Mike Longo

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

Mark Hummel

New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Bossacucanova

Brazilian Musical Group Combining Traditional Bossa Nova With Electronica

Miss Tess

Fresh Into 'YCE - This Album Is A Tremendous Display Of Miss Tess's Range As An Artist

Lizanne Knott

Multi-Award Winning Northwestern Pennsylvania Troubadour, Navigating The Songwriting Path Of Her Autobiographical Muse

Lucille Span

Dynamite Singer In Her Own Right, And Wife Of Preeminent Chicago Pianist Otis Spann

Waylon Thibodeaux

Houma, LA - Louisiana's 16 Year Old Fiddling Champion, Now Known As Louisiana's Rockin' Fiddler

Artists For Peace and Justice, Habib Koite

A Non-Profit Organization Founded In 2009 By Filmmaker Paul Haggis That Encourages Peace And Social Justice And Addresses Issues Of Poverty And Enfranchisement In Communities Around The World. The Organization Is Currently Focused On Continuing The Construction Of The Academy For Peace and Justice In Port-Au-Prince

Bennie Smith

St. Louis Blues Guitarist, Considered To Be One Of The City's Patriarchs Of Electric Blues. His Sound Was Emblematic Of St. Louis Blues Music That He Helped Define In Over Half A Century Practicing His Trade.

Beethoven Ben

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Capturing The Days Of The Flapper And The Speakeasy When The Secret Password Gave You Entrance To A World Of Excitement And Fun

Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

Composer: Huddie William Ledbetter, 1940 - "Cotton Fields" Took Its Rightful Place Into The Canon Of Folk Music In 1954

Doc & Richard Watson

A 1997 Concert Performance By The Legendary Arthel "Doc" Watson And David "Dawg" Grisman Along With Guitarist Jack Lawrence Who Traveled With Doc For Many Years. - Doc's Grandson Richard Is Featured In a Rare Blues Mini-Set

Trout Steak Revival

Appearing In GR 3/14 At The Listening Room

Rory Block

The New Album Is a Tribute To The Groundbreaking Women Of The Blues; Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie And Rosetta Howard. Street Date: 3/27

William Prince

Second Release For the Winnipeg-Based, Juno Award Winning Singer-Songwriter

Anna Lynch Band

Fourth Generation Californian, Currently Residing In Asheville - Honed Her Skills On California's Bay Area Scene And The Backcountry Of Alaska, Earning Her First Accolades As A Band Leader And Songwriter.

Johnny "Big Moose" Walker

Blues Spotlight: Shy, Retiring Characters Don't Get Called 'Big Moose', And Loud Barrelhouse Pianist Johnny Walker Got His Tag From Working The Southern Circuit From Elmore James And Rice "Sonny Boy ll" Miller. Spent Some Time With Ike Turner And Earl Hooker Moving Through Memphis On The Way To Chicago In The Late 1950's, Becoming A Musician's Musician. Big Moose's Recording Credits Reads Like A Roster Of the Entire Chicago Scene. Johnny "Big Moose" Walker Passed On In 1999.

Johnny "Big Moose" Walker

Blues Spotlight: June 27, 1927 MS - November 27, 1999 IL

Panama Francis And The Savoy Four

'820' Jazz: This Morning's '820' Jazz Presentation Is A Tip Of the Hat To The 1938 Count Basie Gem "Jumpin' At The Woodside," By Legendary Jazz Drummer Panama Francis With Longtime Compatriots The Savoy Four. Panama's Career Began In 1934, And Continued Through This Live Recording In Switzerland In 1995 At the Age Of 76. - - - - -Joey 'G-Clef' Cavaseno, Alto Saxophone...Richard Wyans, Piano...Reggie Johnson, Bass...Panama Francis, Drums

Robert Earl Keen

Jim & Jesse

Bluegrass Legends Learning The Trade From Their Grandfather Charles McReynolds, Who Led The Band "The Bull Mountain Moonshiners" Ath The Famous Bristol Sessions In 1927

Aubrey Eisenman And The Clydes

Quartet Of Progressive Pickers From Asheville, NC Led By Upright Bassist Aubrey Eisenman

The Danberrys

Special Guest Vocalist: Darryl Scott - First Single Release From The forthcoming Album By The Nashville-Based, Award Winning Duo

Ian Noe

Beattyville, KY - In 2007 Ian Won The Grand Prize In The Appalachian Star Search In Hazard, Kentucky

Hawks and Owls

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