Bob Thiele

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

The Andrew Sisters With Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians

Territory Of Christmas Island: Located In The Indian Ocean, 220 Miles South Of Java And Sumatra; First Visited By Europeans In 1643 - "That's Your World History Lesson For This Sunday."

Soweto Gospel Choir

Formed In Soweto, South Africa, The 30-Member Ensemble Blends Elements Of African Gospel, Negro Spirituals, Reggae And American Popular Music. - This Is A Wonderful Version Of The Jimmy Cliff Classic

Dion

Undercover: Robert Johnson, 1936 - The Rock & Roll Legend And Hall Of Famer Honors The Delta Blues Pioneer

Sonny Landreth

A Traditions! Preview Spin Of The Rootsy Grooves From The Title Track Of Sonny's Forthcoming Album Due 2/21

Railroad Earth

Sextet Of Progressive Pickers Founding the Band In Stillwater, NJ During 2001 Known For Lyrical Songwriting And Extensive Live Improvisation, And Appearing In GR With Old Salt Union 3/4/2020 At the Intersection

Michigan-I-O

A Project Of The Audio Museum Of American Song; A Collection Of Retuned 19th Century Folk Songs From The Alan Lomax Northern Michigan Field Recordings. These Songs Are Still Held In Public Domain

The Beatles

Honoring Motown's The Marvelettes, Whose Version Is Notable As The First Motown Song To Reach The Number-One Position On The Billboard Hot 100 In 1961. The Beatles Covered Quite A Few Motown And R&B Hits Early In Their Career. It Is Well Known That McCartney And Lennon Were Big Fans Of The Motor City Sound

Hazmat Modine

Online Stream Suggestion For the New York City Based Octet

Jean Shepard

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Along With Kitty Wells, A Pioneering Honky-Tonk Singer-Songwriter, Putting 73 Singles On The Hot Country Songs Charts, Recording 24 Studio Albums Beginning In 1956, and Becoming A Member OF The Grand Ole Opry One Year Earlier.

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Dori Freeman

Dori's Third Release; Produced By Teddy Thompson

David Arkenstone

The Earliest Printed Version Of "I Saw Three Ships" Is From The Early Part Of The17th Century. Many References Have Been Handed Down, Including The Ships Are Actually The Camels Used By The Three Wise Men; As Camels Are Frequently Referred To As "Ships Of The Desert".

Snooks Eaglin

A Major Figure In Post-War New Orleans Blues And R&B Circles, From His Beginnings As A Blind Street Singer To A Long Career As A 'Must-See' Artist In The Bars Around The French Quarter, To A Late Series Of Brilliant Albums

Indigo Swing

Retro-Swing Sextet Formed In San Francisco, Credited With Kick-Starting Northern California's New School Of Swing

JD McPherson

Have A Holly, Jolly Christmas!

The Resonant Rogues

Asheville, NC - The Rogues Weave The Threads Of Their Musical Tapestry That Simultaneously Showcases Tradition And Innovation

Gregory Alan Isakov

Johannesburg, SA Singer/Songwriter Raised In Philadelphia, and Beginning His Musical Career Supporting Kelly Joe Phelps

Barrelhouse Buck McFarland

Blues Spotlight: Raised In St. Louis, Where Many Of His Contemporaries Played A Gutsy Style Of Boogie-Woogie Piano Known As "Barrelhouse," Buck McFarland's Playing Had A Rougher And More Insistent Rhythm, Perhaps Inspired By His Early Days As A Drummer. Buck's Debut Recording Appeared In 1929, And by 1934 Adopted A Fierce, Growling Vocal To Match His Swinging Piano, Perhaps To Compete With His Accompanists, Drawn From Among A Rasping Fiddler, A Clarinettist, and Peetie Wheatstraw's Guitar. Together They Made Exciting Dance Music. Thirty Years Would Pass Before McFarland's Next Recording Session. Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland Passed Eight Months Later In 1962.

Barrelhouse Buck McFarland

Blues Spotlight: September 16, 1903 IL - April ? 1962 MO

Dexter Gordon Quartet

'820' Jazz Presents: Cedar Walton, Piano...Percy Heath, Bass...Art Blakey, Drums...Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - -Towards The End Of The 1980 Session For "Gotham City," The Dexter Gordon Quartet Were In Fine Form And The Thought The Groove Ending At That Moment Didn't Feel Right. Art Blakey Suggested The Holiday Standard He Had Recently Heard Judy Garland Sing In the Motion Picture "Meet Me In St. Louis." So, With One Run Through The Band Recorded The Standard, Left Off The Original Vinyl Release In 1980 And Reappearing Thirty-Nine Years Later On The 2012 Re-Release. '820' Jazz Presents The Dexter Gordon Quartet

Del McCoury

Hired To Sang Lead Vocals And Play Rhythm Guitar For Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys In 1963, Leaving to Pursue A Solo Career One Year Later

Tommy Jarrell

A Motor Grader For The North Carolina Highway Department, Jarrell Was An Influential Mountain Fiddler; Honored With The National Endowment For the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship In 1982.

Catfish Keith

One Of The Most Exciting Country Blues Performers Of Our Time

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Born In Pennsylvania, Robbie Grew Up In A Half-Dozen Small Towns In Southeast Pennsylvania, The North Carolina Piedmont, And The Blue Ridge Area Of Virginia

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Mandolin Orange

Appearing At The Ann Arbor Folk Festival The Weekend Of 1/31