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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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Errol Rackipov Group

Odd Times
Distant Dreams 2017 via OA2 Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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M.S.G. The Acoustic Blues Trio

Fast Food Mama
Done Spoke My Mind 2008 via MSG
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Traditional Piedmont Blues - Influences: Archie Edwards, Etta Baker, And Cephas & Wiggins

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Ofra Haza

Kirya
Kirya 1992 via Shanachie
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Kirya: Ancient Hebrew Nickname For Jerusalem

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Beausoleil

L'Amour Poisonne (Poison Love)
Cajunization 1999 via Rhino Records
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Legendary Band Founded In 1975 By Michael Doucet - Traditional And Original Music Rooted In The Folk Tunes Of The Cajuns And Creoles Of Louisiana

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9:40 am

Kitchen Dwellers

Ghost In The Bottle
Ghost In The Bottle 2017 via ILS
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Appearing: Founder's Brewing, 9/28; Horseshoes And Hand Grenades Also Appearing

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Billy Boy Arnold

Baby Jane
Goin' To Chicago 1995 via Hightone
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Chicago, IL - Turning 81 Yesterday, Billy Boy Learned His Harmonica Chops From John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson In 1948 - Slowing Down a Bit, He Continues To Blow It Hot In The Chicago Blues Mecca

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Skip James

Careless Love
Devil Got My Woman 1968 via Vanguard Records
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Vintage Blues From Deep Within The 'YCE Blues Alley

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9:20 am

Jayme Stone

Buttermilk
Jayme Stone's Folklife 2017 via Borealis
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Canadian Banjoist, Composer And Producer - His Music Is Inspired By Sounds From Around The World - Has Studied Under Tony Trischka - 2007: Traveled To Mali To Learn About The Banjo's African Roots

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River Rogues Jazz Band

Fidgety Feet
The River Rogues Jazz Band 2013 via Independent
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GR Comfort! - Now Known As The River Rogues Dixieland Jazz Band - Appearing: This Afternoon From 2 Till 4 At Harmony Hall Here On The West Side Of GR

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

(Take My Hand) Precious Lord
Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready 2017 via Okeh
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This Project Has Been In The Works For Several Years As Bridgewater Returned To Her Birth City To Continue The Musical Exploration Of Her Roots And Influences

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Tragic Romance
Doc Watson At Gerdes Folk City 2001 via Sugar Hill
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Doc's First Solo Public Performances, Recorded In 1962 And 1963 at Gerde's Folk City. The Tracks Were Never Released Prior To 2001

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9 O'Clock Doc: Greenbriar Boys

Liberty
Doc Watson At Gerdes Folk City 2001 via Sugar
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Bluegrass Music Group Who First Got Together For Jam Sessions In New York's Washington Square Park Where They First Met Doc In The Early 1960's - Their Urban Traditional Country Sound Inspired A Generation Of Musicians And Fans

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9:00 am

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet

Eh Ya Ye
Ladilikan 2017 via World Circuit
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Distant Strains Of Indigenous Rhythms; Brand New!

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The Weavers

Lonesome Traveller [1950]
The Ultimate Weavers Collection 2013 via Platinum
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Composer: Lee Hays - He & Pete Seeger Co-founded The Weavers In 1948 After A Few Years With The Almanac Singers

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Porter Nickerson

Earthquake
Bonfire To Ash 2017 via Porter Nickerson
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Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson; First Time Collaboration Due Out On 11/3 - Appearing For The Pin Drop Concert Series At Seven Steps Up, 10/28

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Gordon Lightfoot

The Patriot's Dream
Don Quixote 1972 via Reprise
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Appearing: Devos Performance Hall Tomorrow Night

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Willie Watson

On The Road Again
Folk Singer, Vol. 2 2017 via Acony
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Producer: David Rawlings - Second Release After leaving Old Crow Medicine Show - Willie Carries On The Rich Tradition In Folk Music: The Sharing And Swapping Of Old Songs - Appearing: The Ark, Ann Arbor 10/14

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Pink Anderson

You Don't Know My Mind [1961]
Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum And Blues With Baby Tate 1984 via Document
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February 12, 1900 South Carolina - October 12, 1974 South Carolina

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Spoonful Of Blues: Pink Anderson

Everyday In The Week Blues [1928]
Rough Guide To Blues Songsters 2106 via World Music
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Pink Anderson Is A Prime Example Of a Breed Of Bluesman Who Applied His Trade Traveling Through The Deep South With The Medicine Shows And Circuses In The Early Part Of the Twentieth Century - He Was A Throwback To A Long Gone Era, An Historic Figure Whose Music Included Blues, Folk, Ragtime And Traditional Ballads; All Played With Pink's Stylish Piedmont Finger-Picking - He Recorded Four Titles In 1928 And Didn't Make Another Recording For Twenty-Two Years, Preferring The Traveling Shows - Ill Health Sidelined Him During The 1950's - Three Albums Recorded During 1961 Summed Up A Large Slice Of The Repertoire that He Had Performed During The Previous Thirty-Five Years - His Music Represents The Carolina Blues And The Tradition Of The Constantly Traveling Musician - Pink Passed On In 1974

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'820' Jazz Presents: The Chet Baker Sextet

Barbados
Chet Is Back! 1962 via Sony
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Bobby Jasper, Tenor Sax...Rene Thomas, Guitar...Daniel Humair, Drums...Benoit Quersin, Bass...Amedeo Tommasi, Piano..Chet Baker, Trumpet

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8:20 am

Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band

Speakeasy Rag
Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band 2017 via Independent
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Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band

Speakeasy Rag
Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band 2017 via Independent
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Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band

Speakeasy Rag
Rollie Tussing and the Midwest Territory Band 2017 via Independent
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Chuck Whiting & the Tip Rail Ramblers

Honeypot
Love, Lust, Liquor & Lies 2013 via Independent
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Kalamazoo, MI - Mark Lavengood, Steel Guitar

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The Infamous Stringdusters

Vertigo
Laws Of Gravity: Live 2017 via Compass

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Benny Martin & Johnny Gimble

Dueling Fiddles
The Fiddle Collection 2007 via CMH
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Benny Martin: Inventor Of The Eight-String Fiddle - Long Associations With Bill Monroe, Don Reno, Flatt & Scruggs And John Hartford; Johnny Gimble: Co-Founding Member Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys; Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In The Early Influence Category (1999)

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Donna Ulisse

Without Trouble Please
Breakin' Easy 2017 via Mountain Home Music Co.
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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Zoe Mulford

Blackbird
Small Brown Birds 2017 via Zoe Mulford
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Pickin' On the Beatles. 1968 (White Album)

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Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers

Girl from River Run
The Long-Awaited Album 2017 via Rounder
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The Long-Awaited Album; Named Oddly Enough "The Long-Awaited Album"

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8:00 am