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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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Kitty Daisy & Lewis

What Quid
Smoking In Heaven 2011 via Verve Forecast
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Traditions! Returns Next Week; The Roots Live Here

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Sebah

Without You
Speak With Your Heart 2023 via Independent
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Southern French Caribbean Soul Artist; New Album

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Diana Krall

There Ain't No Sweet Man That's W
Glad Rag Doll 2012 via Verve
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First Recorded By Libby Holman 1928

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Daddy Long Legs

Ding-Ding Man
Street Sermons 2023 via Independent
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New York City's Most Beloved Blues Bashers - Equal Parts Roots Rock, Blues And Guttural Soul; New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Dom Flemons

Songster Revival
Traveling Wildfire 2023 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Dom's Own Songwriting Prowess Comes Into The Spotlight On This Album

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9:40 am

The Beatles

Rocky Racoon
The Beatles 1968 via Apple Records
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Somewhere In North Dakota Rocky Raccoon Prowls The Black Hills

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C.A.R.Ma. Quartet

Lucky 13
Cosmic Convergence 2022 via Independent
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Ann Arbor, MI - Grammy Award-Winning Virtuoso Harmonica Player - This Quartet Plays Eclectic Traditional And Improvisational Music -

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Steve Forbert

Perfect Stranger
Streets Of This Town 1988 via Geffen Special Prod.
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GR Appearance: 3/28 Midtown GR

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Molly Ryan

Sous Le Ciel De Paris (Under Pari
Let's Fly Away 2015 via Loup-garous Productions
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Composed For A 1951 French Film - Edith Piaf Made It A Standard; Ryan's Rendering Holds True To The Piaf Recording In 1954

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9:20 am

The Lee Boys

Smile
Testify 2012 via Evil Teen Records
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Miami, FL - One Of This Nations Finest Sacred Steel Ensembles ;A Musical Tradition Developing In A Group Of Related Pentecostal Churches In The 1930s

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COMPILATIONS

Sambasunda_Quintet_-_Kembang_Tanjung
Music From the Source 2014 via Riverboat Records
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Bandung, Indonesia - A Global Spin On Another Side Of Indonesian Gamelan - The Sundanese Sound Of West Java; The Members Multitasking On Kacapi Zithers,Suling Flutes, Violins And Hand Drums

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COMPILATIONS

Queen_Among_The_Heather
A Rough Guide To Scottish Folk 2010 via World Music Network
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Roud Folk Song Index 375 - Heather Heywood, One Of The Finest Singers Of Scottish Border Ballads Of Her Generation

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9:00 am

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon

Rings
Sixty Six Steps 2005 via RCA
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Cymarron, 1971- Top Ten Across Several Charts; Including A Major Country Hit For Tompall & The Glaser Brothers

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Early James

Real Low Down Lonesome (Feat. Sierra Ferrell)
Strange Time To Be Alive 2022 via Easy Eye Sound
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The Song Documents A Doomed Love Affair Of Two Old-Souls, St On A Palette Of A Lush Arrangement Of Cuban Percussion; Dan Auerbach Producing

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8:40 am

Duke Robillard

Saint Louis Blues
The Acoustic Blues & Roots Of Duke Robillard 2015 via Stony Plain
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Blues Plate Special: St. Louis Blues - When It Comes To Standards Written Before 1920, None Has Enjoyed More Recordings Than St. Louis Blues. The Song Electrified Dancers; Success Was Not As Sudden. Sophie Tucker Sang The Song On Vaudeville, Ethel Waters On The Stage. As A Recording St. Louis Blues Broke Into The Top Ten With Prince's Orchestra In 1916, And Has Remained A Repertoire Favorite For Over A Century.

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Jimmy Owens

Well You Needn't
The Monk Project 2011 via Ipo
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The Jazz Route: Takes Us To Sear Sound Studios, New York City For A One-Day Recording Session For The Highly Anticipated Album "The Monk Project" By The Jimmy Owens Sextet. Owens And Company Nourish Monk, And Monk Frames Their Work In A Much-Honored Identity - Deeply Steeped In The Blues. - - - - - - - Kenny Barron, Piano...Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone...Winard Harper, Drums...Kenny Davis, Bass...Howard Johnson, Saxophone...Jimmy Owens, Trumpet

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8:20 am

The Dillards

High Sierra
Mountain Rock 1990 via Crystal Clear Records
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Salem, MO - Among The First 'Grass Groups To Electrify Their Instruments In The Mid-1960's - Highly-Regarded As Pioneers Of Country Rock And Progressive Bluegrass With A Direct Influence On The Byrds

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

I'm Gonna Be Movin'
Heavenly Treasures 1983 via Sugarhill [Country]
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A Classic In Bluegrass Gospel

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The Shootouts

Tomorrows Knockin' (Featuring Jim Lauderdale)
Stampede 2023 via Independent
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Akron, OH - Ohio's Pre-Eminent Throwback Honky-Tonk Band

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Darcy Wilkin

The Cuckoo
Bristol 2020 via Independent
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Kalamazoo, MI - Twenty-Five Year Member Of The Corn Fed Girls; Heard Here On 'YCE

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COMPILATIONS

How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times
The Appalachians 2005 via n/a
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Blind Alfred Reed - One Of The Artists Who Recorded At The Bristol Sessions In 1927 Alongside Jimmie Rodgers And The Carter Family - Those Recording Sessions Considered The Big Bang Of Modern Country Music

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David Doucet

Baiolle
1957- Solo Cajun Guitar 1999 via Rounder Select
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Composer: Delma Lachney, 1929; Louisiana Fiddler And Vocalist

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