Michel Camilo

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

Albert Lee

Composer: Rodney Crowell, 1975 - Albert Lee Is One Of The Most Respected And Renowned Guitarists In Music History - Lee Owns Around 40 Guitars, Including Don Everly's 1950's Gibson J-200, And The Les Paul Custom That Clapton Played While With Delaney And Bonnie; A Gift From An Old Friend

Billie Holiday

Lady Day Lending Her Indelible Voice On The Jazz Standard; Written For The 1932 Broadway Show, "Earl Carroll's Vanities"

Blues Traveler

Appearing 8/18 Meijer Gardens - Recorded In 1924 As A Bluesy, Vaudeville Swagger By Thelma La Vizza - in 1926, Bertha "Chippie" Hill Popularized The Tune With Her Recording With Jones And Louis Armstrong; Becoming An Early Blues Standard

The Flatlanders

Joe Ely And Lloyd Maines Producing

Colin Hay

Undercover: Del Amitri (1995) - Appearing 8/26 At The Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series - Came To Prominence As The Lead Vocalist Of Men At Work

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Augie Meyers: Co-Founder Of The Sir Douglas Quintet And The Texas Tornados - Twenty-Three Solo Albums - Augie's Style And His Vox Continental Is One Of Music's Most Distinctive And Enduring Keyboard Sounds; Echoes Of This Sound Can Be Heard In the Music Of The Doors, The Kinks, And The Animals

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Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

The Quintet Of Jammin' Grassers' Out Of Stevens Point, WI Paint Americana Portraits Of Rural Life

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Bigfoot Bob & the Toetappers

Saginaw. MI - These Cats Know Their Craft, And Have Some Heavy Credentials Michigan's Rock Era

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Beverly White & Her Trio, 1952 - Featured Singer With The Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra During The Mid-1930's -USO Appearances Entertaining The Troops During World War Two - Married Barry White In 1974

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Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Third Of Thirteen Collaborative Albums Together - Porter Introduced Dolly On His Television Show In 1967

Carl Perkins

Original Album: "The Dance Album, 1957" - Carl Perkins Personified The Rockabilly Era - His Place In The History Of Popular Music Is Undisputed

Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms

A Pioneers Of Jamaica's Contribution To Modern Music...Ska - Bonanza: 1959-1974 - 14 Seasons - 431 Episodes - The Second-Longest-Running Western Series On U.S. Network Television Behind Gunsmoke...Bonanza Is Known For Presenting Pressing Moral Dilemmas

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Holy Spirits Choir: Formed In 1985 In Kroonstad, Free State - Previous To Recording, They Were Singing At Funeral Services, And Encouraged By The Community To Put Their Music On Disc So That It Would Sound More Powerful

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Debbie Davies

The W.C. Handy Award Winner Is Turning 69 In A Few Days

The Black Lillies

Knoxville, TN 2009 - Cruz Contreras And Sam Quinn Formed The Band, Not Long After Departing Robinella And CC Stringband, And The Everybodyfields, Respectively. Music From Those Two Bands Is Heard Here On 'YCE

Ric Robertson

New Orleans, LA - Synthesizes The Full Canon Of American Roots

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Joe Purdy & Amber Rubarth Contributing Two Songs For The Soundtrack To "American Folk" - A Road Story Filmed Over 3,500 Miles Through 14 States. The Film Stars Purdy And Rubarth As Elliot And Joni, Strangers Grounded At LAX On The Morning September 11, 2001. Both Needing To Get To NYC, Joni Borrows A 1972 Chevy Van From A Friend, And The Two Begin A Journey Of Re-Discovery

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Little Junior's Blue Flames

A Short-Lived And Highly-Influential Band Formed In 1951 By Junior Parker And Pat Hare, Bringing Them To The Attention Of Sam Phillips At Sun Records. The Blue Flames Produced Highly-Successful Songs Prior To Parker Hooking Up With Bobby Bland and Johnny Ace And Heading Up The Blues Consolidated Revue, Performing Their Magic On The Southern Blues Circuit. Pete Hare Supplied The Power Chords For James Cotton For Couple Of Decades, Spending The Last Sixteen Years Of His Life In Prison, Passing On In 1980. Little Junior Parker Took On A Successful Solo Career And Passed On In 1971.

Little Junior's Blue Flames

Herman "Junior" Parker March 27, 1932 MS - November 19, 1971 IL - Auburn "Pete" Hare December 20, 1930 AR - September 26, 1980 MN

Lee Morgan

'820' Jazz: The Rumproller, 1966 - Billy Higgins, Drums...Victor Sproles, Bass...Ronnie Mathews, Piano...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone...Lee Morgan, Trumpet - - - - - - - Morgan, In Quintet Configuration Traverses Diverse Territory From Post-Bop To Calypso To Mournful Ballading On This Follow-Up To The Classic Sidewinder. Rumproller Was Recorded In a One-Day Session In 1965 By Rudy Van Gelder - Limited Rehearsing, Minimal Second Takes, And Showcasing The Interplay Among The Five Stretching Out On The Groove; The Hard-Bop Idiom Is In Safe Hands.

Delilah DeWylde and The Lost Boys

Multiple Jammie Award Recipients

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Michael Cleveland

With The Travelin' McCourys

Joshua Hedley

Naples, FL - Debut Album Released On Jack White's Third Man Records

Chris Isaak

Stockton, CA - Isaak Turned 65 A Few Weeks Back

Nanci Griffith

We Lost Nanci On Friday At Age Of 68 - She Began Performing And Releasing Folk Music While Working As A Nursery Teacher In Austin During The 1970's. After Relocating To Nashville In 1985, Nanci Landed Her First Major Record Deal - A Consummate Musician; Skillful-Storytelling Songwriter, Interpreter Of Songs Sung In A Crystalline Voice - Music Will Miss Her

Watchhouse

Acclaimed Duo Of Andrew Marlin And Emily Frantz, Formerly Mandolin Orange