Missy Raines

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

Lyle Lovett

Conferred The Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Humane Letters By The University Of Houston On May 15, 2010

Aretha Franklin

Reinterpreting A 1930's Classic: Delicious!

Jimmie Lunceford

Alto Saxophonist And Bandleader In The Swing Era

Lead Belly

Composers: H. Ledbetter - A. Lomax - Huddie William Ledbetter, (January, 1888 -- December 6, 1949 - Twelve-String Virtuoso

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Richard Shindell

Written In Argentina - "This Song Is Wriiten From The Point Of View Of One Particular Cow, Stranded Out In The Field All Night." -- Richard Shindell - The Ark, 11/13 Ann Arbor

Buena Vista Social Club

The Original Buena Vista Social Club Held Dances And Musical Activities, Becoming A Popular Location For Musicians To Meet And Play During The 1940s. Fifty Years After The Club Was Closed, It Inspired A Recording Made By Cuban Musician Juan de Marcos González And American Guitarist Ry Cooder With Traditional Cuban Musicians, Some Of Whom Were Veterans Who Had Performed At The Club During The Height Of Its Popularity - Currently, The Surviving Members Tour As the Thirteen Member Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club

Bob Dylan

Guest Musicians: Mark Knophler & Pick Withers (Dire Straits).., Barry Beckett & The Muscle Shoals Horn Section

Odetta

Composer: Woody Guthrie, 1941 - The Song Describes The Travails And Dignity Of Migrant Workers In North America

Sarah Vaughan

J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Took Old-Time Mountain Fiddling To The Next Level Following The Groundbreaking Work Of Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers

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The Coal Porters

Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod

Composed And First Performed By Eddie Leonard In 1903 - Jim Kweskin: Reintroduced An Essential Component Into Folk Music At The Peak Of The American Folk Revival, the Jug Band - Meredith Axelrod- Multi-Instrumentalist And Vocalist Who Envisions The Limitless Potential Of Early Twentieth Century Music - Committed To Authentic Recreation Of The Tunes In Her Repertoire–Swampy Blues And Early American Roots Music

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Red Tail Ring

Kalamazoo's Michael Beauchamp & Laurel Premo - Seven Steps Up For The Pin Drop Concert Series, 10/7 Spring Lake, MI

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Shari Kane and Dave Steele

Composer: Blind Boy Fuller - Regional Flavorings - Thunder Bay Folk Festival, 9/24 Alpena, MI

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Kathleen Edwards

Jason Isbell

Devos Performance Hall, 10/3 Grand Rapids (With Josh Ritter) - First Solo After Leaving The Drive-By Truckers - Recorded At Fame Studios: Muscle Shoals, Alabama

The Duhks

A Tasty Blend Of..Folk Traditions With Hard-Grooving World Beats, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, And A Healthy Injection Of Catchy, Soulful Pop. - Paste

The Milk Carton Kids

Eagle Rock, California - Joey Ryan & Kenneth Pattengale Formed The Band In 2011 - The Ark, 10/30 Ann Arbor

Spoonful Of Blues: Helen Humes & Her All-Stars

A Vocalist With Count Basie's Band At The Age Of Fourteen- A Saucy R&B Diva And A Mature Interpreter Of The Classy Popular Song - She Could Straddle Among Blues, Jazz & Swing With Equal Ease And Intensity

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Spoonful Of Blues: Helen Humes

June 23, 1913 Kentucky - September 9, 1981 California

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This Is '820' Jazz: Hank Jones Trio

Wendell Marshall, Bass...Kenny Clarke, Drums...Hank Jones, Piano

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Pieta Brown

Greg's Baby Girl

Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Legendary Bluegrass Pioneers

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Dwight Yoakam

The A-List: Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan And Scott Vestral

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time

One Of Nashville's Revered Songwriters

Greensky Bluegrass

Returning To Kalamazoo For A Two Night Stand With Joshua Davis, 11/25 & 26 (Friday & Saturday)

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