Lee Heerspink

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

Legendary Shack Shakers

J.D. Wilkes, Joe Buck And Company Out Of Paducah, KY - Always Have Plan B!

Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

One Of Highly-Regarded Bandleaders And Drummers Of The Swing Style - A Heavy Influence On Buddy Rich - Webb's 1935 Orchestra Featured Fifteen Year-Old Ella Fitzgerald - Chick Passed Four Years Later; Ella Led The Band Until 1942

Brewer Phillips

Part Of The Potent Rhythm Section, And Driving Force Behind Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers - Issued This Rare Solo Album When He Was Sixty Years Old

Devine's Jug Band

The 'Frisco Jugmeisters Running Through The 1930 Bessie Smith Classic

Juluka

Founded In 1969 By Johnny Clegg And Sipho Mchunu - Closely Associated With The Mass Movement Against Apartheid

Charlie Gabriel & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Composed In 1929 And First Recorded That Year By Fats Waller And His Babies - Gabriel Is Fourth-Generation Jazz Musician From The Big Easy

The Ragbirds

Ann Arbor, MI

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Hayes Carll

Producer: Allison Moorer

Bob Stroger & The Headcutters

Latest Album For The 91 Year-Old Bluesman - Played Many Years With Eddie King And Otis Rush - Awarded A Pair Of Blues Music Awards

Ringo Starr

1929 Folk Song First Recorded By Inmates Of Arkansas' Cummins State Prison - Lonnie Donegan's Version In 1955 Signaled The Start Of The UK Skiffle Craze

Aaron Neville

From The Upcoming Documentary Take Me To The River: New Orleans - Tracing The Musical Lineage Of The Crescent City

Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Resurrecting The Music Heard In Parisian Dancehalls, Cafes, And Bistros During The Early Part Of The 20th Century

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

A Testament To The Connective Power Of Music Across Seemingly Disparate Cultures

COMPILATIONS

Grace Potter Performing Yet Another Great Version Of The 1954 Standard

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Nanci Griffith

Nanci's Collection Of Torch Songs Including A Rendering Of The 1974 Tom Waits Song

Punch Brothers

'Grassin' Up Gordon Lightfoot, 1976

Robert Ellis And Courtney Hartman

Remembering John Hartford - We Lost John 6/4/2001 At The Age Of 63

Tre Burt

GR Appearance: Listening Room, 4/8

Willie Lane

North Texas Bluesman Willie Lane Recorded Five Sides Over A Sixteen Year Period Beginning In 1934. Not Much Is Known Of Lane, Recordings Were Scarce - He Preferred Playing Street Corners And Small Clubs. Eventually the Jobs Dried Up And Lane Lost Interest In the Music Business. Willie Lane Passed On In 1976.

Willie Lane

Blues Spotlight: ?/?/1897 TX - ?/?/1976 TX

Harold Mabern

'820' Jazz Presents: George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone...Idris Muhammad, Drums...Buster Williams, Bass...Virgil Jones, Trumpet...Harold Mabern, Piano - - - - - - - - - Recorded June 1969, It Is The Third Album For Harold Mabern Utilizing His Favored Quintet Gathering. This Ensemble Is A Hard-Bop Powerhouse, Working Through Four Challenging Mabern Originals And A Couple Of Standards, Showcasing Mabern's Undeniable Talent As A Composer.

Sierra Ferrell

Mitten Appearance: Detroit's The Fillmore 5/26; Ray Lamontagne Opens The Evening

Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys

Undercover: Ralph Stanley

The Wooks

Mitten Appearance: Otus Supply, 3/31 Ferndale, MI

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Picked Up A Grammy For Best Bluegrass Recording Of 1990

Michigan Mark Depree

Miten Music!

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McMule

Purveyors Of Extraordinary Talents Based In New York's Hudson Valley