Dr. John Hair & New Connections

"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The J. Geils Band

Undercover: The Supremes (1964) - The Third Live Geils Longplay Recorded At Cobo Hall, Detroit

Reggae Cowboys

The Lilting Rhythms Of The Caribbean Fused With the Outlaw Imagery Of The Wild West By Band Formed In Toronto

Charlie Marie

Freshest Of The Fresh; First Time Spin - A Blend Of Old-School Traditions With A Twist Of Fresh Perspectives: The Debut From The Rhode Island Native

Nat King Cole Trio

A Live 1944 Milwaukee Club Date By One Of the Greatest Small Jazz Combos Of All Time; Unreleased For Fifty-Four Years

The Doc Marshalls

New York City, NY

Django Reinhardt Trio

Among The Dozens Of Sessions Reinhardt Cut With Various Groups From 1934 To 1953 - A Choice Find; Reinhardt Rarely Made Trio Recordings

Abdoulaye 'Djoss' Diabate

Global Grooves

Gary Lucas

The Highly-Respected Guitarist Observes Number 69 Later This Week - Co-Founding Gods And Monsters With Jeff Buckley In 1989, And Previously A Member Of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band

Meaghan Smith

Jazzin' It Up This Morning

Nefresh Mountain

Bryan Sutton And Jerry Douglas. Two Of The Top Tier Musicians Joining Eric Lindberg And Doni Zasloff Known Collectively As Nefresh Mountain

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COMPILATIONS

Composer Gospel Singer Adger Pace,1934 - This Version By The Brown's Ferry Four, The Quartet Of Grandpa Jones, The Delmore Brothers And Merle Travis with Special Guest Red Foley

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Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band

Ethiopian Keyboardist - A Reissue Of The 1975 Recording Direct To Cassette-Only At That Time - The Backing Band For Some Of The Most Influential Names In Ethiopian Music

Bill & The Belles

Produced By Teddy Thompson

Son Volt

Son Volt's Tenth Album Due July 30

May Erlewine

Michigan Music - Paying Homage To Johnny Cash

Lane Hardin

Blues Spotlight: Little Is Known Of Lane Hardin Whose One Coupling For Bluebird Records Produced Two Sides In The Mid-1930's, Pretty Much The Extent Of The Documented Recording Career. According To St Louis Bluesman Henry Townsend, Hardin Was A Metalworker By Trade. Townsend Has Also Speculated That The Hardin Recordings Were Actually The Work Of A Performer Known As Hi Henry Brown, And A Couple Of 1940's Tracks Under The Pseudonym Of Leroy Johnson. The Debate Of The True Identity Of Lane Hardin Is An Ongoing. Lane Hardin Passed On In 1975.

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Blues Spotlight: June 7, 1896 TN - May 23, 1975 CA

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The Jazz Crusaders

'820' Jazz Presents: Joe Sample, Piano...Buster Williams, Bass...Wilton Felder, Tenor Saxophone...Stix Hooper, Drums...Wayne Henderson, Trombone - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Brand Of Soulful Hard Bop Utilizing A Distinctive Tenor-Trombone Frontline Is Heard Throughout On the Album, Featuring Lengthy Renderings Of Six Group Originals On This Ninth Release. The Jazz Crusaders Were Comfortable Playing A Wide Valley Of Genres; The Stretching Out From Each Member A Constant Over An Incredible Fifty-Eight Year Career.

Leon Payne

The Blind Balladeer - A Prolific Songwriter In A Thirty-Year Career Beginning In 1941 - A Rising Country Star By the Name Of Hank Williams Recorded Lost Highway In 1949 After Hearing Payne's Version A Year Before - In Appreciation, Hank Gave His 1938 Martin D-18 Guitar To Leon

Tim O'Brien

The New One Out On June 25th - O'Brien's Eighteenth Solo Album; Pete Abbott, Bo Ramsey And Chris Scruggs Guesting

Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick

The Carter Family, 1929 - This Album Is A Tip Of the Hat To Vern & Ray, The First Bluegrass Band To Exist In Greater Northern California

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Mike Auldridge, Founding Member Of The Seldom Scene - One Of The Most Distinctive Dobro Players In The History Of Bluegrass- Recipient Of The National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts, Which Is The United States Government's Highest Honor In The Folk And Traditional Arts - We Lost Mike In 2012

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Calico The Band

Los Angeles, CA - Roud Folk Song Index 3339 - The Song Being Derived From An 1816 German-Language Hymn