David Grisman Quintet

Ongoing Thanks To Direct Trade Coffee For Their Continuing Support Of Traditions

Otis Rush

Blues Legend, Period!

The Allman Brothers Band

Recorded February 1970 - Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA. Reworking The Blind Willie McTell Classic

Asamu Johnson

GR Blues Flavor

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Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear

Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Tony Joe White

Recorded At Fame Studios (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) - Muscle Shoals, Alabama [1968]

Bigfoot Bob & the Toetappers

Leader Bob Schultz Has Some Heavy Street 'Cred' From Michigan's Rock Era. He Was The Organist In "The Bob Seger System" (1967-'70), Laying DownThat Cool Organ Riff In "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man?"

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Victor Wainwright

Former Air Traffic Controller From Savannah Now Playing His Boogie-Woogie In Memphis. Appearing With His Band The WildRoots At The Kalamazoo Blues Fest On 7/11 (Sat)

Chaka Khan

Now A Jazz Standard Composed In 1952 by George Shearing.The Title Refers To Charlie "Bird" Parker And The Birdland Jazz Club Named After Him.

Songs From The Road Band

Recorded At Echo Mountain Studios - Asheville, NC

The Fretless

Vancouver Island String Quartet, Fiddle-Large Emerging As A Band In 2011. Their Debut Album "Waterbound (2012) Earned Three Awards In Their Native Canada

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Goin' Across The Mountain: Dellie Norton

Madison County, Blue Ridge Mountains...Dellie Is From A Self Reliant Community & Didn't Leave The Mountains Except To Sing The Old Ballads, Many Passed Down In Her Family For Several Hundred Years. Though She Sang for Audiences Afar, She Would Rather Sing For the Locals And Distill Brandy From Her Crop Of Cherry Trees. We Are Fortunate The Smithsonian Has Preserved Dellie's Music For Generations To Enjoy.

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Doc Watson & Frosty Morn

Frosty Morn Was Originally Born As The Late Merle Watson's Side Band, Allowing Him To Explore Musical Directions Beyond The Material That He'd Been Performing With Doc. Frosty Morn Found A Place As The Opening Act For Doc & Merle, And It Wasn't Long Before Doc Himself Was Drawn Into The Band. Here They Cover Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey's "CC Rider."

Doc Watson & Bill Monroe

9 O'Clock Doc Is A Weekly Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC

The Boxmasters

Billy Bob Thornton, Lead ... This Is The Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week

Carrie Rodriguez

Graduate From The Berklee College Of Music, Boston

Chuck Whiting & the Tip Rail Ramblers

Gr Flavor: Appearing Today At The Butttermilk Jamboree. Chuck's Set Begins At Noon In The Beer Tent.

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The Bills

Acoustic Folk Quintet From Western Canada

The Refugees

Singer/Songwriters Cindy Bullens, Wendy Waldman & Deborah Holland

Spoonful Of Blues: Shreveport Home Wreckers

Oscar "Buddy" Woods & Ed Shaffer Recorded Thirty-Five Sides Before 1940. Woods, A Major Influence On The Development Of The Bottleneck Slide Playing Style And Shaffer, An Exceptional Country Blues Guitarist, Preferred Busking The Streets And Playing The Speakeasy's In & Around Texas Avenue - Shreveport, LA.. Some Of Their Best Work Is Heard Backing Country Singer Jimmie Davis And Kitty Gray's Wampus Cats. Four Recordings For John Lomax Are Now In The Library Of Congress. These Two Pioneers Passed On Largely Forgotten.

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Spoonful Of Blues: Joe Callicott

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Buena Vista Social Club

Octavio Calderon, Trumpet; Joachim Cooder, Drums; Ry Cooder,Guitar; Terry Domech, Congas; Ibrahim Ferrer, Vocals; Roberto Garcia, Bongos; Hugo Garzon, Maracas; Juan Marcos de González, Güiro; Rubén González, Piano; Pio Leyva, Vocals; Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Vocals; Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Contrabass; Benito Suarez Magana, Guitar; Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Trumpet; Eliades Ochoa, Guitar & Vocals; Omara Portuondo, Vocals; Jesus Ramos,Trombone; Salvador Repilado, Contrabass; Compay Segundo, Guitar & Vocals; Barbarito Torres,Lute; Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés, Maracas; & Amadito Valdés, Timbales.

Johnny Gimble & The Texas Pioneers

One Of The Most Revered & Awarded Fiddle Players In Western Swing, Known For His Time With Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys (1949-1951)...Used a Five String Fiddle & Enjoyed A Prolific Solo Career.

Mac Wiseman

Celebrated Number 90 A Few Weeks Ago...May 23, 1925. A Cult Figure In Bluegrass, Known As "The Voice With A Heart"

The Cantrells

Husband & Wife Duo Al & Emily Cantrell Performing Together Since 1985. Robert Redford Chose Their Music For The Soundtrack Of "A River Runs Through It"

Katy Moffatt

Fort Worth Born Singer/Songwriter Recording Music Since 1975, Has Earned A Substantial Cult Following Among Roots-Music Devotees...Appeared In The 1971 Film "Billy Jack"