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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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Baka Beyond

An Gwirder
East To West 2002 via Narada
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
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The Mammals

Beautiful One
Sunshiner 2018 via Humble Abode
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Phil Madeira

Crescent Park
Providence 2018 via Mercyland Records
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James Harman

In with the Grief...In with the G
Fineprint 2018 via Electro-Fi
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Harpist For ZZ Top
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Olivia Mainville

Je Ne Sais Pas
Maybe The Saddest Thing 2015 via Independent
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GR Flavor

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Roots of Creation

Shakedown Street
Grateful Dub 2018 via Bomb Shelter
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Johnny Cash

Heart Of Gold
Unearthed 2003 via American Recordings
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Guests Musicians: Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Barbara Dane

Walking Blues
Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard Hitting Songs 2018 via Smithsonian Folkways
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One Of The True Unsung Heroes Of American Roots Music Joined Here By Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
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Varetta Dillard

Send Me Some Money [1957]
So Many Ways 2014 via Cherished
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Major R&B Singer Of The 1950's
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Sarah King and The Smoke Rings

Lazy River
Sarah King & The Smoke Rings 2016 via Alex Levin Music
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Composer: Hoagy Carmichel, 1930
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Spoonful Of Blues: Memphis Minnie And Kansas Joe McCoy

Chicksaw Train Blues [1934]
Authentic Memphis blues 2015 via Maestro
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Memphis Minnie Shattered The 1920's Blues Diva Era Mould As A Guitarist, Singer And Songwriter As Steeped In Country Blues As Any Delta Songster And When She Moved To Chicago In 1930, She Made A Telling Contribution To The Blues' Urban Transformation.Minnie Cut Well Over 200 Tracks Before Her Failing Health Led To Her Retiring Back To Memphis In 1955, Passing On In 1973.

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Spoonful Of Blues: Memphis Minnie And Little Son Joe

It's Hard To Please My Man
Memphis Minnie, Vol. 5 (1940-1941) 1991 via Document
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Lizzie Douglas, June 3, 1897 Louisiana - August 6, 1973; Tennessee; Ernest Lawlars, May 18, 1900 Arkansas - November 14, 1961 Tennessee; Wilbur McCoy, May 11, 1905 Mississippi - January 28, 1950 Illinois
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Luke Winslow-King

Moving On (Towards Better Days)
The Coming Tide 2013 via Bloodshot Records
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Appearing: Buttermilk Jamboree, 6/16 (Saturday Show)

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Marcia Ball

Shine Bright
Shine Bright 2018 via Alligator Records
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The Band

Yazoo Street Scandal
Music From Big Pink 1968 via Capitol
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Levon On Vocals - An Outake Recorded For The "Music From Big Pink" Sessions, Re-Surfacing Seven Years Later On "The Basement Tapes"
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Birds Of Chicago

Roisin Starchild
Love In Wartime 2018 via Signature Sounds
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Alison Russell & JT Nero Co-Producing Once Again With Luther Dickinson
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Steve Forbert

Cellophane City
Little Stevie Orbit 1980 via Nemperor Records
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Forbert's Third Release
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The Founding

Beast of The Waves
Form 2017 via THEFOU
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Kalamazoo, MI; Appearing At the Buttermilk Jamboree, 6/16 (Delton, MI)

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Rev. Gary Davis

You Got To Move
Rev. Gary Davis: Live At Newport, 1965 2006 via Vanguard
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The Folk/Blues Revival Of The 50's Brought Many Original Blues Players To Prominence, Perhaps The Most Influential Of All Was Rev. Gary Davis, A Gruff Old 'Guitar Evangelist' Who Possessed A Fantastic Touch On The Guitar; A Sublime Harp Tone And A Repertoire Of Sacred And Secular Songs That Would Run To Several Volumes

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'820' Jazz Presents: The Modern Jazz Quartet

Django
Django 1956 via Prestige
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John Lewis, Piano...Percy Heath, Bass...Kenny Clarke, Drums...Milt Jackson, Vibraphone

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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

July, You're a Woman
Downey To Lubbock 2018 via Yep Roc
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Nobody's Darlin'

Sittin' On Top of the World
Kitchen Girls 2010 via Independent
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One Of GR's Finest!

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Tommy Jarrell

God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
The Legacy Of Tommy Jarrell, Vol. 2: Rainbow Sign 1999 via County
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Highly Influential Fiddler And Banjo Player From The Mount Airy Region Of North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains
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Alison Krauss & Union Station

Pastures Of Plenty
Lonely Runs Both Ways 2004 via Rounder / Pgd
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Woody Guthrie, 1941
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