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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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The John Santos Sextet

Descarga con changui
Art Of The Descarga 2020 via Smithsonian Folkways
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"When Music Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats

Lucille [1962]
You Got Me Rockin': The Best Of The Blue Beat Years 1960-1964 2010 via Pressure Drop
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Influential Caribbean Singer And One Of The Pioneers Of Jamaican Ska Music

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Todd Rhodes And His Septet Ft. Kitty Stevenson

It Ain't Right [1951]
The Early Sensation Recordings 2013 via Ace
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An Early Influence In Jazz And Later R&B, Joined On Many Recordings By Chicago Singer Kitty Stevenson; both Labelmates For Session Records, Detroit

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Paul Rishell & Annie Raines

Memphis Town
Goin' Home 2004 via Artemis Records
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Blues Music Award For Acoustic Blues Album Of The Year Recipients

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Ralston Bowles

Let's Talk About You
NCCA - Artsplace: West Michigan Folk Luthiers 2009 via NCCA
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GR's Own Serving And Promoting The Western Michigan Music Scene Since 1970

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The Mountain Goats

Corsican Mastiff Stride
Getting Into Knives 2020 via Merge
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Tony Joe White

Boot Money
Smoke From The Chimney 2021 via Easy Eye Sound
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Street Date; May 7; Dan Auerbach Producing These Recordings That Started As Unadorned Voice And Guitar Demos From Tony Joe's Home Studio In the Early Days. The Tracks Are Redolent Of The Sparse, Southern Swamp-Rock Style That White Perfected So Well, Rising To International Prominence As Both Writer And Performer

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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Lonesome Heart Blues [1946]
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 7 1987 via Warner
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Tommy Duncan, Vocals - Texas Swing At Its Rowdiest And Most Anarchic

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Deacon John

Let The Good Times Roll-Feel So Good
Deacon John's Jump Blues 2003 via Image Entertainment
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Allen Toussaint Joining The Eighty-Year Old Life-Long Resident Of The 8th Ward

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Waxahatchee

The Eye
Saint Cloud 2020 via Merge
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Named After Waxahachie Creek In Alabama, Not Far From Where Katie Crutchfield Grew Up

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9:20 am

Jamestown Revival

Revival
Utah 2014 via INgrooves
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The Magnolia, Texas Duo Of Childhood Friends Zach Chance And Jonathan Clay - The Album Was Named For The Band's Recording Location In The Wasatch Mountains, Living In A Cabin And Using Minimal Recording Studio Equipment

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Homesick James

Homesick Shuffle
Blues On The South Side 1963 via Fantasy
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South Chicago Master Of Slide Guitar Cutting His First Sides For RCA In The Mid-1930's

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Teresa Brewer & Count Basie

Downhearted Blues
The Songs Of Bessie Smith 1973 via Sony
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Reworking The 1923 Bessie Smith Gem With A Smoldering Swing Courtesy Of The Great Basie

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COMPILATIONS

Ka Lifu Laka
The Rough Guide to South African Gospel 2003 via World Music Network
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Z.C.C. Mukhukhu: Seven Piece South African Gospel Ensemble

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9:00 am

"Spider" John Koerner

Worried Rambler
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Been 1986 via Red House
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An Early Influence On Bob Dylan

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Nitty Gritty Band ft. Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell & The War And Treaty

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Single 2021 via Dirt Band Music
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An Ensemble Rendition Of Dylan's 1964 Anthem Of Change, And Fifty-Seven Years On Serving As A Fundraiser For Feeding America

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Amy Speace And The Orphan Brigade

Shotgun Hearts
There Used To Be Horses 2021 via Amy Speace
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Recorded In Nashville, The Award-Winning Songwriter Pulls Directly From Her Own Childhood Memories, Coming Of Age In New York City - Another Keeper For Amy!

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Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie

Old Friends
Old Friends 2017 via Cox & Hurrie Music
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Running Thru A Stunning Statement Of The Guy Clark Nugget (1988)

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8:40 am
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Walter Davis & Roosevelt Sykes

M & O Blues [1931]
Walter Davis 2020 via Legacy Recordings
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Blues Spotlight: Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee And St. Louis Pianist Walter Davis Was One Of The Most Influential And Prolific Players Of The Pre-World War II Blues Scene. Recording His First Sides With Roosevelt Sykes In 1930, Davis Would Write And Record Over One-Fifty Songs By The Early 1950's, Including Several That Have Become Blues Standards. Walter Davis Passed On In 1963; West Michigan's Killer Blues Headstone Project Placed A Headstone On Davis' Unmarked Grave In 2012.

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Walter Davis

Come Back Baby
Walter Davis, Vol. 5 1939-1940 1994 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: March 1, 1911 MS - October 22, 1963 MO

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The Gene Harris/Jack McDuff Quintet

J&G Blues
Down Home Blues 1997 via Concord
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Lester Hughes, Bass...Paul Humphrey, Drums...Ron Eschet, Guitar...Jack McDuff, Hammond B-3...Gene Harris, Piano - -- - -Combining The Powers Of Two Of The Funkiest Figures In Jazz. Recorded In Late 1996, The Union Finds McDuff Joining Harris' Working Group At The Time, And Allocates Plenty Of Room For A Few Special Guests.

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8:20 am

Shannon McNally ft. Rodney Crowell

I Ain't Living Long Like This
The Waylon Sessions 2021 via Blue Rose
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Street Date: May 28 - Rodney Wrote It In 1977 And Recorded That Year By Gary Stewart; Crowell Recorded It One Year Later As Well As Emmylou Harris, And Then Waylon Got A Hold Of It In 1979 And Took It To The Top Of the Charts

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Mountain Bridge Band

State Of Arkansas
State Of Arkansas 2021 via Mountain Bridge
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Quintet Of South Carolina Pickers Delivering Their Latest With An Ode To The Great State Of Arkansas

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COMPILATIONS

This Flatland Life - The Panhandlers
The Next Waltz, Vol. 3 2021 via The Next Waltz
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The Third Installment Of Singles From The Next Waltz, A Really Fun Project Helmed By Bruce Robison, Without Any Digital Shenanigans

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Carter Family

Lonesome For You
Sunshine In The Shadows: The Victor Recordings (1931-1932) 1996 via Sony
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Vintage Song From The Mountains

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Lunasa

The Dingle Berries
Se 2006 via Compass Records
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The Band's Name Is Derived From A Gaelic Festival Marking The Beginning Of The Harvest Season, Widely Observed Throughout Ireland, Scotland And The Isle Of Man

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