The Codgers

"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

Francine Reed

Blues Singer Of The Highest Caliber - Long-Time Member Of Lyle Lovett's Large Band - At Sixty-Eight, Miss Reed Continues to Perform In Atlanta

Eric Lindell

New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Lonnie Pitchford

Member Of Only A Handful Of Young African American Musicians From Mississippi Who Had Learned And Was Continuing The Delta Blues And Country Blues Traditions Up To His Passing In 1995 (43) - Skilled On The One-String Guitar And Diddley Bow, An Acoustic Instrument Of African origin,

Luther Dickinson

Guest Vocals: The Wandering (Amy LaVere, Sharde Thomas & Shannon McNally

Dead Man Winter

Side Project For David Simonette And Tim Saxhaug From Trampled By Turtles

Bill Carter

Austin-Based Singer Songwriter - Has Written For Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble & the Fabulous Thunderbirds

King Louie and LaRhonda Steele

Undercover: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (1934) - Big Hit For Mel Torme And Billy Eckstine In 1949 - Major International Hit For The Doo-Wop Group The Marcels In 1961

Halie Loren

Alaska - Best Jazz Vocal Award Winner - Wonderful Sexiness To Her Voice

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

Remembering Merle Haggard, Poet Of The Common Man; April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016 (79)

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

He Was Always An Outsider, Aptly Naming His Band "The Strangers" - Along With Buck Owens, An Architect Of The Bakersfield Sound

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

Haggard's Body Of Work Easily Places Him Beside Hank Williams As One Of The Most Influential Artists In Country Music - inducted Into The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 1994 - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006 - Kennedy Center Honor For Outstanding Contribution To American Culture, 2010 - California State University, Bakersfield, Awarded Haggard The Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Fine Arts, 2013

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

Thirty-Eight Singles Reached No. 1 On The Country Charts - Released Seventy-One Top 10 Country Hits. In All, Thirty-Four In A Row From 1967-1977 - Seven Of These Crossed Over To The Pop Charts

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

When A Merle Haggard Song Plays, It Can Make An Innocent-As-Apple-Pie Grandma Understand The Stark Loneliness And Self-Loathing Of A Prisoner On Death Row; A Rich Kid Who Never Wanted For Any Material Possession Get A Feel For The Pain Of Wondering Where The Next Meal Will Come From; A Tee-Totaling Pillar Of The Community Sympathize With The Poor Heartbroken Guy Downing Shots At The Local Bar.

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Special Guests: Marty Stuart, Junior Brown, Mike Auldridge, Roy Husky, Jr., Larry Knechtel - Recorded At Champagne Studios, Nashville - Doc Mixes Up The Rockabilly With A Few Early Rock & Roll Classics And Some Good Ole' Country Comforts

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley

This Important Release Documents The Rediscovery Of Banjoist And Comedian Clarence (Tom) Ashley In The early 1960's, And The Simultaneous Introduction Of A Young And Then-Unknown Guitar Picker, Doc Watson

Teddy Thompson And Kelly Jones

This Album Captures The Spirit Of The Everly Brothers

John Gorka

Traditions Appearance Alert: The Ark, 7/8 Ann Arbor

Fish And Bird

Canadian Quintet - Raised On Equal Parts Roots Music And Radiohead, Re-imagining Folk Music For A New Generation

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Glenna Bell

Fresh Into 'YCE - Honored By The State Of Texas In A House Resolution Recognizing Her Musical Contribution To The State (1995).

The Roosevelts

Spoonful Of Blues: Frank Stokes

January 1, 1888 Tennessee - September 12, 1955 Tennessee

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Spoonful Of Blues: Otto Virgial

?/?/1906 Mississippi - ?/?/???? Unknown (rough guide digital)

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This Is '820' Jazz: Ray Bryant Trio

The Personnel: Major Holley, Bass...Panama Francis, Drums...Ray Bryant, Piano

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Eilen Jewell

Traditions Appearance Alert: The Magic Bag, 5/1 Ferndale, MI

Chris Jones And The Night Drivers

Traditions Appearance Alert: The First Congregational Church, 4/29 Kalamazoo And The Parade Of Stars Bluegrass Festival. 9/10 Auburn Hills

The Biscuit Burners

Founded In 2004 - On Hiatus Since 2009

Michael Daves

Recorded Live To Tape In A 19th Century Church With A Band Of Roots Innovators Including Sarah Jarosz & Noam Pikelny

Bill Emerson & Red Allen

Bill Emerson: Founding Member Of The Country Gentlemen - Red Allen: Osborne Brothers & The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

The Boxcars

Tennessee Quintet Of Pickers - Four Time International Bluegrass Music Award Winner - They Continue To Break New Ground