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!
Tom Landa & The Paperboys Part Of The Lineup For The 2001 60th Birthday Celebration Tribute AlbumTo Bob Dylan By Artists On The Red House Records Label - Bob Turned 84 In May
Fenton Robinson - Blues Hall Of Famer, Exponent Of Chicago Blues; The Author Of 'Loan Me Down'
Cincinnati, OH - Modern Folk Storytellers Thumping Their Own Distinctive Sound Of String Band Finesse
Incorporates American Roots As A Springboard For A Bigger, Bolder Sound
Ann's First Solo Away From "Heart" Covering Some Really Fine Material - Shawn Colvin, Alison Krauss, Wynonna, K.D. Lang And Sister Nancy Lend A Hand
Vinyl Spin; 1943 - Between 1938 And 1944, Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Released 266 Singles On The Monaural Ten-Inch Shellac 78 RPM Format
Grassin' Up The Marvelettes, Forming In Inkster In 1960; A Year Later Taking Please Mr. Postman To The Top Of The Billboard Charts, The First Motown Record To Have That Distinction
Escanaba, MI - The U.P. Singer/Songwriter/Actor Lovin' That Tomato Puddin'
1956 Recording - The Poet Laureate Of New Orleans - His Lyrical Blues And Electric Stage Presence Set Him Apart From the Pack
American Tap Dancer, Actor, And Singer Beginning In Minstrels Shows Then Moving On The Vaudeville, Motion Picture, Radio And TV - Famous For His Dancing With Shirley Temple In A Series Of Films During The 1930's
An Island Groove
Multidisciplinary Artist Bridging Music, Ritual, And Healing
Lowell Arts announces the Solo Seven exhibition, featuring work by 7 exceptional artists from Michigan.
A body of work from each artist is on, and a wide range of styles and media are represented.
The exhibition is open to the public at the Lowell Arts Gallery, 223 W Main St. in Lowell.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Saturday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
For additional information, it's www.lowellarts dot org.
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter; Among The Most Important Musicians Of Western North Carolina
1930 Composition By Hoagy Carnichael - The Song Is Part Of The Great American Songbook Tradition
Blues Plate Special: 1937 Shellac Recording By Alabama Bluesman Charley West - A Piano Player Beginning His Career During The Mid-1920's In Cincinnati Prior To The Move To Chicago - In 1937 Big Bill Broonzy Secured West A Recording Date At Bluebird Records Recording Four Sides - His Playground Were The Bars And Clubs Playing That Circuit Until A Wrist Injury Sidelined His Ability In 1949; He Then Worked The Steel Mills For A Decade; Resuming The Occasional Gig With His Son-In-Law Carey Bell For A Few Years - Charley West Passed On In 1976
Jazz Spotlight: Second Live Release, Recorded In Tempe During 1997 - For Fifty Years Spyro Gyra Has Been A Well-Oiled Road Machine, Rising From Humble Beginnings In Buffalo, To Their Current International Prominence As The Elder Statesman In The Jazz World; One Of The Few Emerging From The Fusion Era And Continue On Into The third Decade The 21st. Century
Powerful, Distinguished Trio Of Lead Singers And Exceptional Musicianship
Composer: Towns Van Zandt - The Story Of The Stonemans Begins In 1924 And Ending As Inductees Into The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame
Revisiting The Great John Hartford (1967)
Composer: Lester Flatt - Marty Stuart Paying Tribute To Lester Flatt, Honing His Craft As A Member Of Flatt's Nashville Grass Beginning In 1972 When Was 13 Years Of Age
1974, Waitress In A Donut Shop - Sixty-Plus Years Of Navigating Through The American Roots Landscape - A True Treasure
Composed: 1952 Georg Shearing - Tommy emmanuel Is Joined By British Jazz Guitarist Martin Taylor
