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Playlist from 04/12/2009 @ 8:00am

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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 American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Billie Holiday

They Can't Take That Away from Me
Billie's Best 1992 via Polygram Records
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Willie Nelson / Asleep At The Wheel

Right Or Wrong
Willie & The Wheel 2009 via BISMEAUX PRODUCTIONS
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Mark Weinstein

Upa Negrinho
Lua e Sol 2009 via Jazzheads
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(REQUESTED)

Doc & Merle Watson

Wayfaring Stranger
Remembering Merle 1992 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Etta Baker

Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Etta Baker With Taj Mahal 2004 via Music Maker
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9:40 am

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Freilechs Fun Der Hupe [Dance from the Wedding Canopy]
You Should Be So Lucky 1996 via Shanachie
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Both Sides Now
Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1972 via Capitol
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Nashville Blues
Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1972 via Capitol
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Nat King Cole

Straighten Up and Fly Right [w/Natalie Cole]
Re Generations 2009 via Capitol
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9:20 am

Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues

African Herbman
Hanapepe Dream 1999 via Tone Cool
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Taj Mahal

Slave Driver
Mo' Roots 1974 via Sony
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Taj Mahal

Song for a Banjo Dance
Mule Bone 1991 via Gramavision
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Taj Mahal

Fishin' Blues
Giant Step-De Ole Folks At Home 1995 via Rewind
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Taj Mahal

The Cuckoo
The Natch'l Blues 2000 via Sony
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Rising Sons

Walking Down the Line
Rising Sons
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9:00 am

Mana Ma'ohi [Rapa Nui/Easter Island]
South Pacific Islands 2004 via Putumayo World Music
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The Kwils

The Rising of the Moon
And A' That 1997 via Independent

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Bill Sheffield

The Ballad of Brer Rabbit
Journal on a Shelf 2006 via Virtual Label
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The Brass Kings

Jackrabbit Blues
Washboard Rope Guitar 2008 via Dream Horse Records
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COMPILATIONS

Jack Rabbit
The Rough Guide to Zydeco 2005 via World Music Network

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8:30 am

COMPILATIONS

Padisah
The Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey 2003 via World Music Network

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(REQUESTED)

Johnny Cash

Delia's Gone
The Legend Of Johnny Cash 2005 via Hip-O Records

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Tangle Eye

O Death
Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed 2004 via Zoe Records
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Michigan Mark Depree

dark as a dungeon
Hi 2000 via Independent

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8:20 am

Jerks of Grass

Deep River Blues
Come On Home 2009 via FM Recordings
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The Blind Boys of Alabama

Down by the Riverside
Live in New Orleans 2009 via Saguaro Road
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Abdoulaye 'Djoss' Diabate

Lansine
Sara 2009 via Completely Nuts Records
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Ernestine Anderson

This Can't Be Love
A Song For You 2009 via Highnote
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8:00 am