Pacific Mambo Orchestra

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

David Bromberg Band

Produced By Larry Campbell - This Latest Collection Is The Most Intimate Portrait To Date Of David And His Band, Capturing Bromberg And His Band In All Of Their Road-Tested Glory

Tom Waits

Pomona, CA - Strongly Influenced By The Work of Bob Dylan And The Beat Generation, He Began Singing On The San Diego Folk Music Circuit As A Teenager, Relocating To Los Angeles In 1972. His Music Is Characterized By Lyrics Focusing On The Underside Of Society - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee; One-Hundred Greatest Songwriters Of All Time; Multiple Grammy Awards Recipient

Emile-Claire Barlow

Motion Picture Music By Burt Bacharach And Hal David - "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" 1969

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The Wood Brothers

Oliver & Chris Wood's Stunning Debut Produced By John Medeski.

Sonny Boy Williamson ll

Muddy Waters, Otis Spann And Willie Dixon Laying It Down With Sonny Boy.

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Shabaka and the Ancestors

An Octet Of South African Jazzmen Led By Barbadian Shabaka Hutchings Working Between Two Studios In Cape Town And Johannesburg And Releasing The Finished Effort "We Are Sent Here By History" A Few Days Ago. It's A Pan-African Outing That Conjugates African And Afro-Caribbean Traditions, A Cultural Journey Exploring The International Blend Of Spiritual Jazz

Jonathon Wilson

Accomplished Musician, Producer And Studio Proprietor Based In Los Angeles

Mark Hummel

Undercover: Jazz Gillum; First To Record "Key To The Highway" With Big Broonzy

Les Elgart & His Orchestra

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Began Playing Trumpet As A Teen, Turning Professional At Age Twenty. During The 1940's His Brass Graced The Big Bands Of by Raymond Scott, Charlie Spivak, And Harry James. He And Brother Larry Formed An Ensemble And Rode High On The Charts Until The End Of The 50's. Elgart Quit Performing, Preferring To Handle The Business Aspects Of The Band.

Essie Mae Brooks

Powerhouse Gospel Singer Born in Houston County, Georgia 1930, A Stones Throw Next To One Of America's Greatest Musical Epicenters, Macon; Birthplace Of Little Richard And The Allman Brothers Band

Two Siberians

A Russian Music Duo Sometimes Recording Under The Pseudonym 'White Fort' Had An Impressive Thirteen-Year Run Beginning in 2008.

Dom Flemons

Founding Member Of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Known As The American Songster - Dom's Muse Comes From The Old Time Music, The Originals Of Black Banjo Music For The Carolinas, The Fiddle And The Sounds Of Folks Like Sid Hemphill, Henry Thomas And Peg Leg Howell

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Ayla Brook & The Sound Men

Canadian Roots Artists Of The Year; The Band's Trademark Rock & Soul And Western Charm Groove Continues On The New Album, Weaving A Tapestry Of Hurtin' And Feelin' Tunes About Life On And Off Canada's Barstools.

Zoe Muth

Online Suggestion From The East Coast, The Great State Of Delaware Checking In - Thanks For Tuning In

Early James

Giving Us a Few Grooming And Housekeeping Tips This Morning - Alabama Native And The Latest Signing To Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound Label - A Rootsy Throwback In An Uncertain Present

Mary Gauthier

New Orleans, LA - The Multi-Award Folk Singer Turning 58 A Few Weeks Ago

Cripple Clarence Lofton

Blues Spotlight: Developing His Piano Skills As A Teenager In Medicine Shows And Bars Around Memphis Before Moving To Chicago In 1921, Cripple Clarence Lofton Was One Of A Group Of Piano Players Who, In The First Decades Of The 20th Century, Developed The 'Boogie Woogie'. He Was A Great Success In Chicago And In 1932 Opened His Own Club. In the Ensuing Two Decades Lofton Made Prolific Recordings For Various Labels. And Remained In Chicago Until His Passing. Albert Clemens Passed On In 1957.

Cripple Clarence Lofton with Red Nelson

Blues Spotlight: March 28, 1896 Tennessee - January 9, 1957 Illinois

Dexter Gordon And Slide Hampton

'820' Jazz Presents: Neils Pedersen, Bass...Art Taylor, Drums...Kenny Drew, Piano...Slide Hampton, Trombone...Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone - - - - "A Day In Copenhagen" Is An Excellent Sextet Session Giving Dexter Gordon And Slide Hampton Access To A Few Of Europe's Top Jazz Musicians Resulting In A Barn Burner, Hard Bop Groove Recorded In One Day In October

Cindy Cashdollar

Cashdollar On The Resophonic Guitar And The Great British Guitarist Albert Lee On The Track

Red Allen

The Album Features Curly Seckler, Pioneering Mandolin Player And Co-Founder Member Of Flatt & Scruggs And Foggy Mountain Boys

Bill Morrissey

The Late Bill Morrissey Was An Acclaimed Folksinger, Songwriter, And Author Of Three Books; All Proceeds Are Donated To MusiCares, The Non-Profit That Helps Musicians And Professionals In The Music Industry Who Are In Need.

Nora Jane Struthers

New Music Into 'YCE

Becky Buller

With Sam Bush, Shawn Camp, Stuart Duncan and Michael Cleveland And Laurie Lewis