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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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Mike Longo Trio

Nutty
Only Time Will Tell 2017 via CAP
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Eddie Jefferson

So What
Body And Soul 1989 via Ojc
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Detroit, MI - One Of The Great Innovators Of Modern Jazz, Largely Responsible For The Creation Vocalese - Fatally Shot In The Street Outside A Detroit Jazz Club In 1979

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Foy Vance

Casanova
The Wild Swan 2016 via New Elektra
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Bangor, Northern Ireland - Deeply Rooted In The Rich Musical History And Aesthetic Of The Southern United States; And A Great Handlebar Moustache

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Miss Lavelle White

Into The Mystic
Into The Mystic 2003 via Antone's
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Undercover: Van Morrison - Texas Blues And Soul Singer Soon to Celebrate Number 92 - Debut Album Not Released Until 1994, Despite Beginning A Career At Age Fifteen - Inducted Into The Texas Music Hall of Fame In 2006

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Full Cord

Daydream Dance
Hindsight 2021 via Independent
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'019 'YCE Jammie Award For Best New Album By A New Band

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COMPILATIONS

The Religious Souls - Condition the World Is In
World Spirituality Classics 2 - The Time For Peace Is Now 2019 via Luaka Bop
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One Of The Best Gospel Soul Groups Ever Recorded In a Career Spanning Fifty-Five Years

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Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia

I Second That Emotion
The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings 2012 via Fantasy
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Composers: Al Cleveland And Smokey Robinson -Multi-Charting Top Ten In 1967 For Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Merl Saunders And Jerry Garcia Putting Another Stamp On The Classic In 1973

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9:20 am

Eddie Kirkland

Dixie
Lonely Street 1997 via Telarc
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Known As The "Gypsy Of The Blues" For His Rigorous Touring Schedules, And Thirteen-Year Stint With John Lee Hooker

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Paula Cole

Bye Bye Blackbird
American Quilt 2021 via Renew/BMG
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Reinterpretation Of The 1924 Selection From The Great American Songbook

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Jimmie Rodgers

Take Me Back Again
Riding High 1929-1930 1991 via Rounder / Pgd
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Remembering Jimmie Rodgers Passing On In May 1933 At The Age Of 35 - Country Music, Songwriters, Rock & Roll, And Blues Halls Of Fame - Honored With A Marker On The Mississippi Blues Trail

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The Paradise Bangkok Molam International

Sao Sakit Mae
21st Century Molam 2015 via Studio Lam
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Hybridized Roots Music Conglomerate From Thailand - The Foundation Style Is A Mixture Of Traditional Thai Music

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9:00 am

Southern Culture On The Skids

Don't Spill The Java
At Home With Southern Culture On The Skids 2021 via Kudzu Records
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Appearance: Bell's Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo 10/22 - Embarking On A Year's Tour Beginning In December

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Rico Bell

Acadian Driftwood
The Return Of Rico Bell 1996 via Bloodshot
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Reworking The Band, 1975 (Northern Lights-Southern Cross) - Rico Bell: Member Of The British Punk Rock Band 'The Mekons', Injecting A Celtic-Infused Brand Of Leeds High Lonesome Soul Into The Band's Juggernaut

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Rebecca Rego & the Trainmen

John Wayne
Tolono 2014 via Independent
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Riding The Roots Out Of Champaign, IL - Great Band!

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Jack Ingram

Old Motel
Midnight Motel [Without Dialogue] 2016 via Rounder
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Houston, TX Singer/Songwriter

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Theodore Roosevelt "Blind Teddy" Darby

Built Right For The Ground [1934]
Heart Trouble Blues 2015 via Suncoast
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Blues Spotlight: After Serving Time For Running Moonshine In the Mountains Of Kentucky, Blind Teddy Darby Relocated And Linked Up With Peatie Wheatshaw, This Led To a Seven Year Recording Career Beginning In 1929, Releasing Twenty-Four Sides. Following The Murder Of His Piano Player Darby Abruptly Left Music Behind, Renounced The Blues, And Became An Ordained Minister. He Briefly Relented In 1960 And Recorded Again For Testament Records, But those Sessions Were Never Released. Theodore Roosevelt Dary Passed On In 1975

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Theodore Roosevelt "Blind Teddy" Darby

Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues [1929]
Really The Blues: A Blues History 1893-1959 2012 via West Hill
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Blues Spotlight: March 2, 1906 KY - December ? 1975 MO

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Joe Henderson

Punjab
The Best of the Blue Note Years 1991 via Blue Note Records
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Album: In 'N' Out, 1965 - A 1964 Session, Third As A Leader Finds Henderson Surrounded In Musically Diverse Post-Bop Territory Leading A Rhythm Section Of Jazz Elites During That Genres Most Creative Period. In 'N' Out Falls Squarely In The Middle Of The Formidable Run Of Five Classic Blue Note Albums Engineered By Rudy Van Gelder. - - - - Elvin Jones, Drums...Richard Davis, Bass...McCoy Tyner, Piano...Kenny Dorham, Trumpet...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone

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8:20 am

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers

Let's Work Together
Volume 1 2020 via Stony Plain
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Undercover: Canned Heat

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Flatt & Scruggs

Some Old Day
Foggy Mountain Jamboree 1957 via Sony
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With The Foggy Mountain Boys - Elected To The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 1985

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COMPILATIONS

Mama Tried
The Music Never Stopped- Roots of the Grateful Dead 1995 via Shanachie
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Merle Haggard And The Strangers, 1968 - One Of The Cornerstone Songs Of His Career - 14 Days Before Haggard's Passing, The Song Was Selected For Preservation In The National Recording Registry For Its "Cultural, Historic, Or Artistic Significance"

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Queen Esther

John The Revelator
Gild The Black Lily 2021 via Independent
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Member Of James Blood Ulmer's Black Rock Experience; Music Heard Here On 'YCE

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Dubl Handi

Red Rocking Chair
Morning in a New Machine 2015 via self-released
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Early Twentieth Century Traditional Folk Song Known Under Various Titles - Dock Boggs Recorded The First Definitive Version In 1927 Under The Title, "Honey Babe"

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Mark O'Connor

Beaumont Rag
Markology II 2021 via OMAC Records
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Dedicated To the Memory Of Tony Rice (12/25/20)

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