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Traditions!

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!

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Organissimo

I Will
B3tles 2017 via Big O
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Next Week, 8 AM

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Spider John Koerner

Stewball
StarGeezer 1996 via Red House Records
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18th-Century British Racehorse, Most Famous As The Subject Of A Broadsheet Ballad And Folk-Song

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Marcy Marxer

Girl Django
Things Are Coming My Way 2013 via Community
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Swartz Creek, MI - Musical Partners With Cathy Fink For More Than Thirty Years - Grammy Awards: Fourteen Nominations, Two Wins

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Sheila Landis & Rick Matle

Poets Anonymous
Blues In The Night 2017 via Independent
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Detroit, MI - She And Dave Have Been Working Together Since 1988 - 7-Time Detroit Music Awards "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist Winner"

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9:40 am

Bill & Joel Plaskett

Help Me Somebody Depression Blues
Solidarity 2017 via Pheromone
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Father & Son Duo Fresh Into 'YCE

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Junip

The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Black Refuge 2004 via Mute
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Swedish Folk Duo Taking Bruce Springsteen Undercover,1995 - Lead Character In John Steinbeck's 1939 Novel, "The Grapes Of Wrath."

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Linda Ronstadt

La Cigarra (The Cicada)
Canciones de mi Padre 1987 via Elektra
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Album's Title Translation: "Songs Of My Father" - Linda's First Album Of Mexican Traditional Mariachi Music - The Album's Title Refers To A Booklet That The University Of Arizona Published In 1946 For Ronstadt's Deceased Aunt, Luisa Espinel, Who Had Been An International Singer In The 1920's - Grammy Award Winner

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Hadda Brooks

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
I've Got News For You 1999 via Virgin
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Wonderful Jazz Vocalist With Entertaining A Fifty-Plus Year Career - First Release, 1945

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Country Soul Revue

Sapelo
Testifyin' 2008 via Casual
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Vocals: Larry Jon Wilson

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9:20 am

The Sacred Shakers

I'm Gonna Do My Best
The Sacred Shakers 2008 via Signature Records
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A Who's Who Of All-Star Roots Musicians Including Eilen Jewell

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The Two Man Gentlemen Band

These Foolish Things
Enthusiastic Attempts At Hot Swing & String Band Favorites 2014 via Two Man Gentlemen Band
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Composed: 1936 - Andy Bean & Fuller Condon Began As A Full-Time Busking Act In New York City's Central Park In 2005 - Nine Albums Released

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Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice

Broken-Hearted Lover
Bristol - A Tribute To The Music Of The Carter Family 2002 via Copper Creek
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Composer: A.P. Carter, 1932

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Sweet Water Warblers

The River Jordon
Live @ C2G, Ft. Wayne, IN 2016 via Courtesy Brad Etter, C2G, You Tube
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Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou & May Erlewine Appearing Tonight At Salt Of The Earth, Fennville 7 PM

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Bye Bye Bluebell/Smiles
Black Mountain Rag 2006 via Rounder
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An Album Containing Songs Recorded My The Watson's In The 1980's For The Flying Fish Label

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Black Mountain Rag 2006 via Rounder
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Produced By Tony Rice & Norman Blake

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9:00 am
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John Hiatt

Buffalo River Home
Perfectly Good Guitar 1993 via A&M Records
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Online Suggestion

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Ted Hawkins

Bring It on Home Daddy
Watch Your Step 1982 via Rounder / Pgd
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Preferred The Busking Life On Venice Beach

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The Stray Birds

All the News
In Session: Live At folk alley 2016 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley
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Lancaster, PA - Appearance: Seven Steps Up, 4/2 Spring Lake

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The Dust Poets

Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
World At Large 2009 via Productive Apathy
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Canadian Quintet From Manitoba

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Kasey Chambers

Annabelle
Dragonfly 2017 via Essence
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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree

Hard Feeling [1945]
Champion Jack Dupree (1940-1950) 2000 via Krazy Kat
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July 23, 1909 Louisiana - January 21, 1992 Germany

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Spoonful Of Blues: William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree

Strollin'
Blues From The Gutter 1958 via Atlantic
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One Of The Greatest Boogie-Woogie And Barrelhouse Piano Players To Ever Come Out Of New Orleans - Golden Gloves Champion, Winning 107 Bouts; Encouraged By Joe Louis

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'820' Jazz Presents: Al Cohn & Al Porcino

Body And Soul
Al Cohn Meets Al Porcino 1987 via Organic
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Paulo Cardosa, Bass...Roberto Di Giola, Piano...Wolfgang Hafner, Drums...Al Cohn, Tenor Sax...Al Porcino, Trumpet

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8:20 am

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Swing of Things
Exploration 2005 via New West Records
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Arlo's Baby Girl And Her Husband/Collaborator

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Tim O'Brien

When the Mist Clears Away
Where The River Meets The Road 2017 via Howdy Skies Records
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Compioser: Larry Groce (Junkfood Junkie, 1976) - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle & Chris Scruggs, Guitar

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Dale Ann Bradley

Run Rufus Run
Catch tomorrow 2006 via Compass
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SE Kentucky - Five-Time Female Vocalist Of The Year, A Distinction Given By The International Bluegrass Association

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The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Cherry River Line/Gauley Junction
Old Time 2014 via Lonesome Ace Stringband
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Trio Led By Chris Coole Of The Foggy Hogtown Boys

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Nickel Creek

Robin and Marian
Nickel Creek 2000 via Sugarhill [Country]
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The Trio's Debut, Produced By Alison Krauss

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8:00 am