Motor City Jazz Octet

Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally

This Song Urges Us To Remember Our Past.

Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's

The Torch Bearers Of A Great American Musical Heritage; Jump Blues (1940's & '50's)

James Booker

Rworking Elvis With A Stride Piano Groove

Dom Flemons

An Ode To Bass Reeves; Former Slave Turned American Lawman - Among The First Black Deputy U.S. Marshals, And The First West Of The Mississippi River

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Judy Banker

New Into 'YCE

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Bob Dylan - - Written By Willie Bea Thompson And Lillian May In 1957; Recorded By Bob Luman For The Sun Records Label That Same Year

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The Memphis Jug Band, 1929 - Key In Developing The Jug Band Format, which Evolved Into The Blues Combo We Know Today - Awarded A Brass Note On The Beale Street Walk Of Fame - Highly-Influential

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1920's African-American Spiritual - Adapted In Connection With The Civil Rights Movement

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Ray Anthony & His Orchestra

1954 - American Bandleader, Trumpeter, And Former Actor - The Last Surviving Member Of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Turning 102 In A Few Weeks

Pure Prairie League

Vinyl Vault - The Band's Third Release; Chet Atkins, Don Felder, Johnny Gimble, And Emmylou Harris Make Appearances

Webb Wilder

Hattiesburg, MS - Supplying A Duane Eddy Twang On The Charlie Rich Classic (1961)

Michael Holmes

1933; Jazz Standard Composed By Irving Mills

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Haitian Singer And Guitarist Who Migrating To Nassau, Bahamas In 1953, And Performed here Until His Passing In 1981

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Mary Youngblood

Aleut/Seminole Musician; Performer Of The Native American Flute - Awarded Three Native American Music Awards - The First Female Artist To Win "Flutist Of he Year

The Moxie Strings

WYCE Jammie Award Winners Appearing: 11/15 Midtown GR, Studio Park

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Respected Roots Veterans For The Past Twenty-Seven Years

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Sam Chatmon & His Barbeque Boys - Chatmon: A Member Of The Mississippi Sheiks; Charley Patton's Half-Brother

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Blue Rider Trio

Reinterpretation Of The Song That Was Actually The Building Block For "Sweet Home Chicago." In 1936, Robert Johnson Wrote "Sweet Home Chicago," Borrowing Heavily From Scrapper Blackwell's 1928 Blues Shuffle 'Kokomo Blues". Six Years Later "Old Original Kokomo Blues" Was Recorded By James 'Kokomo' Arnold. This Blues Standard Has Endured For Almost A Century.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

The Jazz Spot: Cuba Early Fall 2010 For A Live Performance Over Three Nights At Havana's Mella Theatre. Wynton Marsalis Leads The Jazz At Lincoln Orchestra Exploring The Profound Connections Between American Jazz And Afro-Cuban Music. From Bebop To Bolero, These Performances Document The Cultural Connections Between Long-Lost Musical Cousins

Holler Choir

Asheville, NC - Distinctly Appalachian; A Confluence Of Old-Time, Americana, And Bluegrass

John Hartford

Vinyl Vault - Wrote It 1967 After Watching The Motion Picture Of Doctor Zhivago - Caught The Attention Of Glen Campbell, Recording A Cover Version With LA Session Musicians 'The Wrecking Crew' - Between Campbell's And Hartford's Recordings, The Song Earned Four Grammy Awards

Tish Hinojosa

Known For Singing Both Traditional Mexican Folksongs And Border Originals; Considers Her Music To Be The Music Of The US/Mexico Border

Alice Gerrard

Legend! Her Love Of The Ancient Tones Guide Her Along A Dusty Pathway - New Release Into 'YCE

Ry Cooder

Guest: Roland White, Mandolin