Pacific Mambo Orchestra

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

Bart Budwig

New Music Into 'YCE

Chris Shutters and Jimmy Burns

Shutter's Debut Album; Joined By A Chicago Blues Legend

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Hayes Griffin & Nate Roberts

GR Flavor!

The Wood Brothers

Appearing In Detroit At The Majestic Theater, 4/7

Donovan

Second Release From The Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer (2014)

Thelma Carpenter

Joined Basie In 1939, Then Sang For Teddy Wilson. Miss Carpenter Has Great Success On The Broadway Stage

Big Band Express

Detroit, MI

Tami Neilson

New Zealand Based Country-Soul Singers New Album Due In A Couple Of Weeks

The Beat Farmers

Forming In San Diego In 1983, The Beat Farmers Enjoyed A Cult Following Into Early 1990's - At The Time, The San Diego Reader Summed Up Their Sound As ..."Like Bo Diddley, CCR, Joe South, And The Yardbirds, Ham Fisted Into A Food Processor, Stuffed Into A Shotgun Shell, And Blasted Into A Beer Keg At Three In The Morning."

Lakou Mizik

A Multi-Generational Collective Of Haitian Musicians Formed In The Aftermath Of The Devastating 2010 Earthquake, Consisting Of Elder Legends And Rising Young Talents

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Waylon Jennings

Nice Reworking Of Kristofferson's Classic

Mark Lavengood

GR Flavor!

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Chris Hillman

One Of The Pioneers Of Country Rock - Co-Founder Of The Byrds, Member Of The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas And The Desert Rose Band

Devil in a Woodpile

Chicago, IL - Began Playing Together In The Early '90s As The Backing Band For David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Devil In A Woodpile Routinely Give A Fresh Sound To 80-Year-Old Songs

Larry Campbell

Debut Album Released After Seven Years Of Playing In Levon Helm's Band - And Frequent Guesting With Phil Lesh, Little Feat, Jorma Kaukonen And Jack Casady

Giant Sand

Los Angeles, CA - Founded As The Giant Sandworms In The Late 1970's. Howie Gelb Continues At The Helm. Joey Burns and John Convertino Departed Giant Sand In 1995, Forming Calexico (Heard Here On 'YCE)

Kim Richey

Kim Begins Touring Next Month Celebrating The Twentieth Anniversary Release Her Debut Album, "Glimmer"

Martin Sexton

Appearing February 21 At The Ark, Ann Arbor

Bo Diddley

In 1945, Ellas McDaniel Was A 16 Year-Old Punk Hanging Out On The Corner Of 47th And Langley Avenue In Chicago, Playing The Blues With Earl Hooker. Working A Variety Of Odd Jobs "Anything To Make A Buck", He Soon Formed The Hipsters With Jody Williams And Roosevelt Jackson To Try And Get Some Paying Gigs. By '48, They Had A Residency At The 708 Club, And With The Addition Of Drummer Clifton Jones And Maraca Fiend Jerome Green, The Heavy Shuffling Pulse Of Bo Diddley's Music Was Starting To Take Shape. It Would Go On To Change The Sound Of the Blues. Ellas Otha McDaniel Passed On In 2008.

Bo Diddley

December 30, 1928 MS - June 2, 2008 FL

Jimmy Heath Quartet

'820' Jazz Presents: "Picture Of Health" Featuring Performances Recorded In 1975 By Jimmy Heath, Whose Compositions Became Part Of The Mid-Century Jazz Canon. On This Blowing Session, We Find Mr. Heath Sounding Very Comfortable In The Gathered Quartet Configuration; His Saxophone Sound Spare And Playful, A Beaming Tone That Exuded Both Joy And Command. Will Lost Jimmy This Past Week At The Age Of 93. We Go In A Few Cuts Deep For "Bruh Slim," Here On .820' Jazz - - - - - - - - Sam Jones, Bass...Barry Harris, Piano..Billy Higgins, Drums...Jimmy Heath, Tenor Saxophone

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives

The Slocan Ramblers

Homegrown Canadian 'Grass

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Bobby Bare

Ironton, OH - During The 1950's, Bare Repeatedly Tried And Failed To Sell His Song. Chet Atkins Signed Him To RCA Victor In 1962 With The Release Of "Detroit City"

The Haden Triplets

Latest From The Daughters Of Pioneering Jazz Bassist Charlie Haden With A Reworking Of The Carter Family Classic

Tim O'Brien

Reworking The Beatles, 1965 Rubber Soul