Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet

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

The Electric Rag Band

Tulsa-Based Rootsy Rock & Roll Band Draws Upon Many Styles Of American Music Of The Last 100 Years; "Why they Are Not More Of a Household Name Is Beyond Me." Robb M

Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos

The Reggae Band's Second Release - When Times Get Tough, "Chin Up"

John McCutcheon

John's Latest Album Is A Tribute To Pete Seeger - Hot Rize, Members Of Beausoleil And The Steel Wheels Guest

Mando And The Chili Peppers

Composer: Ernest Tubb

Rue De Funk

Sea Level

Macon, GA - Eponymous Debut From The Band, Existing for a Five-Year Stretch Beginning In 1976; Coming Together As An Offshoot Of The Allman Brothers Band, But As Tensions Grew Between The Loss Of Two Of Its Founding Members And Personal Grievances Between Gregg Allman And Other Bandmates, Sea Level Took On A Life Of Its Own As An Independent Band

Mulebone

John Ragusa & Hugh Pool

Charles Brown

Martin Luther King January 15, 1929 Georgia - April 4, 1968 Tennessee - Tomorrow This Nation Observes The Birth Of Dr. King

Rory Block

Block Honoring Her Mentor With His Music & Style Of Playing

Tangle Eye, Fuzzy Red, Hard Hair & Other Prisoners

Recorded By Alan Lomax On Parchman Farm In Mississippi - The Nicknames Of Lead Singers Were Given To Them When They First Entered The Prison Farm

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Yoshida Brothers

Performers Of The Traditional Japanese Music Style Of Tsugaru-Jamisen Which Originated In Northern Japan

The Greyhounds

Seeburg Jukeboxes Were First Manufactured In 1928, And Stood Tall For Sixty-One Years

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Tret Fure

Tret Fure's Musical Career Has Spanned Forty Decades, A Prominent Singer/Songwriter In The Women's Folk Music Scene - Tret's Debut Recording In 1973 Was Produced By Lowell George

Lula Wiles

Boston, MA - Appearing In Petosky At Blissfield Presents At Red Sky Stage, 3/22

John Mellencamp

Composer: Merle Travis, 1946 - Appearing 2/17 At Devos Performance Hall

Ian & Sylvia Tyson

At 85, Ian Is Retired - Sylvia At 78 Has Been A Member Of The Canadian Folk Group, Quartette Since 1993

Bessie Tucker

The Blues Spotlight: Despite Being One Of The Finest Downhome Female Blues Singers Ever To Record, Little Is Known Of Bessie Tucker, a Product Of Field Holler Vocal Traditions Of East Texas. A Recorded Legacy Of Twenty-Four Songs Are Documented. Miss Tucker's Legend Is Largely Founded On A Bawdy 1928 Memphis Session For the Victor Label Accompanied By Pianist K.D. Johnson. A 1929 Session Followed Recording One Song; "Pick Me Up Blues," Remains Untraced, At Which Time Bessie Tucker Disappeared From Performing. No Data Exists On The Later Events Of Her Life.

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Bessie Tucker

The Blues Spotlight: ?/?/1906 Texas - January 6, 1933 Texas

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Maceo Parker

Rodney Jones, Guitar...Fred Wesley, Trombone...Larry Goldings, Hammond B-3...Pee Wee Ellis, Tenor Saxophone...Bill Stewart, Drums...Maceo Parker, Alto Sax - - - - - Maceo Parker Returned To Prominence With The 1991 Recording Mo' Roots. The Former JB, Buttressed By Old Cohorts Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley, All Three Giving James Brown His Groove, Has Curated An Album Of Exceptional Jazz-Infused Soul-Funk; Covering Lionel Hampton and Horace Silver To Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding And Shep & The Limelites.This Morning's Selection Is A Parker Original. This Is '820' Jazz

Greensky Bluegrass

Recorded At Echo Mountain Recording, Asheville, NC - Two Night Stand At The Fillmore In Detroit 2/8 & 9

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Steve Earle & The Dukes

Street Date: 3/29 - Earle's Tip Of The Hat Honoring His Mentor, The Late Guy Clark

The Earls Of Leicester

Pickin' Out A Great Old Flatt & Scruggs Song

Uncle Dave Macon

Known As The Dixie Dewdrop - Uncle Dave's regional Fame Came As An Early 1920's Vaudeville Performer Before Becoming The First Star Of The Grand Ole Opry In The Latter Half Of The Decade

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The Handsome Family

Husband/Wife Duo Od Rennie And Brett Sparks From Chicago And Currently Based Albuquerque

The Be Good Tanyas

19th Century Minstrel Song Composed By Stephen Foster In 1848