Norton Buffalo

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

The Chiffons

Double-Sided 45 RPM Single Reaching The Top 40 In 1963 By The Songbirds From The Bronx

June Carter Cash

1953 - The Song Was One Of Carter's Few Hits, Written By Mother Maybell And Sister Helen Carter

Dewey Balfa

Impassioned Ambassador For Cajun Music And Culture; A Driving Force In The Revival Of Traditional Cajun Music

Pastor Champion

Preacher, A Pastor, An Outsider Gospel Singer Who Was Raised In The Jim Crow South - Joined A Gang Before Becoming Born Again, Spending The Rest Of His Days Traveling With His Electric Guitar To Congregations And People's Homes Singing The Gospel

Ollie Nightingale

(1973) - Spending Fourteen Years As The Leader Of Gospel/Soul Greats "The Dixie Nightingales - Embarking On What Turned Out To Be A Very Productive Twenty-Five Year Solo Careeer Beginning In 1972

Lola Marsh

The Tel Aviv Duo Putting Another Indelible Stamp On Frank & Nancy's Mega International Hit; Number One Across A Multitude Of Global Charts - This Version Is From A Fourth Season Episode Of "Better Call Saul"

Louis Prima & The Witnesses

It's National Ice Cream Day - Yum! Yum!

The True Falsettos

Coming Out Hot And Swingin' From Traverse City - Joe Wilson & Kevin Gills - We Heard First Time Around In 1919 By Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band; Not to Be Mistaken For the Non-Original Jazz Band

Keller Williams and The Travelin' McCourys

A Song For Those Turning a Wrench On The Car This Morning

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Undercover: Bob Dylan, 1965 (Bringing It All Back Home) - The Dirt Band Using Their Eternal Sense Of Roots Music Genius To Explore The Songs Of Bob Dylan On This Latest Long-Player; Guests Include Jason Isbell, The War & Treaty, Steve Earle, Larkin Poe, And Rosanne Cash

Deborah Silver

Producer: Ray Benson - Excellent Singer Stamping Her Fine Signature On A Collection Of songs From The Great American Songbook

Changui Majadero

Cuban Changui Music Originated In The Early 19th Century In The Eastern Region Of Guantanamo Province - Arose In The Sugar Cane Refineries And In The Rural Communities Populated By Slaves - Changui Is Considered A Predecessor Of Son Montuno, The Ancestor Of Modern Salsa

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Fairuz: One Of The Leading Vocalists And Most Famous Singers In The History Of The Arab World; Known As The Soul Of Lebanon - The 87 Year-Old Musical Icon Is Held In High Regard In Lebanese Culture

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Whistler And His Jug Band, 1927 - Very Popular During The Second And Third Decades Of The Twentieth Century, Forming In Louisville In 1915 - Influenced Many Of The Jug Bands That Followed In Their Wake

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Janiva Magness

Guest Vocals: Sam Morrow - Their Voices Scratch Like His and Hers Sandpaper, Mate It With A Hard-Hitting Hammond B-3 And You Have Quite The Punch

John Stewart

Tip Of The Hat To Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two, 1956 - Johnny Joins John

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Undercover: John Stewart, 1969

Michaela Anne

Second Long-Player For Yep Roc Records, Follow-Up To The Highly-Regarded "Desert Dove"

Sonny Terry

Blues Spotlight: One Of The Initial Bluesmen Who Crossed Over Into Areas Not Normally Associated With The Genre Before He Came Along, Terry's Music Career Began On the Street Corners Of Raleigh, Spanning More Than Five Decades In Which He, And Partner Brownie McGhee Entertained Audiences Around The World. Their Piedmont Style Blues Has A Very Different Feel To Delta Blues, And Its Effect On Modern Music Has A Very Different Genesis To The Route Through Chicago That Gave Us Blues-Rock. Sonny's Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Ashe Are Some Of The Most Cherished Recordings In The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. Terry's Energetic Style Was Well-Known For Including Vocal Whoops And Hollers, and Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee Were Both Recipients Of A 1982 National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts - Saunders Terrell Passed On In 1986.

Sonny Terry

October 24, 1911 GA - March 11, 1986 NY

John Coltrane

'820' Jazz Presents: Steve Davis, Double Bass..Elvin Jones, Drums...McCoy Tyner, Piano...John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - A Selection From One Of The Most Influential And Acclaimed Figures In the History Of Jazz. This Date Fifty-Five Years Ago We Lost John Coltrane, A Revolutionary And Groundbreaking Saxphonist, Resetting The Parameters Of Jazz During His Decade As A Leader. Coltrane's Past Is Well-Known Up To This Point: A Member Of Miles Davis' First Great Quintet, And Developing His 'Sheets Of Sound' During Time With The Thelonius Monk Quartet. We Find This Morning's Very Tasty Track On Side Two Of Coltrane's Seventh Solo Release, "My Favorite Things", Recorded Over Three Days In October 1960; Three-Quarters Of What Would Become His Classic Quartet On This Track, Groovin' Sweet

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"The Nashville Grass" Founded By Lester Flatt In 1969, After The End Of His Partnership With Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys; Flatt Hiring Most Of The Foggy Mountain Boys For The New Band

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Roger Miller

Solid Country Gold! - One Of The Very Few Songs Miller Did Not Write; Legendary Nashville Songwriter Harlan Howrd Takes That Honor

Split Lip Rayfield

Quartet Of Wichita Pickers - Acquired The Nickname "Split Lip" Due To A High School Friends Constant Chapped Lips (Inspiration Is Everywhere)

Pharis & Jason Romero

Three-Time Juno Award Winners For Traditional Roots Album Of The Year

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin

Old-Time Music Duo Capturing The Spiritual Essence And Core Of Tradition Music During Five Decades Together

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Steel String Virtuoso Bob Hadley

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