Ben Markley Big Band

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

Mose Allison

Taking On The The Ellington Classic With His Usual "Moseisms" - Engineered By The Great Rudy Van Gelder

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Native Hawaiian Singer-Songwriter, Musician, And Hawaiian Sovereignty Activist - Co-Founding Member Of The Makaha Sons Of Niʻihau In 1975, The Island's Most Popular Contemporary Traditional Group

Tall Tall Trees

Musical Pseudonym Of Vocalist And Multi-Instrumentalist Banjo Savant Mike Savino - The Name Of The Project was Inspired By The George Jones-Roger Miller Song Of The ame Name

Jo-Jo Adams

One Of The Unsung Heroes Of Early 1950's R&B And Jump Blues

Maureen Choi Quartet

Choi's Quartet Mixes Up A Unique Blend Of The Folkloric Traditions Of Spain, Cuba And South America

Band Of Ruhks

Comprised Of Former Members Of The Lonesome River Band, The Band Of Ruhks Re-Unite Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby And Kenny Smith,

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Ali Farka Toure

The African Continent's Most Internationally Renowned Musicians; Widely Regarded As Representing A Point Of Intersection Of Traditional Malian Music And Its North American Cousin, The Blues

Dustbowl Revival

Appearing In GR At the Pyramid Scheme, 3/19

Jimmie Skinner

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Born In Berea, Kentucky, Jimmie's Early Influence In Hillbilly Music Came From Jimmie Rodgers. His First Attempts Signing A Record Contract In The 1930's Was Unsuccessful, Not having another Opportunity Til 1949 On King Records. At This Time Skinner's Songwriting Skills Came Into Play, Composing Two That Are Country And Bluegrass Standards. He Also Operated A Successful Mail-Order Record Business And Retail Store For Many Years In Cincinnati. Jimmie Passed On In 1979.

James P. Johnson And Bessie Smith

A Pioneer Of Stride Piano, Bridging The Ragtime And Jazz Eras; The Model For Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller

Uqualla

Healing Chant: Medicine Men Receiving A Song In Dream Or Vision Instructing Them iI How To Carry Out The Treatment Of Their Patient

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Iris Dement

Guests On The Track Include Lonnie Mack, Chuck Leavell And Delbert McClinton

Nick Larocca And The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

The First Recorded Jazz Band; The Band Which Recorded And Released The First Jazz Recording In 1917 - Larocca's "Tiger Rag," Is One Of The Most Recorded Jazz Classics Of All-Time

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

A Bluesy Ode To Self-Reflection - The Tenth Release Celebrates Twenty-Five Years Together - Have Organically Evolved Into One Of The Finest Roots-Oriented Bands In North America

John Renbourn & Wizz Jones

The British Guitarists Only Collaboration Together, Recorded A Few Days Before Renborn's Passing

Curtis Jones And L.C. McKinley

Curtis Jones Was A Texas Blues Pianist With A Distinctive Light Touch, And A Successful Recording Career In Chicago Before WWII. A Revival On The 1960's Blues Scene Brought Renewed Interest to His Work. Jones Developed His Style In Dallas, Moving It Through Kansa City AndThen To Chicago, Recording For Several Of The Windy City's Recording Studios. Bob Dylan Covered Curtis's "Highway 51" On His First Album. Relocating To Europe In 1968, Curtis Jones Passed On 1971.

Curtis Jones

August 18, 1906 Texas - September 11, 1971 Germany

Tony Rice And John Carlini

'820' Jazz: Two Former Members Of the David Grisman Quartet, Tony Rice And John Carlini's Only Live Collaboration Was Recorded This Month In 1996. "Live In North Carolina," Is A Collection Of Material Developed Over Years Of Jamming Together With the Grisman Quartet. This Morning's Selection Is The Theme From A Late 1960's Television Series.

Kelly Willis

Undercover: John Hiatt, 1988 (Slow Turning)

Dillard & Clark

Recorded In 1968, Shortly After Gene Clark Departed The Byrds For The Second Time, And Doug Dillard Left The Dillards - A Unique Masterpiece At The Intersection Of Country Rock And Americana

Highwoods String Band

The Band's Most Fertile Performing Time Came During The 1970's

Rhiannon Giddens

The Co-Founder Of The Carolina Chocolate Drops Celebrating Number 43 In A Couple Of Weeks

Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band

First New Album In Six Years

Michigan-I-O

An Album Of Folk Songs Sung Throughout The Great Lakes In The Camps Of The Lumber And Mining Trades During The 19th Century