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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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Lee Heerspink

Let It Simmer
Monsters' Impromptu 2021 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Legendary Shack Shakers

Punk Rock Retirement Plan
Cockadoodledeux 2021 via Alternative Tentacles
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J.D. Wilkes, Joe Buck And Company Out Of Paducah, KY - Always Have Plan B!

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Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

Sing Me A Swing Song [1936]
The Chick Webb Saga, Vol. 1 2013 via Wnts
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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

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Brewer Phillips

My Baby Don't Love No More
Homebrew 1996 via Delmark
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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

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Devine's Jug Band

Hop Scop Blues
Terrible Operation Blues 2009 via Porto Franco Records
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The 'Frisco Jugmeisters Running Through The 1930 Bessie Smith Classic

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9:40 am

Juluka

Ibhola Lethu [Our Football]
Musa Ukungilandela 1992 via Priority Records
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Founded In 1969 By Johnny Clegg And Sipho Mchunu - Closely Associated With The Mass Movement Against Apartheid

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Charlie Gabriel & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

I'm Confessin'
89 2022 via Sub Pop
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Composed In 1929 And First Recorded That Year By Fats Waller And His Babies - Gabriel Is Fourth-Generation Jazz Musician From The Big Easy

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The Ragbirds

Finally Almost Ready
Finally Almost Ready 2009 via The Ragbirds
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Ann Arbor, MI

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Hayes Carll

She'll Come Back To Me
You Get It All 2021 via Dualtone
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Producer: Allison Moorer

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9:20 am

Bob Stroger & The Headcutters

Talk to Me Mama
That's My Name 2022 via Delmark
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Latest Album For The 91 Year-Old Bluesman - Played Many Years With Eddie King And Otis Rush - Awarded A Pair Of Blues Music Awards

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Ringo Starr

Rock Island Line
Ringo 2012 2012 via Hip-O Records
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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

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Aaron Neville

Stompin' Ground w The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
single 2022 via Petaluma Records
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From The Upcoming Documentary Take Me To The River: New Orleans - Tracing The Musical Lineage Of The Crescent City

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Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Bohemienne
Dancing On The Moon 1996 via Daddy Squeeze Music
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Resurrecting The Music Heard In Parisian Dancehalls, Cafes, And Bistros During The Early Part Of The 20th Century

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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Bu Da Da
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2020 via Smithsonian Folkways
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A Testament To The Connective Power Of Music Across Seemingly Disparate Cultures

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9:00 am

COMPILATIONS

Fly Me to the Moon
Pan Am 2012 via Verve
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Grace Potter Performing Yet Another Great Version Of The 1954 Standard

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Nanci Griffith

Please Call Me, Baby
Ruby's Torch 2006 via Rounder / Umgd
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Nanci's Collection Of Torch Songs Including A Rendering Of The 1974 Tom Waits Song

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Punch Brothers

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Hell On Church Street 2022 via Nonesuch
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'Grassin' Up Gordon Lightfoot, 1976

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Robert Ellis And Courtney Hartman

Old Time River Man
Dear John 2017 via Refuge
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Remembering John Hartford - We Lost John 6/4/2001 At The Age Of 63

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Tre Burt

Solo
You, Yeah, You 2021 via Oh Boy
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GR Appearance: Listening Room, 4/8

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8:40 am
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Willie Lane

Too Many Women Blues [1946]
Rural Blues, Vol. 1 1934-1956 1993 via Document
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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.

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Willie Lane

Howling Wolfe Blues [1949]
Rural Blues, Vol. 1 1934-1956 1993 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: ?/?/1897 TX - ?/?/1976 TX

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Harold Mabern

I Can't Understand What I See In You
Workin' & Wailin' 1969 via Prestige
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'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.

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8:20 am

Sierra Ferrell

Give It Time
Long Time Coming 2021 via Rounder
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Mitten Appearance: Detroit's The Fillmore 5/26; Ray Lamontagne Opens The Evening

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Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys

River Underground
The Hogtown Sessions 2011 via Vole-O-tone Records
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Undercover: Ralph Stanley

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The Wooks

Mudfish Momma
Flyin' High 2022 via Can'd Aid
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Mitten Appearance: Otus Supply, 3/31 Ferndale, MI

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Alison Krauss & Union Station

On Heaven's Bright Shore
I've Got That Old Feeling 1990 via Rounder
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Picked Up A Grammy For Best Bluegrass Recording Of 1990

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Michigan Mark Depree

Tuna Casserole Rag
For A Friend 2000 via Independent
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Miten Music!

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McMule

Waltz in D
Whiskey Talk 2010 via Independent
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Purveyors Of Extraordinary Talents Based In New York's Hudson Valley

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