Los Hombres Calientes

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

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Composer: Johnny Otis, 1954 - Performed And Recorded Over Three Nights In Front Of A Sold Out Crowd At The World Famous Apollo Theater, December 2014 - The First Of Eleven Number 1's For Gladys Knight & The Pips (1961)

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Grana Louise - Mixing Bessie's Tune (1925) With Dinah's Style

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Glenn Ohrlin - National Endowment Of The Arts National Heritage Fellow - The High Toned Dance Is A Frontier Ballad, Traditional Songs Sung On The Ranges And The Trails Westward; Made Up And Sung Along The Way - For The Vast Majority Of These Historic Lyrics, The Author Is unknown And Many Versions Often Existed

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Sue Foley

A Tip Of The Hat To Gatemouth Brown - Sue's Latest Album Covers A Few Favorites And Originals. A Guitar Driven Romp Through The Backroads Of Texas, With Foley's Signature Pink Paisley Fender Telecaster, And Many Many Friends Along For The Ride

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Khaled - Silk & Kick To The Groove

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Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Spot On Tribute To The Singing Brakeman, Widely Considered The Father Of Country Music

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June Christy

Began With Stan Kenton Before Going Solo In 1954 - Hailed As One Of The Finest And Most Neglected Singers Of Her Time

Frank Sinatra With The Count Basie Orchestra

Produced By Quincy Jones - At The Time Of This Recording, Sinatra Had Been A Professional Singer For Thirty-Five Years, Choosing To Record His First In-Concert Album In Tandem With The Rolls Royce Of Big Bands - You Can Almost Hear The Ice Tinkle In The Chairman's Glass

Charlie Feathers

Holly Springs, MS - The Memphis Rockabilly Staple Recorded A String Of Hits and Misses During The 1950's, Including Bo Carter's 1928 Nugget - Feathers' Pioneering Contribution To The Genre Has Been Recognized By The Rockabilly Hall Of Fame

The Ronnie Wood Band

Special Guests: Mick Taylor And Bobby Womack - Jimmy's Laconic But Rock-Steady Shuffle Sound Out-Sold Every Other Blues Artist From 1955 To 1961 - One Of The Key Factors In The British Blues Boom, His Work Is Among The Most Influential In Blues History - An American-Primitive Artist Who Created A Style So Perfect In Conception And Execution That It Could Never Really Be Improved Upon

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Tom Sullivan - Tells The Story Of Sea Transports - Packet Services Carrying Freight And Passengers, Making Them Prime Targets For Privateers And Warships During The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

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Farmville, NC - First Album Issued Under The Glorifying Vines Sisters

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Susana Baca, Folklorist; Ethnomusicologist - Three-Time Latin Grammy Award Winner - A Key Figure In The Revival Of Afro-Peruvian Music

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Channing & Quinn

GR Emissions! - One Can Hear Quinn Hosting GR Live! At Noon Thursdays On 'YCE

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William Elliott Whitmore

The Iowa Troubadour Comes To The Mitten For a Two-Night Stand: 12/2 In Lansing At The Robin Theater And The Loving Touch In Ferndale 12/3

John Mellencamp + Bruce Springsteen

Thick Slice Of Pure Americana From Two Of The Best - Mellencamp Turned 70 This Past Thursday

Audra Mae

Oklahoma City, OK - A Track From Audra's Debut Album - Spent The Early Years Navigating The LA Singer/Songwriter Music Scene, Lending Her Voice to A Few Television Shows, Sons Of Anarchy, Etc. - Audra Is Great-Great-Niece Of Judy Garland, And A Great Granddaughter Of Garland's Sister, Jimmie

Jody Williams

Blues Spotlight - One Of The Hottest And Most Creative Guitarists In Chicago During The 1950's, Jody Williams Put His Guitar Down In Disgust With The Music Business A Decade Later. Born In Alabama, Playing The Streets With Bo Diddley As Teenagers Before Moving North, Joining Chess Records And Becoming An In-Demand Session Player. As A Solo Artist, Williams Recorded Only A Few Tracks, And Found Steady Work In The Clubs Jamming With Earl Hooker Before Leaving The Business. His Return Three Decades Later Showed Him Still In Command Of His Formidable Skills, And Also Brought Him The Realization That His Recorded Legacy Had Made Him A Hero To A New Generation Of Blues Fans. An Inductee Of The Blues Hall Of Fame, Jody Williams Passed On In 2018

Jody Williams And Earl Hooker

Blues Spotlight - February 3, 1935 AL - December 1, 2018 IL

Larry Young

'820' Jazz Presents: Larry Young Quartet - Live In Paris Recorded On Various Dates During The Later Part Of 1964. Up To This Point, Young Had Been A Leader For For Four Years. The Influence Of Jimmy Smith Is Prevalent, However, Young Later Pioneered A More Experimental, Modal Approach To The Hammond B-3, And As A Young Lion, Cutting His Chops With The Movers And Shakers Of The Jazz Hierarchy - - - - - - Elvin Jones, Drums...Grant Green, Guitar...Sam Rivers, Tenor Saxophone...Larry Young, Hammond B-3

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers

West Michigan Appearance: 10/29 Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake

Roy Acuff

The Smoky Mountain Boys,1945 - Acuff Is Often Credited With Moving The Country Genre From Its Early String Band And Hoedown Era To The Singer-Based Format That Made It Internationally Successful - Highly Respected by Hank Williams - Established Acuff-Rose Music Publishing In 1942

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The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, 1952 - Founded In 1938 With The First Generation Of Bluegrass Musicians; the Cline Brothers, Jimmy Martin Bobby Osborne, And Paul Williams - Inducted Into The International Bluegrass Music Association Hall Of Fame In 2009

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Dom Flemons

Founding Member Of The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Known As The American Songster; A Walking Encyclopedia On American Roots Music

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The Burns Sisters

Ithaca, NY - Reworking Ray Charles

Laurel Premo

GR Appearance- Album Release Concert At The Division Avenue Of The Arts, AKA The DAAC 10/29