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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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COMPILATIONS

Flying Dombra
The Same Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2016 via Motema Music
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"When Music Is Tight, It all Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM - 24/7 Requests/Comments: sundaytraditions@gmail.com

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Yank Rachell

My Baby's Gone
Mandolin Blues 1986 via Random Chance
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Mandolinist - An Elder Statesman Of The Blues - His Career Spanned Nearly Seventy Years, From The Late 1920's To The 1990's - Longtime Performer With Sleepy John Estes - "She Caught the Katy," Co-Written With Taj Mahal, Is Considered A Blues Standard

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John Long

Baby Please Set A Date
Stand Your Ground 2016 via Delta Groove
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Inspiration: Veteran Chicago Bluesman "Homesick" James Williamson.

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Lula Reed

Bump On A Log
Blue And Moody 1959 via King
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R&B And Gospel Singer Recording In the 1950's & 60's - Left the Music Business in 1967 - Died In Detroit In 2008

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Mance Lipscomb

Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
The Best Of Mance Lipscomb 2009 via Arhoolie
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Big Jon Atkinson and Bob Corritore

Mojo In My Bread
House Party At Big Jon's 2016 via Delta Groove
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Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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9:40 am

Lee Rocker

Honky Cat
The Cover Sessions 2012 via Upright
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Undercover: Elton John, 1972 Honky Chateau - Co-Founding Member Of the Stray Cats

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The Honeycutters

Lets Get Drunk
On The Ropes 2016 via Organic Records
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Asheville, NC - Produced By Singer Amanda Ann Platt

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Quartette

Cry Baby
Rocks And Roses 2013 via Quarette
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(REQUESTED)

Nat King Cole

Sweet Lorraine
The King Swings 2001 via Capitol
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Published In 1928 - Nat Cole Trio, 1940

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9:20 am

The Small Glories

Time Wanders On
Wondrous Traveler 2016 via Imports
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JD Edwards & Cara Luft

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(REQUESTED)

The Earls of Leicester

Who Will Sing For Me
The Earls Of Leicester 2014 via Rounder
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Multi-Award Winning Tribute to Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs - Gospel Side Of Flatt & Scruggs - First Time Spin On 'YCE

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Eli West

If I Could Make You My Own
The Both 2016 via Self Released
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Guests Include Bill Frisell, Dori Frreeman And Anna & Elizabeth - Eli Has Rejoined Partner Cahalen MorrisonFor An Extensive Summer Tour

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Kaia Kater

Saint Elizabeth
Nine Pin 2016 via Kingswood
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Recorded In A One Day Session In Toronto - You Want Some Authenticity In Your Roots, Kaia Kater Is The Real Thing

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Appalachia Calling: Bascom Lamar Lunsford

The Ballad Of Kidder Cole
Wait For Me: Songs Of Love, Lust And Discontent 1920's & 1930's 2015 via Burn Music
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Composer: Judge Felix Alley, 1889 - Recorded By Lunsford In Charlotte, NC 1935

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Appalachia Calling: Earl McCoy And Jessi Brock

Cotton Mill Girl
Wait For Me: Songs Of Love, Lust And Discontent 1920's & 1930's 2015 via Burn Music
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Recorded Charlotte, NC 1929

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9:00 am

Al Scorch

Lost At Sea
Circle Round The Signs 2016 via Bloodshot
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Chicago - Punk's Spirit With A Pickin' Intensity

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Sera Cahoone

Every Little Word
Deer Creek Canyon 2012 via Sub Pop
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Seattle - Daughter Of A Colorado Dynamite Salesman - A Former Member Of "Band Of Horses"

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The Bills

Wonders I've Seen
Trail of Tales 2016 via Borealis Recording
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Canadian Quintet

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Aoife O'Donovan

Pearls
Fossils 2013 via Captured Tracks
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Traditions Appearance Alert: The Ark, 5/31 Ann Arbor

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Scot H. Biram, The Dirty Old One Man Band

Draggin' Down The Line
Something's Wrong 2009 via Bloodshot
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Forty-Two Year Old One Man Band Based In Austin - Hank The Third & Shooter Jennings Have Covered His Music

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Willie Sugarcapps

Magnolia Springs
Paradise Right Here 2016 via Baldwin County Public
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Forming From A Series Of Alabama Songwriter-In The- Round Sessions

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Baby Boy Warren

Santa Fe [1949]
The Parrot Records Blues Story 2005 via Parrot
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August 13, 1919 Louisiana - July 1, 1977 Detroit

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Spoonful Of Blues: Kansas Joe Mccoy

My Wash Woman's Gone [1934]
The Real McCoy Vol. 1 2009 via OVC
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May 11, 1905 Mississippi - January 28, 1950 Illinois

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This Is '820' Jazz: The Benny Goodman Quartet

Four Once More
Together Again! 1963
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Personnel: Gene Krupa, Drums...Teddy Wilson, Piano..Lionel Hampton, Vibraphone...Benny Goodman, Clarinet

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8:20 am

The Hackensaw Boys

The Sweet
Charismo 2016 via Free Dirt
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Dwight Yoakam

Heartaches By The Numbers
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. 1986 via Reprise
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Pickin' On Ray Price (1959) - 2016 Marks The Thirtieth Anniversary For Guitars, Cadilacs, Etc., Etc.

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Locust Honey String Band

Columbus Stockade Blues
Never Let Me Cross Your Mind 2014 via Independent
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Written And Recorded By Jimmie Tarlton & Thomas Darby In 1927.

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The Del McCoury Band

Cheap Mike
Del & Woody 2016 via McCoury Music
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The Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week - This Album Has Del Writing Music To 'Lost" Lyrics By Woody Guthrie - Woody's Daughter Nora Asked Del To Undertake this Ambitious Project

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The Misty Mountain String Band

The Man In The Middle
Red Horizon 2016 via Independent
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Formed As A Pickup Group For An Old-Time Camp Revival - Plays Occasionally With The Louisville Philharmonic Orchestra

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8:00 am