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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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Taarka

A Whole New You- Reprise
Adventures in Vagabondia 2012 via The Distillery
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week - Request & Comments; sundaytraditions@gmail.com

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Les Paul & Mary Ford

How High The Moon [1951]
Greatest Hits Of Les Paul And Mary Ford 2012 via Primo
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Doug MacLeod

Plowin' Mule
A Little Sin 2002 via Black & Tan
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Blind Lemon Pledge

Fayetteville
Backwoods Glance 2017 via Independent
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9:40 am

Washboard Sam

Nothing In Rambling
Washboard Sam Vol. 7 1942-1949 1993 via Document
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Washboard Sam's Headstone Courtesy Of Michigan's Killer Blues Organization, 2009

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Loggins and Messina

Angry Eyes
Loggins And Messina 1972 via Columbia
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The Springtails

I Can't Give You Anything But Lov
Rain Or Shine 2017 via Independent
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Mitten Bred Music - Appearing: Summer Concerts On The Square, Charlotte 8/31

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Unsquare Dance
Time Further Out 1961 via Columbia
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The Album Continues Brubeck's Exploration Of Unusual Time Signatures With His Classic Quartet In Tow; Morello, Desmond, Chambers & Brubeck

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9:20 am

Lou Ann Barton

Maybe
Old Enough 1982 via American Beat
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Born To Sing The Blues Sixty-Three Years Ago In Forth Worth - Major Force On The Austin Scene Since The Early 1970's - A Founding Member Of Stevie Ray's Double Trouble, Departing The Band Early On To Play With W.C. Clark And Pursuing what continues To Be A Phenomenal Solo Career (Chantells, 1958)

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COMPILATIONS

Ndumba Madeline (Young Madeline)
Roots of Rumba Rock- Congo Classics 1953-1954 2006 via Crammed Disc Us
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Congolese Rumba: A Mixture Of Imported Cuban Dance Traditions Wedded To Various Home-Grown African Flavors

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COMPILATIONS

Lonesome Valley
Ribbon Of Highway, Endless Skyway- Tribute to Woody Guthrie 2008 via Music Road Records
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Organized & Produced By the Late Jimmy LaFave - This Song Features The Ribbon Of Highway Cast, Jimmy LaFave, Lead Vocal

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Guitar Rag
Black Mountain Rag 2006 via Flying Fish
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This Album Is A Compilation Of Songs Recorded By The Watsons For The Flying Fish Label In The 1980's

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9 O'Clock Doc: Si Kahn

To Hear Doc Watson Play
Thanksgiving 2008 via Joe Hill
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One Of Doc's Many Disciples

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9:00 am

The Willeys

Lass of Glenshie
Lifeline 1990 via n/a
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GR Flavor - 2012 Legacy Award Honorees (Jammies Xlll)

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Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line

When I Wake
Wake 2015 via Blue Pig Music
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Appearing: Seven Steps Up, 8/30 Spring Lake, MI

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Slaid Cleaves

Little Guys
Ghost On The Car Radio 2017 via Independent
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Burning Spear

African Jamaican
Appointment With His Majesty 1997 via Heartbeat / Pgd
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Winston Rodney Turning 72 A Few Weeks Ago; One Of The Most Influential And Long-Standing Roots Artists To Emerge From The 1970's

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Floyd Jones

Stockyard Blues [1947]
Harmonica Blues Essentials 2010 via Goldenlane
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July 21, 1917 Arkansas - December 19, 1989 Illinois

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Spoonful Of Blues: Floyd Jones

Train Fare Home [1944]
Masters Of Modern Blues 1994 via Shout
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One Of The First Of The New Generation Of Electric Blues Artists To Record In Chicago After World War II - A Number Of His Recordings Are Regarded As Classics Of The Chicago Blues Idiom

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'820' Jazz Presents: The Phil Woods Quartet With Gene Quill Sitting In

A Night In Tunisia
Phil Talks With Quill 1960 via Prestige
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Bob Corwin, Piano...Sonny Dallas, Bass...Nick Stabulas, Drums...Gene Quill, Alto Sax...Phil Woods, Alto Sax

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8:20 am

Lonesome River Band

Wrong Road Again
Mayhayley's House 2017 via Mountain Home Music Co.
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A Major Topic In The Robb M Biography

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Karen Matheson

The Diamond Ring
Transatlantic Sessions-Series 6, Vol. 3 2014 via Whirlie
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Produced By Aly Bain & Jerry Douglas

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Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn

New South Africa
Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn 2014 via Rounder
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Flatt & Scruggs

Doin' My Time [1953]
Masters Of The Last Century: Best Of Flatt & Scruggs 2013 via Sinostate
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Robb M Vintage Pick Of The Week

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Tim O'Brien

Windy Mountain
Where The River Meets The Road 2017 via Howdy Skies Records
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Composer: Curly Ray Cline (Ralph Stanley) - Tim Is Paying Homage To His Favorite Singer/Songwriters From West Virginia

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O'Connor Band & Mark O'Connor

Blue Moon of Kentucky_String Quar
O'Connor Band Live! 2017 via OMAC Records
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