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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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B.D. Lenz

Superstition
Five & Live 2010 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Conklin Ceili Band

The Ferryman
Over The Waterfall 2002 via Independent
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Mitten Music - Playing the Sounds Of Their Ancestors

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Charley Crockett

Cry For Me Baby
In the Night 2017 via Independent
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Mitten Appearance: 10/29 At The El Club, Detroit

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Summer Dean

Dear Caroline
Bad Romantic 2021 via Independent
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Fort Worth, TX - Debut Release For This School Teacher Turned Honky-Tonk Troubadour - The Attraction To A Life She Chose To Reject Fuels The Artistry Of This Album - "Dear Caroline' Is A Bleak Evocation Of The Dust Bowl

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9:40 am

Shannon And The Clams

Flowers Will Return
Year Of The Spider 2021 via Easy Eye Sound
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Oakland, CA - The Quartets Vintage Garage Sounds Incorporates Elements Of Doo-Wop To Surf; Drawing Comparisons To Buddy Holly And The 1960's Girl Groups

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The Volcanos

Oh Oh Mojo [1960]
House Rockin' Rhythm And Blues, Vol. 1 2012 via Red Devil
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Bongo-Beatin' R&B Dance Floor Greatness - Only Known Recording Is A Two-Sided Single; Worth Around Ten Dollars To Collectors Of Rare And Vintage 45's

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Louis Armstrong

Rocky Mountain Moon
Greatest Hits 1990 via Sony
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Composer: Johnny Mercer - Bing & Satchmo With the Billy May Orchestra, 1960 - Crosby and Armstrong Worked Together Many Times Before Recording This Album; Appearing Together In Several Films And Radio Broadcasts Between 1936 And 1951

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Lazer Lloyd

Back Porch
Lost On The Highway 2013 via Blues Leaf
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Madison, CT - Noted For Playing Blues With Arabic Tunings - Described As A Combination Of Mississippi And Moroccan Tuning

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9:20 am

Hector Anchondo

I'm Going to Missouri
Let Loose Those Chains 2021 via VizzTone
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New Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers

Green Pastures
Ramble In Music City [The Lost Concert - 1990] 2021 via Nonesuch
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A Newly Unearthed Live Album Recorded At The Ryman Auditorium - A Surprize To all Involved; Even Emmy Didn't Realize The Tapes Of The 1990 Event Still Existed

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Kermit Ruffins

It's Later Than You Think
Throwback 2005 via Basin Street Records
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After A Long And Successful Stint With The Barbecue Swingers, Kermit Rejoined The Rebirth Brass Band For This Rousing, And Very Funky Collection

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COMPILATIONS

Un Homme
Putumayo Presents- Quebec 2008 via Putumayo World Music
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Annie Villeneuve - French-Canadian Singer Held In High-Esteem Throughout The Provinces

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The Brass Kings

Dabka-Tanst, Tanst Yidelekh
Washboard Rope Guitar 2008 via Dream Horse Records
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The Band's Uniqueness Is Playing Old-Time Instruments In Unexpected Ways; Charting the Bermuda Triangle Of Old-Time, Middle-Eastern And Bluegrass Music

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9:00 am

Johnny Jenkins

Pinetopper Theme
Blessed Blues 1996 via Capricorn
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Left-Handed Blues Guitarist Instrumental In Launching The Career Of Otis Redding - Flamboyant Style Of Guitar Playing Influenced Jimi Hendrix - An Iconic Figure In The Stax Record Family

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Potato Moon

Riverside
After the Harvest 2008 via Independent
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West Michigan Music - Jammie Award Recipients

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Cow Bop

Alabamy Bound
Too Hick for the Room 2011 via CD BABY.COM/INDYS
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A Tin Pan Alley Tune Written In 1924 By Ray Henderson - Cow Bop Are Inductees Into The Texas Western Swing Hall Of Fame

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James McMurtry

Jackie
The Horses And The Hounds 2021 via New West
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The Songwriting Conscience Of America - Known For His Hard-Edged Character Sketches

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The Johnny Shines Band

Hey Hey
Chicago, The Blues Today! 1966 via Chess
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Johnny Shines Was Not A Big Blues Star, But He Carried The Flame Lit By His Friend Robert Johnson, And Passed It On To New Generations. He Caught The Blues In Memphis, And Played Around The Beale Street Area As a Teen. Spent Some Time As A Sharecropper In Montana During The Early Thirties, And Met Up With Robert Jr. Lockwood Gigging Their Way to Chicago, But Parted Ways In Arkansas. Shines Played Guitar For Howlin' Wolf And Sonny Boy ll, Signed With Chess Records And Led His Own Band For A Few Years. Johnny Appeared In The Documentary Film 'Searching For Robert Johnson', And Recorded One Album With Snooky Pryor In 1991. John Ned Shines Passed On In 1992.

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Johnny Shines

Can't Get Along with You
Johnny Shines 1970 via Testament (City Hall
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Blues Spotlight: April 26, 1915 TN - April 20, 1992 AL

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Tommy Flanagan and Jaki Byard

Just One Of Those Things
The Magic of 2 2013 via RESONANCE RECORDS
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'820' Jazz Presents: Tommy Flanagan, Piano...Jaki Byard, Piano...Tommy Flanagan And Jaki Byard, Two Titans Of Jazz Piano, Each With Disparate Styles, And Idiosyncratic Talents Are Captured Live At The Legendary Keystone Corner In April 1982. Cole Porter Composed 'Just One Of Those Things' For The Musical "Jubilee" In 1935. Flanagan And Byard's Specialty Is Grand Lyricism, And Spontaneity, Sitting Down And Playing The Material With No Previous Rehearsal. This Gathering Is No Different.

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COMPILATIONS

Sure to Fall
Red Hot_ A Memphis Celebration Of Sun Records 2017 via Independent
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Valerie June - A Reworking Of A 1955 Carl Perkins Song

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Nashville Bluegrass Band

I Got a Date
Unleashed 1995 via Sugar Hill Records
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A 'Grass Ensemble Founded In 1984, Starting As A Backing Band For Minnie Pearl

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Sturgill Simpson

Ol' Dood (Part II)
The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita 2021 via Thirty Tigers
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Sturgill's Latest Is A Concept Album

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Loudon Wainwright III

The Deal
High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie Poole Project 2009 via 2nd Story Sound Records
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An Ambitious Project By Loudon Wainwright lll - A Grand Gathering Of Songs By Influential North Carolina Banjo Player Charlie Poole And Leader Of The North Carolina Ramblers, A String Band That Recorded Between 1925 And 1930, And Leaving A Powerful Legacy

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Pretty Little Feet

Long Steel Rail
The Mountain Runners 2012 via Wander Records
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The Soundtrack To The Documentary Film, The Mountain Runners

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Mary Flower

Blue Waltz
Bridges 2009 via Yellow Dog Records
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One Of The Quintessential Women Of Traditional American Acoustic Blues - World Class Finger-Style Guitarist And Lap Slide Player, And Educator

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