Thom Jayne

HandCrafted GR! Founder Of Whorled; Winner Of The John Lennon Songwriters Contest, World Category

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CeeLo Green - Written By Jerry Lieber And Mike Stoller, Writing Writing Over 70 Chart Hits - Inducted Into The Songwriters And Rock And Rolls Hall Of Fame i

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Ward Hayden & The Outliers

Boston, MA - Formerly Known As "Girls, Guns And Glory"

Gospel Machine

Garage Gospel Group From NE Minneapolis Resurrecting The Soul And R&B Styles Of The 1960's

Lydia Loveless

Second Release On Bloodshot Records - Writing Songs With A Defiant Tone That Put Country And Punk On Equal Ground - New Album Due In November

Jason Isbell

First Solo Acoustic; And His First Album Since 2007 Without His 400 Unit Band - Jason Plays A 1940 Martin Guitar On The Long-Player

Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager

Recorded In One Unrehearsed Take; The Bluesman Conjure Up The Spirit Of The Legendary Elmore James

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Nnenna Freelon - Written By Andre Previn; Dionne Warwick Sang The Original For The 1967 Motion Picture Which Starred Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke And Sharon Tate

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Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective

A Rich Cultural Heritage Is Firmly Rooted In The Vibrant Grooves Of The Garifuna Community Of Central America, A Collective Coming Across Different Generations, Uniting The Musical Legacies Of Africa And The Caribbean

Kristian Benton

Descendant Of The Ngemba Tribe Of New South Wales -Sought After Didgeridoo Performers And Craftsman - Archaeological Studies Suggest That People Of The Kakadu Region In Northern Australia Have Been Using The Didgeridoo 1,000 years - Traditional Didgeridoos Are Usually Made From Hardwoods

Various/Unknown Artist

Susana Baca: Eighty Year-Old Peruvian Singer/Songwriter, Folklorist - Primary Exponent Of Afro-Peruvian Music Traditions

Connie Dover

(Roud 8460) Late 17th Century English Song Published In Two Separate Broadsheets With Similar Versions; Making An Appearance In The Beggar's Opera, 1728

The Magnolia Sisters

Four Gifted Musicians And Trusted Folklorists Who Are Keeping Their Traditions Alive

Big Bill Broonzy

Composer: Jazz Gillum,1936 - Pioneer! Broonzy Navigated The Change In Style From Country Blues To A More Urban Blues Sound - European Audiences Were Knocked By Big Bill's Authentic Performances With His Mix Of Blues, Folk And Gospel Music - Many British Blues Players Cite These Events As Their Inspiration For Getting Into The Blues, Which In Turn Fueled The Rock Revolution That Shook The 60's.

Liz Townsend

Kalamazoo, MI - Written For The Broadway Muaical Comedy 'Connie's Hot Chocolates' By Fats Waller, 1929; Waller's Innovations In The Harlem Stride Style Laid Much Of The Basis For Modern Jazz Piano, Evolving From The Playing Style By Ragtime Players

Elmore James

Blues Plate Special (Vinyl Spin) Elmore James & His Broom Dusters - A Genius Of The Slide Guitar; An Influence Heard In The Work Of Almost Every Post-War Bottleneck Player, And The Source Of His Inspiration Is A Classic Example Of Artistic Transmission - At Eighteen-Years Of Age James Met Robert Johnson ,Who Showed Him How To Play With A Metal Sleeve On His Little Finger - Played Gigs With Sonny Boy ll Around Memphis After The War, Signing To Meteor Records In The Early 1950's - For The Next Decade, James' Brash Urban Sound Resonated With The Fans; His Catalog Of What Would Become Blues Classics Influenced Those That Followed - Elmore James Passed On In 1963 At The Age Of 45

Kenny Clarke Quintet

Jazz Spotlight: Featuring The Earliest Recordings With Cannonball And Nat Adderley - Also Adding Impressive Chops To The Session Is Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, And Horace Silver; Drummer Clarke Has Brought Together An Historic BeBop Gathering, Engineered By Rudy Van Gelder At RVG StudiosFor the Savoy Label, July 1955

Chicago Farmer

Working-Class Folk Musician From Small-Town Illinois

Buddy Melton And Milan Miller

A Tip Of The Hat To Highly-Influential Piedmont Blues Guitarist Etta Baker; Playing The Piedmont Blues For Nearly Ninety-Years

Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno

Durham, NC - An Old-Soul Roots Music Record To Its Core

Michael Dause & Ben Traverse

Michigan Music! Two Waltzes Ben Wrote Sitting On The Banks Of Crystal Lake In Oceana County - Sav And Katie Of The Accidentals Featured Artists Throughout The Album

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Keith Hancock - A Dance For Two People First Appearing In The Early 18th Century Often Used As The Opening Act For Ballets And Operas

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