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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week, 8 AM
Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Blues Album (2007) - Laid-Back Groove; Even When The Music Starts Jumping, It Never Breaks A Sweat
Composer: George "Little Hat" Jones, 1929 (Texas Blues Guitarist)
Composer: Trixie Butler - Vaudeville Stage Actress, 1920's
Four amazing Michigan acts will ring in New Year 2017 at the "Michigan Music Mecca" at Wealthy Theatre!
Composer: Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, 1959
Solo Side Project Away From His Duties As Founding Member Of Solas - This Is Mick's Second Album And Is Joined By Outstanding Celtic Guitarist, Colm O'Caoimh
Founding Member, The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Guest Musician: Bhi Bhiman) - The Album Release Is Scheduled For February 24, 2017
Composer: Sis Cunningham, Publicist Of Folk Music & Protest Songs - Pete Seeger Recorded It In 1961 - The SongFell Into Oblivion Then Revived By Springsteen For These Sessions
San Francisco, CA Quintet - They Spend The Month Of January On Tour Supporting Greensky Bluegrass
Gospel-Infused Roots Musician & Educator From Casper, Wyoming Now Residing In New Orleans, His City Of Inspiration
Two Of The Finest Guitarists The World Has Ever Produced - Each Idolized Guitarist Merle Travis
Recorded: Room 206, The Spencer Manor Hotel September 25, 1979 Nashville, TN
Producer: John Mellencamp - Blowing Off Ten Years Of Dust For This Wonderful Nugget Buried Deep Within 'Too Long In The Wastland' - "James McMurtry Is A True Americana poet - Actually He Is A Poet Regardless Of Genre," Michael Nesmith
Debut Album -Continuing To Grace The Festival Stages From North Carolina's' Merlefest' To Colorado's 'Rockygrass' - Favorite Of 'Prairie Home Companion'
A Collection Of Early, Unreleased Demos From the Early 1960's - No Better Folk Singer Armed With A Guitar - Phil Is In The Spotlight Tomorrow As the 'YCE Artist Of The Day
Discovered In An 18th Century Protestant Hymnal
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Born On The Sarah Jones Plantation In Tallahatchie, Mississippi in 1912, Aleck Miller Used Several Stage Names In His Early Career, Including Little Boy Blue And Rice Miller - An Early And Influential Blues Harp Stylist, He Used The Moniker Sonny Boy Williamson ll Beginning 1941 - One Of Sonny Boy's First Major Recordings Was On Elmore James' "Dust My Broom." His Time As Solo Artist Over A Fertile Three Year Period Beginning In 1951 Found Him In Peak Form, His Vocal, Instrumental And Songwriting Skills Honed To Perfection - Many Of These Recordings Are Considered Classic Performances, Capturing His Juke Joint Blues In One Of Its Finest Hours - By The Time Of His Passing In 1965, He'd Been Around Long Enough to Play With Robert Johnson At The Start Of His Career And Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page And Robert Robertson At The End Of It. In Between He Drank A Lot Of Whiskey, Hoboed Around The Country, Had A Successful Radio Show For Fifteen Years, Toured Europe To Great Acclaim And Simply Wrote, Played And Sang Some Of The Greatest Blues Ever Etched Into Black Phonograph Records - Sonny Boy Was Elected To The Blues Foundation Hall of Fame In 1980.
December 5, 1912? Tallahatchie, MS - May 24, 1965? Tutwiler, MS
Jimmy Rowles, Piano...Mel Lewis, Drums...Leroy Vinnegar, Double Bass...Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone...Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone
With The Bluegrass Allstars: Sam Bush, Ricky Scaggs, Randy Scruggs, Phil Ledbetter & Gary Scruggs
This Album Is Pure Magic!
Latest Offering From Alice Gerrard And Her Great Band
Cleveland, Ohio, 1988: No Longer Together - Pickin' On Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, 1930
Producer: Lloyd Maines
