Rodney Whitaker

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

The Bootstrap Boys

GR HomeGrown

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Ellis Paul

Fourteen-Time Boston Music Awards Recipient, Considered The Pinnacle Of Contemporary Acoustic Music Success - Bridging The Gap Between The Modern Folk Sound And The Populist Traditions Of Woody Guthrie And Pete Seeger

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This '70s-Era Secular Gospel Track Calls Upon Spirituality-Not Religion, And Addresses How We Exist With One Another

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The Knitters

The Knitters Formed In 1982 As A Side Project To The Band Members' Primary Commitments; Exene Cervenka, John And Doe DJ Bonebrake Were Three Of The Four Members Of The Punk Band X, And Dave Alvin Of The Blasters. Releasing A Debut Album In 1985, The Knitters Reformed Twenty-Five Years Later, Releasing The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters

Thomas Morris And His Seven Hot Babies

New York Based Jazz Ensemble Led By Cornetist Thomas Morris, Prominent During The 1920's - Morris's Primitive Style Was An Excellent Example Of How New York Brass Players Sounded Before The Rise Of Louis Armstrong

Lakota John And Kin

Lumberton, NC - Lumbee Nation Slide Guitarist Influenced By Charlie Patton and Scrapper Blackwell, Stirring Up A Musical Southern Stew With Their Ancestors' Ancient Harmonies And Traditional Blues Melded Together

Dave Jordan & The NIA

Stellar Blues Groove By The Veteran New Orleans Music Scenester

The Jetbeats

GR's Vintage Rock & Roll And Beat Band

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The Isley Brothers

Cincinnati, OH - The Debut Album Covers A Few Jazz Standards Given The Isley Treatment, Including St. Louis Blues, Often Referred to As the Jazzman's Hamlet. W. C. Handy Composed The Lyrics In September 1914, And Recounts In His Autobiography Hearing The Tune Of The Streets Of St. Louis In 1892. The Song Has Been Inducted Twice Into the Grammy Hall Of Fame.

Ellen McIlwaine

Undercover: Al Green, 1974

Stonewall Jackson

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Stonewall Jackson Achieved His Greatest Fame During Country's "Golden" Honky Tonk Era In The 1950's And Early '60's. Stonewall Is Not A Nickname; Being Named After The Confederate Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, And Became The First Artist To Join The Grand Ole Opry Before Obtaining A Recording Contract, Which Came to Be In 1958. Stonewall Turns 87 In a Few Days.

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A Thirteen-Year Quest By Educator And Cultural Documentarian Martin Koenig Studying The Folk Music And Dances Of Rural Communities Throughout Bulgaria

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

One Of The Classic Motown Duets Of All Time

Jon Stickley Trio

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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Asheville, NC - Authentic Representation Of The Asheville Region's Quintessential Roots Music Sound, And The Music Scene The Honeycutters Helped Define

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Fresh Into Traditions!

Viola McCoy

Like So Many Of The Early Female Blues Recording Artists, Viola McCoy's Roots Were In Vaudeville. Relocation To New York City Gave Her Opportunity To Perform Musical Theater, And Signing With Numerous Record Labels Over A Ten Year Period; Recording Under Various Pseudonyms. The 1920's Side's Were Accompanied By Porter Grainger And Fletcher Henderson. Moving Upstate, Mss McCoy Operated A Nightclub In Saratoga, Leaving Show Business Around 1938. Viola McCoy Passed On In 1938

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Viola McCoy

?/?/1900 Mississippi (?) - ?/?/1956 New York

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Bud Shank Quartet

Don Prell, Bass...Chuck Flores, Drums...Claude Williamson, Piano...Bud Shank, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - - - - 820 Jazz Presents "Bud Shank Plays Tenor", Released in 1957 On The Pacific Jazz Label. Shank Records This Album In A Quartet Amalgamation, Switching To The Tenor Sax On This One, Capturing More Soul And Depth In His Lyrical Solos. Bud's Alto flute Solo On "California Dreamin'" Is Timeless. This Morning The Quartet Covers The 1946 Jazz Standard 'Tenderly' In Its Usual Charm And Grace.

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

Multi-Award Winning; Critically-Acclaimed Bluegrass Quartet

The Carter Family

Sara Carter, Lead Vocal - The Music Of The Carter Family Had A Profound Impact On Bluegrass, Country, Southern Gospel, Pop And Rock Musicians, As Well As On The U.S. Folk Revival Of The 1960's. They Were The First Vocal Group To Become Country Music Stars

JP Soars

Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Dervish

Featuring Steve Earle - Dervish's First Studio Album In More Than A Decade