The Greg Hatza Organization

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

Samantha Fish

Produced By Luther Dickinson - Samantha's Wonderful Reworking Of Charley Patton's Gem, 1929

Charlie Rich

First Release After Leaving Sun Records

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau

Composers: Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch

Ruthie Foster

Raised In A Family Of Gospel Singers - Ruthie Turned 53 This Past Friday (2/10)

The Gaturs

New Orleans, LA - Reissue Of The 1970 Jazz-Inflected, Funk & Soul Classic - The Gaturs Would Evolve Into 'The Wild Magnolias' Four Years Later (Heard Here On 'YCE)

Sidney Bechet

New Orleans, LA, 1897 - One Of The First Important Soloists In Jazz - Major Influence On Alto Saxophonist Johnny Hodges, One Of the Most Identifying Voices In The Duke Ellington Orchestra For Twenty-Three Years Beginning In 1928

Sheila Landis & Rick Matle

Rochester Hills, MI

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Ry Cooder

Ry's Fifth Release,1976 (Original) - Soon To Celebrate Number 70 In March

Ace Cannon

Member Of The Bill Black Combo, Killer Backing Band For Elvis - Can Still Be Heard Playing A Few Gigs A Year At the Age Of 83

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Hosea Woods

Composers: Hosea Woods & Gus Cannon, 1929 - Known As "Banjo Joe," And Played with Cannon As Early As 1927; Joining the Jug Stompers In The Late 1920's

Jay Unger and Molly Mason

Composer: Josiah Fowler, First Iowa Infantry 1861 - American Civil War-Era Parody Song - A Sarcastic Complaint About The Quality Of Provisions Provided By Military Contractors

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris

Composer: Del McCoury - Debut Appearance On 'Trio II, 1999

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Richard Watson

Composer: Jimmie Rodgers, 1929 - Producer: Richard Watson - Doc And His Grandson Create An Album That Is Truly A Diamond In The Rough; A Collection Of Some Of The Most Loved Blues, Gospel, And Folk Tunes Of The 20th Century

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Richard Watson

18th Century Scottish Border Ballad, Author Unknown (1720) - Passed On Through Oral Tradition Under Many Different Titles - Woody Guthrie Took Out A Copyright In The 1940's To Protect The Songs Integrity

Charley Crockett

San Benito, TX - Fresh Into The 'Yce Blues Alley

Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough

First Album Together - Joined On The Album By The Wood Brothers, Chris & Oliver - A Band Brewed In Hometown Circumstance

Sam Mitchell

His Slide Guitar Is Heard On Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley," & "Every Picture Tells A Story"

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Rhiannon Giddens

Producer: Dirk Powell - Forthcoming Sophomore Album Being Released On 2/24 - These Recording Sessions Were Captured In Wooden Rooms Built Prior to The Civil War

Colin Linden

A Genuine Renaissance Man Of Roots Music - Founding Member Of Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - You Can Hear Selections From Their Album "King Of Kings," Here On 'YCE

Spoonful Of Blues: 'St. Louis' Jimmy Oden

June 23, 1903, Tennessee - December 30, 1977, Illinois; Early Blues Pianist With A Dry, Laconic Vocal Style, Remembered Now More For His Songwriting Talents Than For His Records

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Spoonful Of Blues: 'St. Louis' Jimmy Oden

Learned Piano At Early Age, Arriving In St. Louis As A Teen To Make A Living With His Fingers - Formed a Partnership With Roosevelt Sykes During The 1920's - After Ten Years At The Center Of The St. Louis blues Scene, They Moved Their Base To Chicago - World War II Slowed Down His Recording Career - His 'Goin Down Slow' Is A Blues Standard - Passed Away In Chicago In 1977

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'820' Jazz Presents: The Bill Evans Trio

Scott LeFaro, Bass...Paul Motian, Drums...Bill Evans, Piano

Doug Wallin

Red Tail Ring

Kalamazoo Seasoning - Digging Deep Into the Appalachian Songbook - Wonderful Set At Friday Night's Jammies

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B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony, Don Stover

Vintage Pick Of the Week! - As the Conferate Mountaineers, They Are Credited With Bringing Bluegrass To New England - In 2002, The Lilly Brothers And Don Stover Were Inducted Into The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers

Performing: Acorn Theater, 3/31 Three Oaks, MI

The Tuttles & AJ Lee

Vocals: Brittany Haas (The Dave Rawlings Machine)

Joe K. Walsh

Music Educator And Founding Member Of 'Joy Kills Sorrow'

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