Joseph Israel

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

Carol Fran

2013 NEA National Heritage Fellow - Performs In Both English And Her Native Creole French

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Jim Lauderdale

Master Songwriter - Since 1986 Up Until Now, He's Created A Body Of Work Spanning 28 Albums Of Imaginative Roots Music

Blind Willie McTell

Thomson, GA - Twelve-String Piedmont Blues Guitarists - First Recordings in 1927 And Remaining Active Through The 1950's, Often Playing the Streets Of Atlanta With Longtime Associate Curly Weaver - Did Not Live Long Enough To Be "Rediscovered," During The American Folk Music Revival

Barbara Dane

With the Kenny Whitson Orchestra - Referred To As "Bessie Smith In Stereo," When She Burst Onto The Scene In The Late 1950's

Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys

Church Point, LA - American Creole Zydeco Accordionist - Her Songs Are Known For Their Sultry And Suggestive Lyrics

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10 String Symphony

Nashville, TN - Debut Album For Rachel Baimen & Christian Seidelmyer

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The Boswell Sisters

New Orleans, LA - Martha, Vet And Connee - One Of the Most Successful Groups Of the 1930's - Fronted Some Of The Seminal Big Bands Of The Era

Lyle Lovett

Klein, TX Celebrated Number Fifty-Nine On November 1

Peter Case

Buffalo, NY - Founding Member Of The Plimsouls, 1978 - Wonderful Reworking Of Dylan's' Classic, 1963

Gillian Welch

Hear More From This Album And An Overview Of Her Career Tomorrow. Gillian Is In The Spotlight As The 'YCE Artist Of The Day

A'Lafrique

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson And Bill Monroe

The Essential Genius Of Bill Monroe And Doc Watson Resides In Their Ability To Infuse Traditional American Music With Their Distinctive Musical Personalities - American Musical Styles: Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Spirituals, Mountain Tunes, Work Songs, Reels And Breakdowns

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson And Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe, September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996 - - - Doc Watson, March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012

Lightnin' Hopkins

Centerville, TX - Learned His Chops From Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Of The Great Country Blues Singers And Perhaps The Greatest Single Influence On Rock Guitar Players - Influenced By Blind Lemon Jefferson

Levon Helm

Composer: Steve Earle - Produced By Larry Campbell And Amy Helm - Levon's First Studio Album Since 1982 - Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album (2008)

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The Hello Strangers

Mercersburg, PA

Michael Smith

The Story Of Gamble Rogers IV, Florida's Most Famous Troubador - Influence On Jimmy Buffet, Dedicating The Album "Fruitcakes," To His Memory

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Alynda Lee Segarra - Two-Hundred Year Old Scottish Border Ballad About A Wealthy Lady Who Runs Off To Join The Gypsies, With Her Eye On One Gypsy, Black Jack Davey

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker

United Kingdom - Fresh In To 'YCE

Jo Ann Kelly

British Blues Singer Jo Ann Kelly Was the Real Deal; She Could Play The Blues As Deep And Hard As Any Man - With Expressive Vocals And An Acoustic Slide To Match, She Conveyed Her Blues Like a Delta Original - Acknowledging Mississippi Fred McDowell As A Major Influence, Kelly Was Making A Name For Herself On the British Club Scene By Age Twenty, But Somehow Slipped Through The Cracks, Even Though She Worked Extensively In The States And Europe - Both Canned Heat And Johnny Winter Invited Her To Join Them On A Permanent Basis. She Declined - She And Brother Dave Founded "The Blues Band," In The Late 1970's, But She Was Essentially A Solo Artist Until Her Tragic Passing In 1990 At The Age Of 46.

Spoonful Of Blues: Jo Ann Kelly

January 5, 1944 London - October 21 1990 London

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This Is '820' Jazz: Barney Kessel

Shelly Manne, Drums...Ray Brown, Bass...Barney Kessel, Guitar

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Wayne Hancock

Produced By Lloyd Maines

Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands

Laurie's Tribute To Two Pioneering Bluegrass Legends, Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard

Flatt & Scruggs

The Hogwire Stringband

Bloomington, IN - Quartet Specializing In Old-Timey Appalachian Music

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The Piedmont Melody Makers

Tony Furtado

Pleasanton, CA - Picked Banjo for Laurie Lewis - Notes Ry Cooder As a Major Influence