Willie and Lobo

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

Uncle Tupelo

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Mary Bridget Davies

Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Pops Staples

Negro Spiritual Based On Biblical Scripture; Jeremiah 17:8-9 And Psalm 1:3

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Continues The Quartet's Exploration Of Unusual Time Signatures That Began On The Classic "Time Out". The Tracks Are Ordered By The Number Of Beats Per Bar

The King Bees

The King Bees: Rob "Hound Dog" Baskerville And Penny "Queen Bee" Zamagni Call The Mountains Of North Carolina Home - This Year Marks The 32nd Anniversary Of The Band

10,000 Maniacs

Between The Album's Recording And Release Natalie Merchant Departed The Band To Pursue What Would Be A Very Successful Solo Career; Enter Mary Ramsey, Celebrating Her Twenty-Fifth Year As A Cherished Maniac

Kitchen Dwellers

Bozeman, MT - Founded During A Series Of Jam Sessions In The Kitchen

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The Walker Brothers

Forming In 1964 Los Angeles From Remnants Of "The Surfaris" And "The Standells"; A Trio Of Non-Brothers Calling Themselves The Walker Brothers, Achieving Much More Success In The United Kingdom Then Here In The States

The Teskey Brothers

Melbourne, Melbourne, AU

The Louvin Brothers

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Ira And Charlie Served As The Link Between The Delmore Brothers And The Everly Brothers. The Brothers First Performed As The Radio Twins In 1942, And Became Members Of The Grand Ole Opry Thirteen Years Later. Commercial Success Did Not Happen Until Their Signing With Capitol In 1952. The Brothers High, Lonesome Harmonies, Were Closer To Country Music Of The 1930's Than The Honky-Tonk Or Country-Pop Of The Mid-1950's. Gram Parsons And Emmylou Harris Introduced The Louvin's Songs To Rock World; Several Tributes Have Been Recorded Over The Years Honoring The Ground-Breaking Duo That Helped Shape Authentic Country Music The Louvin Brothers Were Elected To The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001.

Ragpicker String Band

Undercover: Blind Willie Johnson, 1928

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Tony Duncan & Darrin Yazzie

An Album Of Melodies About Songs Of Courtship, Meditation And Healing Heard Deep In The Canyons Of The Southwest

Over The Rhine

Lakou Mizik

Featuring Leyla McCalla - Powerhouse Collective Of Haitian Roots Music Musicians

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The Cactus Blossoms

Twin Cities Roots Music Band Led By Brothers Jack Torrey And Page Burkum. Produced By JD McPherson, The Brothers' Superb Harmonies Are Compared To Both The Louvin And Everly Brothers

Deborah Payne And Sam Gleaves

English Folk Ballad Originating In The Early 1700's. The Song Died Out In England By The Mid Eighteenth Century, But Was Rediscovered In North America In The Early Twentieth Century Where It Had Been Preserved In The Appalachian Mountains Through Oral Traditions

Percy Mayfield With His Maytones

Blues Spotlight: One Of The Most Influential R&B Singer/ Songwriters Of The Post-War Era, Often Called 'The Poet Laureate Of The Blues', Percy Mayfield Scored A String Of Hit Blues Ballads In The Early 50's. The West Coast Sound Chimed With The Mood Of The Times, And For Two Years Mayfield Stayed At Top Of His Game, Until An Automobile Accident Curtailed His Performing Career. Signed To Chess Records In 1955, Percy's Tremendous Songwriting Talent Provided Massive Hits For Ray Charles. Percy Mayfield Passed On In 1984

Percy Mayfield

Blues Spotlight: August 12, 1920 Louisiana - August 11, 1984 California

Wayne Shorter

Featuring Wynton Marsalis Conducting The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra

Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

This Morning's Vintage Pick! - Twelve-Years Later The Was Performed The Black Mountain Boys,Whose Members Included Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Eric Thompson, Sandy Rothman And David Nelson

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Kate Wolf

Remembering Kate Wolf, Taken By Leukemia Thirty-Fours Years Ago. Kate's Immeasurable Impact On Folk Music Is Still Felt To This Day

Chet Atkins

One Of The Chief Architects Of The Nashville Sound In The 1950's & 60's

Aaron Lee Tasjan

A Distinct "Indie Folk Grit," With Words Soaked In Spilled Whiskey, Misunderstood Tears And Dusty Memories; Seeping Into The Cracks Of Your Troubled Soul