Ron Levy

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

Rosie Flores

Undercover: Johnny Cash, 1956

Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo

Masters Of Their Craft

Bessie Smith

Vintage Bessie!

Bing Crosby w/ The Andrews Sisters

Composers: Joe Bushkin & John Devries, 1943 - Originally Recorded By Bing And The Andrews Sisters Vic Schoen and His Orchestra On June 30, 1944 Reaching Number One On The Top 100 Songs Of 1944

Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem

A Broadsheet Ballad , 1784 - Name Of An 18th-Century British Racehorse - Foaled In 1741

Kenny Blackwell

Composers: John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page And Robert Plant: Houses Of The Holy, 1973

Yo-Yo Ma

Vocals: Rhiannon Giddens - A Song With Roots Of Unknown Origin, This Version Blurs the Boundaries Between Traditional Blues, Marching Band Sound And Eastern European Folk Music

Martha & The Vandellas

Produced And Composed With A Gospel Backbeat, Jazz Overtones And Doo-Wop Call And Responsive Vocals, "Heat Wave" Was One Of The First Songs To Exemplify The Style Of Music Later Termed As The 'Motown Sound' - "Heat Wave," Garnered The Trio's Only Grammy Award Nomination For Best R&B Recording For 1964, Making The Vandellas The First Motown Group Ever To Receive A Grammy Award Nomination.

Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos

Bela Fleck

A Companion Album To The Documentary Film That Chronicles The African Pilgrimage Of Fleck In Search Of The Origins Of The Banjo

The Golden Gate Quartet

Founded At Booker T. High School In Virginia In 1931 - The Jubilee Quartet Remains Active To This Day

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Johnny Cash

Have A Safe Fourth Of July

Honey Island Swamp Band

Composer: Rev. Robert Wilkins

Jayme Stone

1930's Calypso Folk Ballad - The Album's Focus Is On Songs Collected By Folklorist Alan Lomax - Stone Brings Together Some Of North America's Most Distinctive And Creative Roots Musicians To Revive, Recycle, And Reimagine Traditional Music

Dave Alvin

Recorded January 1999 During An Appearance On Austin City Limits - Appearance: Alvin And Jimmie Dale Gilmore Currently On Tour With 'The Guilty Ones' Promoting Their Latest Collaboration "Downey to Lubbock," And Arriving At The Ark, Ann Arbor On 9/12

Cathie Ryan

Blessed With A Voice Of Luminous Clarity And A Gift For Unearthing Gems From Irish And American Song Traditions, And Showcasing Writers Whose work Deserves Wider Recognition

Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie Writing A Song For One Of Her Inspirations, Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey

April 26, 1886 Georgia - December 22, 1939 Georgia - Ma Rainey Fostered The Blues Idiom, And She Did So By Linking The Earthy Spirit Of Country Blues With The Classic Style Of Bessie Smith - She Often Played With Outstanding Jazz Accompanists That Included Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson And Sidney Betchet, And Was Just At Home Fronting A Jug Band Or Washboard Band - At The Turn Of the Century, And All Of Fourteen Years Of Age, Gertrude Pridgett Married Bill Rainey, And For The Next Twenty Years Toured The Deep South As Ma & Pa Rainey, The Assassinators Of The Blues - The Studios Came Calling In The Early 1920's And Rainey Recorded Well Over 100 Tracks - The Great Depression Sent Her Back To Georgia And Rainey Retired From Music, Passing On in 1939; Her Impact On The Blues is Immeasurable

Nestor Torres

Silvano Monasterios, Piano...Jamie Ousley, Bass...Michael Piolet, Drums...Miguel Russell & Gregorio Hernandez, Percussion...Nestor Torres, Flute

The Osborne Brothers

Vintage 'Grass From Sonny & Bobby

Lonesome River Band

Grassin' Up Dire Straits And Reworking "Calling Elvis" (On Every Street, 1991)

Jake Blount & Tatiana Hargreaves

An Collection Of Dusted Off Gems By A Few Of The Early Influences From Appalachia

Norman Blake

Composer: James Bland, 1880 - Gid Tanner First Recorded It In 1925 - Since Then Many Versions Adapted To Numerous Genres Have Appeared, But None So Masterfully Executed As Norman Blake - His Place On The Mount Rushmore Of Acoustic Guitarists Is Without Dispute - Blake Has Spent 65 Years Defining The Flatpicked Guitar

Diana Jones