Leo Kottke

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

The California Honeydrops

Street Date: 4/6 - Appearing At The Ark, Ann Arbor 5/8

Chris Jones, Allen Taylor & Grischka Zepf

Remembering Chuck Berry Passing On One Year Ago Today At The Age Of 90

Ry Cooder

Due Out In May - Prodigal Son Is His First Release In Six Years

Leftover Salmon

Appearing: Bell's Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo 5/16

Joseph Fire Crow

Highly Honored Cheyenne Flutist

Diana Hamilton

(YT) Kumasi, Ghana - Leading The Way To The New Generation Of Africa Gospel Music - Awards: Gospel Song Of The Year (Nominated)...Best Female Artiste At The Africa Gospel Awards

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The Paladins

Founded By Dave Gonzalez And Thomas Yearsley In San Diego, CA 1980 - The Band Appeared To Have Ended in 2004 During Which Time Gonzalez Founded The Hacienda Brothers Ending After Four Albums - Taking The Paladins Off Hiatus Status in '010, The Band Pushes On

Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie's Roots Are Anchored In Gospel Music - Relocating To Memphis, He Had Great Success With Stax Records

Cleo Brown

Started Her Career In Vaudeville; Pine Top Smith Taught Her The Boogie Woogie Piano Style; Influential To Dave Brubeck And Marion McPartland - Honors: National Endowment Of The Arts Jazz Master's Fellowship, 1987

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Spoonful Of Blues: Boo Hanks

Acclaimed North Carolina Bluesman Boo Hanks Had Little Recognition During His Younger Days, Opting For The Tobacco Fields And Raising A Large Family. Bought His First Guitar Selling Packets Of Garden Seeds; Cut His Chops In Local String Band, Recorded His First Album At Age 79, And Toured Europe Four Years Later. A Descendant Of Abraham Lincoln, Boo Is A Cherished Piedmont Blues Rediscovery; His Rich Musical Repertoire Reflects His Multi-Ethnic Heritage. Boo Hanks Showcases A Virtuosity In The Driving Time And Delicate Finger-Style Guitar Of The Classic Piedmont Blues Made Famous By Blind Boy Fuller. James Arthur Hanks Passed On In 2016 At The Age Of 87

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Spoonful Of Blues: Boo Hanks

April 30, 1928 NC - April 18, 2016 NC

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Son Volt

In the Early Years The Band Used Both St Louis And Minneapolis For Its' Base Of Operations

Anders Osborne & Monk Boudreaux

The Mammals

Appearing With Seth Bernard At The Ark, Ann Arbor 5/4

Oliver Swain

Swain Strays Towards The Whimsical, The Spiritual, And The Socially Conscious Side, Referring To It As "Chamber Folk Odyssey"

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Mink DeVille

House Band At The Historic New York City Nightclub CBGB, Where Punk Rock Was Born In The Mid-1970's - The Late Willie DeVille Defined The Band's Sounds With A Confluence Of Latin Rhythms, Blues Riffs, Doo-Wop, Cajun, Strains Of French Cabaret, And Echoes Of Early-1960's Uptown Soul, Creating Original Songs Rooted In Traditional American Musical Influences

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Acoustic Blues Drifter

Swiss Acoustic Blues Duo Walter Baumgartner & Joe Schwach Reviving The Marshall Tucker Band Chestnut

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'820' Jazz Presents: Bob Brookmeyer

Produced By Norman Granz, The Personnel Is Mel Lewis, Drums...Buddy Clark, Bass...Jimmy Rowles, Piano...Bob Brookmeyer, Valve Trombone

Paul Thorn

Fresh into 'YCE

Becky Buller

Appearing: Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/3

Justin Johnson

Although First Published In 1918, The Songs Roots Date Back to Before The American Civil War

Maybelle Carter And Sara Carter Boyes

I'm With Her

Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan