Brooklyn Funk Essentials

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

Monsters Of Folk

Formed In 2004; Disbanding In 2010 - Jim James, Conor Oberst, M Ward, Mike Kogis & Will Johnson

This Is The Kit

A Staple Of The Folk Rock Repertoire, Jack-A-Roe Is A Traditional Ballad Of Uncertain Origin, Probably British - Found Twice In England As "The Maid Of Chatham", Collected Seventeen Times In Scotland Under "Jack Monroe". American Broadsides Of The Song Date Back To 1830.

Royal Southern Brotherhood

New Orleans, LA - Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Yonrico Scott, Chalie Wooten

Frank Bey

Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Hiss Golden Messenger

MC Taylor And Crew From Durham, NC

Mickey Hart

The Diga Rhythm Band Is A Percussion-Based Music Ensemble Led By Mickey Hart And Zakir Hussain; Originally Released On Vinyl In 1976. Recorded At Hart's Studio The Barn In Novato, California, The Ensemble Effectively Introduced Percussion-Driven, Globally Minded Grooves To An Entirely New Audience

Washington Phillips

Texas Gospel And Blues Singer With Eighteen Late 1920's Recording To His Credit, Described As a Jack-Leg Preacher; Addressing Spontaneous Gatherings On The Street

Loretta Lynn

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Loretta's Twenty-Ninth Solo Studio Album, Recorded During Three Sessions In December 1976 at Bradley's Barn In Mount Juliet, Tennessee. With Producer Owen Bradley, Loretta Revisits the Music Of Her Good Friend, The Late Patsy Cline

Erroll Garner

Jazz Legend!

COMPILATIONS

Compiled And Produced By David Byrne

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Coteau

Before Beausoleil, There Was Coteau: One Common Thread, Michael Doucet

Steve Goodman

Mentor To John Prine - Opening Act For Kris Kristofferson, Impressed With Steve's Talent Introduced Him To Paul Anka, Who Brought Him To New York to Record A Few Demos, Resulting In Goodman signing His First Record Contact For Buddha Records

Salamander Crossing

Reworking Shawn Colvin - Deriving Their Name From A Pair Of Tunnels In Amherst, Massachusetts That Salamanders Use In Order To Cross The Road To Mate In Their Vernal Ponds

Tommy McClennan

One Of America's Most Successful Down-Home Blues Recording Artists, Recording 20 Singles For Lester Melrose's Bluebird Label,1932-1942. One Of The Most Ferocious Blues Singers To Get Near A Microphone, McClennan Unleashed His Gruff, Unbridled Blues In The Studio, Sometimes Further Energizing The Recordings With Lively Comments Urging Himself On. The Last Time Honeyboy Edwards Saw Him, McClennan Was Drinking Heavily And Living In A Hobo Jungle. Tommy McClennan Passed On In 1961.

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Tommy McClennan

January 4, 1905 MS - May 9, 1961 IL

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The Tom Tallitch Quintet

'820' Jazz : A Mainstay In Philadelphia Jazz Clubs, Tom Tallitsch Expands From His Usual Duo Setting To A Quintet Configuration, Conjuring Up The Vibe Reminiscent Of Gary Burton's Groups Of The 1970's. This Morning's '820' Jazz Presentation Is "Medicine Man," Title Track From The First Outing As A Quintet, Released In 2008. - - - - - Tony Miceli, Vibraphone...Victor Baker, Guitar..Paul Gehman, Bass...Don Monaghan, Drums...Tom Tallitsch, Tenor Saxophone

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One Of Chicago's Best Kept Secrets

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The Friendly City Playboys : This Mornings Vintage Pick

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Full Cord

GR Pickin'!

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Black Twig Pickers

Quartet Of Appalachian Musicians Hailing From Greenbrier, West Virginia

The Dead South

Quartet Of Canadian Pickers Based In Saskatchewan

Emmylou Harris

Undercover: Billy Joe Shaver