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

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Barbara Simpson

Popcorn Scene: A Style Of Music And Dancing First Established In Belgium In The 1970's, With Emphasis On Relatively Obscure Recordings From the Late 1950's And Mid-1960's - Possibly The Last Truly Underground Music Scene In Europe

Miriam Makeba

Choral Arrangements Conducted By Hugh Masekela

Grace Potter

Eric Bibb

First Noted During The American Civil War At St. Helena Island, One Of The Sea Islands Of South Carolina. First Published In 1867 In A Collection Of Slave Songs

2CELLOS

Croatian Cellist Duo Exploring A Diverse Catalogue With Their Signature Boundary-Breaking Playing Style - Composers: Ludwig Von Beethoven, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals With The Blind Boys Of Alabama

Honors: Grammy For Best Gospel Album, 2005

Fiona Boyes

Multiple Blues Music Awards Recipient For 2016's "Professin' The Blues"

Woody Herman

Jazz Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Singer, And Big Band Leader, And For Its Time, Leading Various Cutting Edge And Experimental Groups Called "The Herd". Herman Came To Prominence In The Late 1930's And Was Active Until His Death In 1987.

Cajun Roosters

German Cajun Quintet Evolving From The Cajun Pioneers In 2005

Roy Milton

Composed By Huey "Piano' Smith, 1957 - Johnny Rivers Took It To The Top Of The International charts, 1972

Johnny Cash

Composed By Film Actor Sam Jones, 1948 - The Songs Melody Is Based On "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"

The Coal Porters

Kentuckian Sid Griffin Led The Long Ryders During The 1980's; Founded The Coal Porters In the 1990's, And Is The Author Of Volumes On Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons And Bluegrass Music

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson Family

Written By Abolitionist And Union Supporter Henry Clay Work, 1876; His Family's Home Became A Stop On The Underground Railroad

9 O'Clock Doc: Dock Boggs

Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs' 1927 Recordings Of Raw, Powerful Singing And Distinctive Banjo-Playing Have Moved And Influenced Musicians, Including Doc Watson. Dock Was A Coal Miner In Southwestern Virginia And Played Music Informally Except For A Brief Period When He Had A Band After His 1927 Recordings.

David Olney

Nashville, TN - Opened For Elvis Costello In The Early Days

Cowboy Junkies

'YCE Artist Of The Day tomorrow

Robert Mirabal

Two-Time Native American Artist Of The Year

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris

Sister O.M. Terrell

For Seventy-Five Years, Sister O.M. Terrell Lived The Life Of An Itinerant Evangelist, Singing Her Own Gospel Compositions During The Great Depression, Becoming A Blues-Minded Street Musician Using Her Talents To Evangelize Passer-Bys And Non-Believers. Even In The Studio Her Spiritual Fervor Remained Intact, Which Made For Some Of The Most Moving Records Of The Delta Blues And Gospel Genres; Recording Only Six Sides In 1953. An Overlooked Talent, Sister Ola Mae Terrell Faded From The Music Business Passing On In 2006 At The Age Of 95.

Sister O.M. Terrell

Blues Spotlight: ?/?/1911 GA - ?/?/2006 GA

Terry Gibbs Quintet

John Campbell, Piano...Todd Coolman, Bass...Gerry Gibbs, Drums...Buddy DeFranco, Clarinet...Terry Gibbs, Vibraphone

Lillie Mae

Roland White & Friends

Founding Member Of The Kentucky Colonels - Kristen Scott Benson, Banjo

John Lilly & Ralph Blizard

Legendary Appalachian Longbow Fiddler From Blount, TN

Merle Haggard

Merle's Critically Acclaimed Fiftieth Studio Release

Leyla McCalla

Haitian Folk Song

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard