Benjamin Lapidus

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

Dion

The New One from The Music Legend; John Hammond Joining Dion

Nick Lowe

Nick Collaborates Once Again With Nashville's Masked Instrumental Surf Quartet Los Straitjacket

Blind Willie Johnson

Composed And Recorded By Blind Willie In 1929; The Recording History Suggests That The Song Was Largely Overlooked For Many years, Until Noticed In The 1990's

The Texas Sapphires

Rebecca Lucille Cannon Riding Herd As Sweetheart Of The Rodeo And Billy Brent Malkus' Cowboy Soul; Together they Are The Texas Sapphires

Mark Hummel

With The Deep Basement Shakers

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

First Jazz Recording Band Led Under His Own Name. Members: Lil Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Johnny St. Cyr And Kid Ory

Mamou Sidibe

Mamou Sidibe: Singer And Composer Originally From The Ganadougou Region Of southern Mali, Began Her Career As A Member Of Oumou Sangare's Group

Teddy Thompson

New Music Into 'YCE

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Founded In 1939 In Talladega, Alabama - Twelve Songs Produced By Four Producers In Four Different Cities

Lillian "Lil" Green

She Attained Heights Reached Only By An Elite Number Of Blues Singers Of The 1940's

Jean Ritchie

Born In The Cumberland Mountains Of South Eastern Kentucky, Jean's Career Bridged Traditional And Modern Forms Of Folk Music; A True Pioneer

Muzsikas

Hungarian Folk Music Sextet Established In 1973

Sarah and the Tall Boys

Founded In Chicago In '07 By Sarah Potenza, Whose Solo Music Is Heard Here In 'YCE

Black Jake & the Carnies

Ypsilanti, MI - "The Original Kings Of Crabgrass" The Group's Stylistic Mash-Up Of Punk, Bluegrass And Americana

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Linda Ronstadt

The Third Solo; A Sales Failure Prompting Linda's Exit From Capitol Records. The Album Is Considered To Be A Front-Runner In the Country Rock Genre. For The Recording Ronstadt Assembled A Touring Band Comprised Of Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon And Randy Meisner; Later That Year The Quartet Releases Their Eponymous Debut 'Eagles'

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Offers a Powerful Image Of An American Tragedy, Centering On The Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Explosion; Making It One Of The Worst Mining Disasters In American History

Dave Alvin

The Album Pays Tribute To California Songwriters - Jim Ringer: Destined To Be a Major Star, Defined Folk Music In The 1970's; But Wound Up As A Cult Figure With A Dedicated Following

Pink Anderson And The Rev. Gary Davis

Pink Anderson Is An Excellent Proponent Of The Piedmont Guitar Style Playing With Medicine Shows Back In The 20's. Pretty Much Staying In The Deep South Throughout His Career, He And Simmie Dooley Formed A Duo Playing Rags And Songster Material On Street Corners All Over The Carolinas As They Followed The Medicine Shows Around For Many Years. Grady Tate And The Rev. Gary Davis Recorded With Pink As Did Peg-Leg Sam. These Recordings Are Well-Preserved. And A Wonderful Representation Of Piedmont Blues In Its Purest Form. Pink Finally Got His Due During the Folk/Blues Revival Of The 1960's. Pinkney Anderson Passed On In 1974

Pink Anderson

February 12, 1900 South Carolina - October 12, 1974 South Carolina

Kermit Ruffins

'Happy Talk' Tackles Everything From Low-Down Blues To Dixieland, With Ruffins Well-Known Panache - The Embodiment Of New Orleans Jazz

The Traveling Wilburys

Clayton (Jeff Lyne) & Muddy Wilbury (Tom Petty), Vocals

Special Consensus

Producer: Alison Brown - Celebrating Their Forty-Fifth Anniversary And A Tip Of The Hat To Their Hometown Chicago

Rose Lee Maphis

Bill Monroe's Classic, 1950 - One-Half Of Show Business' Most Successful Husband-And-Wife Duo, Country Music Hall Of Fame Honorees, Joe & Rose Maphis

The Gibson Brothers

Leigh And Eric Have Garnered Fourteen Music Awards In Their Thirty-Year Career

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Merging American Old-Time Music And Chinese Folksong - Reinterpreting Material From The Hills Of Appalachia To The Prairies Of The Xinjiang Region

Claudia Schmidt

New Baltimore, MI

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