 1997 via Document
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Unknown Composer - First Recorded In 1924 By Uncle Dave Macon - Earl Johnson Was An Old-Time Fiddler Influenced By Gid Tanner

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Barbara Dane

My Melancholy Baby
Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard Hitting Songs 2018 via Smithsonian Folkways
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1912 Composition First Sung By William Frawley (Fred Mertz On I Love Lucy)

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Kelly Joe Phelps

Dock Boggs Country Blues
Shine Eyed Mister Zen 1999 via Rykodisc
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Reworking Appalachian Singer/Banjo Player The Great Dock Boggs - Boggs

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Sol y Canto

Epidemia De Soledad
En Vivo, En Familia! 2020 via Independent
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Boston Based Pan-Latin Ensemble - A Quintet Forming In 1994

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9:00 am

The Red Sea Pedestrians

More More More
A Lesson In Cartography 2007 via Hey Burner! Records
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HomeGrown! Kalamazoo, MI

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Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations

The Weight
Together 1969 via Motown
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Diana, Eddie Kendricks And Paul Williams Taking Turns On Lead Vocals

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Chris Smither

Can't Shake These Blues
Up On The Lowdown 1995 via Hightone Records
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Smither Chose The Hit Shack In Austin - Chris Turned 76 A Few Days Ago

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Wynonna

Ramble On Rose
Recollections [EP] 2020 via ANTI
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Wynonna Judd Reworking The Grateful Dead, One Of The Many Great Ones From The Pen Of Bob Weir - A Six Song 'Recollections' Is A Six Song EP, Wynona Also Covers Nina Simone, Slim Harpo, John Prine And Fats Domino

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8:40 am

The Big Three Trio

Wrinkles [1962]
The Original Wang Dang Doodle 1995 via Chess Recordings
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Blues Spotlight: An Important Launching Pad In The Career Of The Legendary Willie Dixon. Dixon Formed The Trio In 1946 With "Baby Doo" Caston And Bernardo Dennis, Playing With Both In Different Combos Throughout The Early '40's. After Laying Down A Few Sides For A Small Label, The Trio Signed To Columbia Records In 1947; A Slew Of Releases Stretched Into 1952. Caston Departed the Band At The End Of That Year, Effectively Breaking Up The Trio. But Dixon's Destiny Was At Chess Records, And Soon Be Recognized As One Of The Most Prolific And Invaluable Figures On The Windy City Scene, Laying The Cornerstone Of Chicago Blues.

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The Big Three Trio

Appetite Blues [1949]
The Best Of Delta Records 2006 via Shanacie
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Blues Spotlight: Formed In Chicago In 1946: Willie Dixon, Bernardo Dennis, Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston

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Chet Baker Qunitet

Hotel 49
Chet Baker In New York 1959 via Riverside
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'820' Jazz Presents: Al Haig, Piano...Paul Chambers, Bass...Philly Joe Jones, Drums...Johnny Griffin, Tenor Saxophone...Chet Baker, Trumpet - - - - - - Baker's West Coast Cool Permeates On The First Of A Four Record Deal With New York City's Riverside Label.The Cool-Toned Solos Fy And Bop With Authority Around The Equally Impressive Supporting Soloists. It Is Baker's First Outing In New York Playing With The Big Guns Of The Big Apples Jazz Scene - The Cohesiveness Never Sounded Better.

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8:20 am

Alan Bibey & Grasstowne

Hitchhiking To California
Hitchhiking to California - Single 2020 via Billy Blue
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Hawktail

El Camino Pt. 2
Unless 2018 via Hawktail
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Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert.Jordan Tice And Dominick Leslie - A Band Comprised Of Four Leading Figures In Acoustic Music Today

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George Jones

Eskimo Pie [1958]
Legends Never Die (Remastered) 2020 via AIM
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Solid Gold Country Spin This Morning!

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The Hot Nut Riveters

Devil's Slide
Moustashe Girl 2014 via Small & Nimble
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Guy Forsyth Leading An All-Star Austin Cast Including A Few Members From Forsyth's Former Band 'The Asylum Street Spankers'

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Loretta Lynn

Black Jack David
Full Circle 2016 via Sony
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The Forty-Third Solo Studio Album By The American Country Music Legend - Old World Scottish Border Ballad Known As The "Raggle Taggle Gypsy - The Core Of The Song's Story Is That A Lady Forsakes A Life Of Luxury To Run Off With A Band Of Gypsies

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Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch

Flycatcher Jack and the Whippoorwill's Song
You Can't Save Everybody 2004 via Compass Records
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Special Guest: Fats Kaplin

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8:00 am