Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdes

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

Hank Mowery

Hank Raced Come Onto The West Michigan Blues Scene In The Mid 90's With His Band The Hawktones - "I Am Very Fortunate To Be Surrounded By Some Of The Best Talent Around. My Goal Is To Always Be The LEAST Talented Guy In The Band!"

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Ray Bonneville

Special Guest Guitarist: Gurf Morlix - A "Song And Groove Man," Bonneville Has Lived The Life Of The Itinerant Artist. An Acclaimed Raconteur, Bonneville Strips His Bluesy Americana Down To Its Essentials, Steeped In The Humid Grooves Of The South, Creating A Compelling Poetry Of Hard Living And Deep Feeling; This Is A Very Good Album

The Lowest Pair

One Of My Favorites - The Lowest Pair Might Be One Of The Best Under-The-Radar Americana Duos Today

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Rosie Flores

Austin, TX - Since The Late 70's With Her Rockabilly Punk Band The Screamin' Sirens, Rosie Flores Has Been Crafting A Pioneering Career In The Roots Underground; An Integral Part Of The LA New Traditionalist Scene That Gave Rise To Dwight Yoakam And Los Lobos.

The Black Lillies

The Band's Second Release

Bobby McFerrin

10-Time Grammy Award Winners Collaboration With Producer Roger Treece; Featuring Over Fifty Of The World's Finest Singers Recorded One At A Time And In Small Groups, Creating A Virtual Choir Made Up Of Over 1,400 Vocal Tracks

The Upsetters

Name Given To The House Band For Jamaican Reggae Producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, Evolving From The Pioneering Ska Band 'Gladdy's All-Stars

Professor Longhair

First Appeared On the Professor's 1972 Release 'New Orleans Piano'

Martha Tilton

One Of the Most Defining Singers Of The Swing Era And Major Success As One Of The First Artists to Record For Capitol Records - Best Known For Her Association With The Benny Goodman Orchestra

David McCarn

North Carolina Textile Worker And Singer Writing The Song In 1926 While Playing With A Local String Band Around Gaston County, NC

Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble

Jiuta:A Style Of Japanese Traditional Music In The Edo Period Played With A Shamisen.\, A Three-Stringed Traditional Japanese Musical Instrument

Fuzz And Carrie

Online Suggestion

Lulu Reed

1950's R&B And Gospel Singer; A Couple Of Chart Toppers With Bandleader Sonny Thompson Before Taking Up Residence In The Freddy King Band

Haroula Rose

An Award-Winning Film Director And Producer Who Came To Filmmaking Via A Successful Career In Music

Ol' Dirty Bathtub

Sylvia, NC - The Band Still Retain Their Day Jobs As A Lawyer, Gardener, Journalist And Small Business Owner Knowing There's A Weekend Stage Waiting For Them Somewhere In The Smoky Mountains

Lucinda Williams

Three-Time Grammy Award Recipient

Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon

Drag Acts Are Not Usually Associated With The Blues, But In The Speakeasies Of Harlem And Chicago During The 'Roaring 20's', It Was A Case Of 'Anything Goes'. Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon Was An Eccentric Singer And Mysterious Figure, The Ultimate Showman Who Sang The Blues In Drag. He Was A Popular Performer Until 1941, Retiring From Music To Work At The Pentagon. Frank Devera Jackson Passed On In 1953.

Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers

March 3, 1896 AL - May 15, 1953 CA

Cannonball Adderley Quartet

'820' Jazz Presents: Hank Jones, Piano...Art Blakey, Drums...Sam Jones, Bass...Mile Davis, Trumpet...Julian "Cannonball' Adderley, Alto Saxophone

COMPILATIONS

The Legendary Hazel Dickens On Vocals

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Danny Barnes

Produced By Dave Matthews - Bill Frisell And John Paul Jones Guesting

Crooked Still

Cahalen Morrison And Eli West

Currently On Hiatus

The Chieftains

With Bela Fleck