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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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Danny Caron

Shine On
Good Hands 2003 via Danny Caron Music
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Caroline Owens

Heartbreak Train
Single 2023 via Skyline Records
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Big Future Ahead For The Twenty-One Year Old Songwriter

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Professor Louie and the Crowmatix

Why Did You Do That To Me
Crowin' The Blues 2017 via Woodtsock
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Big Bill Broonzy, 1938

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(REQUESTED)

Johnny Cash

Drive On
American Recordings 1994 via Lost Highway
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Producer: Rick Rubin - This Album Marked The Beginning Of A Career Resurgence For Cash

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Ronny Elliott

I Watched Her Tango
Poisonville 2001 via Blue Heart Records
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An Insurgent Singer/Songwriter In The Vein Of Guy Clark And Townes Van Zandt,

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9:40 am

Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

Rockin Up To Gloryland
Full Circle 2016 via Eller Soul
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Influences Include The Delta Pianist Sunnyland Slim, One Of the Pioneers In Making Chicago The Center Of Postwar Blues

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(REQUESTED)

Bruce Cockburn

Down to the Delta
Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu 1999 via Rykodisc
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Online Suggestion; Thanks For The Excellent Taste!

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Little Feat

Willin'
Join The Band 2008 via 429 Records
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Kix Brooks & Ronnie Dunn Joining The Camaraderie Of Hand-Picked Collaborators Refreshing The New Originals Project By The Legendary Little Feat; The Band's Last Work With Singer Shaun Murphy, And Final Project For The Late Richie Hayward

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COMPILATIONS

Rodgers & Hammerstein - Many a New Day I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
Celebrate Women's Voices 2021 via Concord
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Mary Martin - 1949 Broadway Musical 'South Pacific'

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Duke Robillard

Squeeze Me
And His Dames Of Rhythm 2017 via M.C. Records
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Guest Vocals Madeleine Peyroux - A Collection Of Swing Tunes Form The '20s & '30s

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9:20 am

COMPILATIONS

Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (1929)
Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes of Country Blues 2015 via World Music Network
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The Song Is Considered A Delta Blues Classic - Hambone Played Alongside Yank Rachell And Sleepy John Estes During the 1920's

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Bruce Ling

Say Darlin'
WYCE - Songs From The Second Floor 2010 via WYCE
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GR Music

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COMPILATIONS

Look Left
Putumayo Presents- Music from the Wine Lands 2006 via Putumayo World Music
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Alison Brown - Constructs Her Unique Playing Melding Four Distinctive Genres

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Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Maluron Lurette
Aupres du Poele 2016 via Tsaags
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Prince Edward Island CN - Award-Winning Acadian Folk Music Trio

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COMPILATIONS

Promised Land
Putumayo Presents- Reggae Around the World 1998 via Putumayo World Music
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Nigeria - Majek Fashek - Pangolo Rhythms

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9:00 am

Melissa Carper

That's My Only Regret
Ramblin' Soul 2022 via May Music / Thirty Tigers
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Stories And Vignettes That Kind Of Play Out Between Home And The Honky-Tonk

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Jimmy LaFave

Not Dark Yet
Cimarron Manifesto 2007 via Red House
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The Late Texan's Rendering Of Another Bob Dylan Masterpiece; The Song Has Been Subject To Literary Analysis, Demonstrating The Clearest Example Of John Keats' Influence On Dylan's Writing

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8:40 am

Howlin' Wolf

Riding in the Moonlight [Audition Acetate]
Howlin' Wolf Rides Again 1991 via Virgin Records Us
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Blues Plate Special: The Wolf's Deep Bass Voice Sounded Like Sandpaper On Gravel - Performed His Blues With An Awesome Physical Power That Left Audiences With Absolutely No Doubt That They Were In The Presence Of A Primeval Force Of Nature. He Learned From The Best, Charley Patton And Sonny Boy l. In 1948 The Wolf Went Electric. Ike Turner Took Notice And Brought Him To Memphis, Leasing The Recorded Tapes To Chess Records. He Teamed Up With Guitarist Hubert Sumlin, And Their Long Association Made Them Legends Of Chess Records. Howlin' Wolf Was The Genuine Article; A Delta Bluesman Who Conquered Memphis, Then Chicago And Then The World. Chester Arthur Burnett Passed On In 1976.

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Howlin' Wolf

My Country Sugar Mama
The Real Folk Blues 1966 via Chess
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Chester Arthur Burnett: June 10, 1910 MS - January 10, 1976 IL

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Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano

Central Park West _ Dear Lord
Compassion - The Music Of John Coltrane 2017 via Resonance
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On The Jazz Route: Clinton Recording Studio New York City June, 2007 - Joe Lovano And David Liebman Pay Tribute To The Iconic John Coltrane With A Rendering Of "Central Park West", Now Considered A Jazz Standard. Recorded By Coltrane In 1964 During The My Favorite Things Sessions; And Issued On An Album Of Outtakes Four Years Later.

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8:20 am

The Jayhawks

Six Pack on the Dashboard
The Jayhawks (aka The Bunkhouse Record) 1986 via Lost Highway
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Emerged From The Twin Cities Music Scene Forty Years Ago - Their Twang Was Influential On Uncle Tupelo, Gear Daddies And The Honeydogs

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California Traveler

Uncle Pen
Traveler 1992 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Under Cover: Bill Monroe - James Pendleton Vandiver Was A Kentucky Fiddler, Born There Shortly After The Civil War; He Was Uncle To Bluegrass Pioneer Bill Monroe

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Silver Creek Revival

Better Folk
Silver Creek Revival 2022 via Independent
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Manton, MI - From The Backroads Of Northern Michigan

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Doc Watson

You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Memories 1975 via Sugarhill
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Composed And Recorded By Virginia Liston, 1924

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Bernice Johnson Reagon

Since I Laid My Burden Down
River of Life-Harmony- One 1986 via Flying Fish Records
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Co-Founding Member Of A Capella Ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock - Major Cultural Voice For Freedom And Justice

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John Bullard

Sonata
The Classical Banjo 1996 via Dargason Records
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The Banjo Makes A Natural Place For Itself In Particular Within The Works Of Bach And Other Composers Of The Baroque

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