Jake Shimabukuro

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

Otis Spann

An Integral Member Of The Muddy Waters Band Of The 1950's & '60's - Considered To Be The Leading Postwar Chicago Blues Pianist - Posthumously Elected To The Blues Hall Of Fame In 1980

Esther Phillips

Texas - Multi-Award Winning R&B Vocalist - Twice Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, In 1986 And 1987, But Was Not Inducted

Nat Cole Trio

Debut Recordings Between 1943-1949 Originally On 78 R.P.M.'s - Reissued On 10-Inch In 1950

Liz Mandeville

Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Dion

Fifteen Early Rock Classics Hand-Selected By Dion, Paying Tribute To His Heroes, All Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers

Louisiana - Son Of Zydeco Pioneer Rockin Dopsie, Sr

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Spirits Of Rhythm Ft. Ella Logan

British Music Hall Song Written In 1912, Popular During World War One

Buster Poindexter

Alter-Ego Of David Johansen - Recorded With Long-Time Band "The Banshee's Of Blue"

Buddy Melton, Milan Miller, Mark W. Winchester

John Fahey

Mississippi John Hurt, March 3, 1892 - November 2, 1966

COMPILATIONS

Willie Nelson & Calexico - Biographical Musical Drama Featuring Six Actors Depicting Different Facets Of Bob Dylan's Public Personas - The Film's Title Is Taken From A Recording On The "Basement Tapes", The Classic 1967 Recording With The Band

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The Staple Singers

Christian Hymn Written In 1907

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Waston, Clarence Ashley & Group

Field Recordings And Later Concert Performances

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley & Group

An Important Release And Rediscovery Of Banjoist And Comedian Clarence (Tom) Ashley In The Early 1960's, and simultaneously Introduces The Then-Unknown Doc Watson

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Miss Sophie Lee And The Parish Suites

Produced By Luke Winslow-King

Papa John Creach

Pennsylvania - Blues Violinist Playing Early On With Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong & Charlie Christian - You May Know Him From The Jefferson Starship's "Red Octopus," And Many Jams With Hot Tuna

Uncle Tupelo

Illinois, 1987 - Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy & Mike Heidorn - The Band Split In 1994 With Farrar & Heidorn Forming Son Volt And Tweedy, Wico

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons

Song Appearance: 1921, Clarence Williams New Orleans Jazz Musician - The Song As We Know It Today: First Recorded By The Memphis Jug Band as "Stealin' Stealin'," 1928

MaMuse

Sarah Nutting & Karisha Longaker, Celtic Folk Duo - Beautiful Harmonies

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Danny Schmidt

Austin Based Singer/Songwriter

Spoonful Of Blues: Carolina Slim

One Of The Last Great Piedmont Blues Masters Took Delight In Shifting Identities To Complement Performance Styles - Born Edward Harris In 1923 North Carolina, His Substantial Dent In The Post-War Blues Market Was Heavily Influenced By Blind Boy Fuller And Lightnin' Hopkins - Moving North At the Age Of Seventeen, Slim Resided In New York City Since 1950 Serving As Custodian Of The East Coast Blues Traditions, Recording His First Of Only Twenty Seven Sides In That City - His Life Was Cut Short At Age Thirty From Complications Following Back Surgery

Spoonful Of Blues: Carolina Slim

August 22, 1923 North Carolina - October 22, 1953 New Jersey

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Lee Morgan Sextet

Horace Silver, Piano...Paul Chambers, Bass...Kenny Rodgers, Alto Sax....Hank Mobley, Tenor Sax...Charlie Persip, Drums...Lee Morgan, Trumpet

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The Byrds

Lead Vocal: Chris Hillman - Public Domain - First Recorded In 1924 By The Norfolk Jubilee Quartet

Hank Williams

With The Drifting Cowboys

Foghorn Stringband

Portland, Oregon

Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Pickin' On Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1970 Tumbleweed Connection

The Unseen Strangers

Canadian "Newgrassers" - Latest Album Is A Stunner