Jim Cooper Quintet

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

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Betty Willis

West Coast 1960's Soul Singer - Recorded A Duet With Bill Medley; Never Released - Phil Spector And Leon Russell Retooled The Buck Owens Song "Act Naturally" Into A Rhythm And Blues Version For Willis In 1965. Despite Having Family In Santa Ana, Willis Chose To Mostly Live On The Street In Retirement.

The Blue Rags

An American Revivalist, Ragtime And Boogie-Woogie Band From Asheville, North Carolina - Disbanding In 2000, Band Members Have All Moved On To Various Musical Projects, Including Bill Reynolds, Currently The Bassist For Band Of Horses; Its' Music Is Heard Here On 'YCE

Reverend Freakchild

A Blues Standard Written By Willie Dixon and first Recorded By Howlin' Wolf In 1961. Rooted In The Delta Blues Tradition; Its Theme Derived From Folklore. The Theme Reflects Early Twentieth-Century Folk Beliefs In The American South That A Rooster Contributes To Peace In The Barnyard Folklore. Musical Antecedents To "Little Red Rooster" Appear In Earlier Songs By Pioneering Blues Artists Charlie Patton And Memphis Minnie.

Big Band Of Brothers

Vocals: Ruthie Foster - Composed By Gregg Allman; Written For A Former Lover And One Of The First Songs Gregg Introduced To The Group In 1969

Southern Blues Singers

Vintage Recording From 1929 - Cow Cow Davenport Is Believed To Be One The Two Male Voices

Western Centuries

A Quintet Of Roots & Roll Musicians Out Of Seattle

Molly Tuttle And Old Crow Medicine Show

Teaming Up With Old Crow Medicine Show To Share A New Version Of Neil Young's Fifty-Year Old Classic "Helpless," ; All The Proceeds Going To WhyHunger's COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund

Erroll Garner

Represents One Of Twelve Albums In The Last Eighteen Years Of Garner's Career Currently Re-Released For "The Erroll Garner Octave Remastered Series" - This Collection Is The Most Important In The History Of Jazz; Garner Was In His Prime, With Full Creative And Commercial Control Of His Output Following His Break With Columbia Records

Gillian Welch

Dave Rawlings Joins Gillian For 'Happy Mother's Day'

Johnnie And Jack And The Tennessee Mountain Boys

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Johnnie Wright And Jack Anglin Started Playing Together In 1938, Forming A Loose-Knit Country String Band Featuring Johnnie's Wife Muriel Deason, Whom We Know As Kitty Wells. A Young Guitarist By The Name Of Chet Atkins Joined The Fold, and By 1947 They Were Filling In For Roy Acuff At The Opry; Themselves Becoming Members Of That Prestigious Opry House In 1949.

Robert Johnson

Born May 8, 1911 In Hazelhurst, MS - His Landmark Recordings In 1936 And 1937 Displays A Combination Of Skills That Has Influenced Later Generations Of Musicians - 'Phonograph Blues' Was Recorded November, 1936, And Remained Dormant Until Its Release In 1970

Laura Wetzler

Songs Based On 3300 Years Of Jewish Mystical Poetry From Communities All Over The World

Tony Joe White

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John Primer and Bob Corritore

New Blues Arriving To The 'YCE Blues Alley

Rosie Ledet

Mary Rozella Belard, The Zydeco Sweetheart - The Album Features The First Appearance By The Zydeco Playboys; Continuing To Give Rosie Her Infectious Groove For Twenty-Six Years

Ira Wolf

Well-Traveled Troubadour From The Mountains Of Montana

Scud Mountain Boys

North Hampton, MA

Pearl Dickson

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Blues Spotlight: Pearl Dickson: All That's Definitively Known On The Subject of Pearl Dickson Is The Fact That She Recorded Four Sides in Memphis TN About Dec 12, 1927. Of These Four Only Two Have Been Released.

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John Hicks Trio

Ray Drummond, Bass...Idris Muhammad, Drums...John Hicks... Piano - - - - A Live Trio Performance Recorded In Holland, July 1990. John Hicks Came Up Early On Backing Blues Musicians, Spent Some Time With Art Blakey And Woody Herman. This Pedigree Launched A Solo Career For The Next Forty Years.

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Street Date; 5/22 - The Album Centers On The 2010 Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Explosion A Thousand Feet Below Ground, Killing Twenty-Nine Miners; Now Known As One Of The Worst Mining Disasters In American History

Water Tower & Willie Watson

Special Guest: Old Crows' Willie Watson - The Roots Revivalist Trio Is Based In LA By Way Of Portland

Hayes Shephard

Known As The Appalachia Vagabond, Recorded Ten Sides With Brothers Bill And Hence In 1932, with Only four Ever Issued.

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Watkins Family Hour

A Bluegrass Musical Collaborative Led By Sara And Sean Watkins

Jukejoint Handmedowns

GR Emission!

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Cindy Cashdollar

Happy Mother's Day