Jazz Jamaica

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

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Founded 1996 - Part Of A Revivalist Movement Recreating Mid-1960's To Mid-1970's Style Funk And Soul Music - Miss Jones Passed On In 2016

Bob Dylan

Undercover: Paul McCartney, 1964 (A Hard Day's Night)

Elmore James

Richland, MS - King Of The Slide Guitar, Noted For His Use Of Loud Amplification And Stirring Voice - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1992 As An "Early Influence" Inductee.

Janiva Magness

Fresh Blues In To The 'YCE Blues Alley

Harvest Sons

Rust Belt Roots Rockers Out Of Peoria, Currently Touring In Support Of Their Second Release

Michael Jerome Browne

Three-Time Canadian Folk And Blues Music Award Recipient - Multi-instrumentalist/Songwriter, And A Living Encyclopedia Of American Roots Music

Brave Combo

The Polka Originated In Bohemia During The Middle Of The 19th Century, Remaining A Popular Folk Music Genre Throughout Europe. Polka Is The Official State Dance Of Wisconsin

Rachael & Vilray

Debut Album By Lake Street Dive Singer-Songwriter Rachael Price And Composer, Guitarist Vilray, Covering The Great Peggy Lee

Lindsay Beaver

"She's Like The Love Child Of Amy Winehouse And Little Richard." - Bruce Iglauer, Alligator Records President

Randy Sabien

Jazz Violinist And Educator Reworking Ellington's 1931 Composition. Duke Wrote The Piece During An Intermission While Enjoying a Cocktail At A Chicago Tavern

Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Hank Learned To Play The Guitar From A Black Street Singer By The Name Of Rufe Payne. Early On, Williams Formed The Drifting Cowboys, And Over The Years When At Its Peak, That Band Would Become The Sound Of Legends. The Legend Of Hank Williams' Life Came To An End On New Year's Day 1953.

Billie And De De With the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The Author Of The Song Unknown. Circumstantial Evidence Strongly Suggested It Dated Back To Southern African-American Churches Of The Nineteenth Century Prior To The Civil War, And Is Perhaps The Most Frequently Played Number In The Hymn And Dirge Section Of Traditional New Orleans Jazz Funerals.

The Beatles

Ninth Release - One Of Several Songs Written By Original R&B Bad Boy Larry Williams Covered By The Beatles; John Was A Major Fan Of Larry's Work

Sons Of Bill

Wilson Brothers Out Virginia - Produced By Uncle Tupelo/Wilco Drummer Ken Coomer

The 40 Acre Mule

Dallas, TX - Influenced By The Pillars Of Rhythm & Blues; Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley And Ray Charles

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

Duo's Final Recording, Released Over Four Years After Carter's Unexpected Passing

The Sweet Lowdown

Canadian Roots Trio From Vanciouver

Carolina Slim

The Twenty-Seven Recordings By Carolina Slim Were Issued Under Several Pseudonyms, And The Influence Of Blind Boy Fuller Is Evident In His Finger-Picking. Slim Earned His Living In The 1940's Playing On Street Corners In The Deep South, Signed A Recording Contract With Savoy Records In 1950, And Relocated To New Jersey. The Quality Of Work Slim Left Behind Hints At A Major Talent That Did Not Come To Fruition. Edward P. Harris Passed On 1953 At The Age Of Thirty

Carolina Slim

August 23, 1923 North Carolina - October 22, 1953 New Jersey

Lionel Hampton Quartet

Oscar Peterson, Piano...Ray Brown, Bass...Buddy Rich, Drums...Lionel Hampton, Vibraphone - - - - - This Morning On '820' Jazz', The Lionel Hampton Quartet Masterfully Reworks The Classic "Moonglow." As Part Of The Benny Goodman Quartet In 1936, Hampton's Expertise On The Vibes Was At The Forefront Of The Goodman Sound, A Groove He Would Carry Until His Passing. On This Version Of Moonglow, Hampton Recruits The Top Trio Of Swingsters Of The Time - Moonglow Is On '820' Jazz

Kathy Kallick Band

Undercover: Richard Thompson, 1983 (Hand Of Kindness) - Peaked At Number Nine On The Country Charts For Jo-El Sonnier In The Fall Of 1988

Grandpa Jones

Louis Marshall Jones Born This Date In 1913, The Youngest Of Ten Children Born In To A Sharecropper's Family - Member Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame

Whiskey Shivers

Award-Winning Austin Quintet

Who Hit John

Kalamazoo, MI - The Origin Of The Term Is Unknown, But "Who-Hit-John" Refers To Intoxicating Spirits-Especially The Cheap Kind

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