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Traditions!

Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Arun Ramamurthy Trio

Simple Joys
Jazz Carnatica 2014 via Jazz Carnatica
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Townes Van Zandt

Who Do You Love
Flyin' Shoes 1978 via Tomato
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Undercover: Rock & Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley

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She & Him

Lingering Still
Volume Two 2010 via Merge Records
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Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward: First Meeting On The Set Of The Film The Go-Getter

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J.S. Ondara

American Dream
Tales of America 2019 via Verve
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Twenty-Seven Year Old Singer-Songwriter From Nairobi, Kenya, Finding Success In Minnesota

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9:40 am

Jake Blount

The Angels Done Bowed Down
Spider Tales 2020 via Free Dirt
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New Into 'YCE

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Ralph McTell

The Ghost Of Robert Johnson
Somewhere Down The Road 2010 via Warner Bros
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British Singer-Songwriter Highly Influential Figure On The UK Folk Scene Since The 1960's

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The Montgomery - Johnson Quintet

Going Down to big Mary's House
Live At The Turf Club 2015 via Resonance
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Duke Ellington's Go To Girl Debbie Andrews Joins The Montgomery - Johnson Quintet; Brothers Wes, Buddy And Monk And Sonny And Pookie Johnson Live At The Indianapolis Turf Club In 1956

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The Honeycutters

Hallelujah
On The Ropes 2016 via Organic Records
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Asheville, NC - Founded In 2007 By Amanda Anne Platte As the 'Bee's Knee', Deriving Its Current Name From A Tow Truck Company In Asheville - Revisiting The Leonard Cohen Masterpiece

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9:20 am

The James Hunter Six

How 'Bout Now
Nick Of Time 2020 via Daptone
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Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Darcy Wilkin

I've Got Plans
Bristol 2020 via Independent
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Debut Solo From The Longtime Member Of Kalamazoo's Corn Fed Girls

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Myron Floren

Accordion Man Polka
22 Of The Greatest Polkas 1977 via Ranwood
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Vintage Vinyl Spin: Lawrence Welk Dubbed Myron Floren "The Happy Norwegian" - Took Up Playing The Accordion At The Age Of Six With A $10 Mail-Order Squeezebox

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Grandpa Elliott

Fannie Mae (live)
Sugar Sweet 2009 via Playing for Change Records
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Also Known As Uncle Remus, A Veteran Street-Musician In New Orleans; A Street Icon In The Crescent City

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Catherine Russell

You Reap What You Sow
single Release 2020 via Dot
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Recorded In 2007 At Levon Helm's Woodstock Studio - Proceeds From The Alberta Hunter Classic Will Benefit The Jazz Foundations COVID-19 Musicians' Emergency Fund

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9:00 am

Ian & Sylvia

Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa
Play One More 1965 via Vanguard
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A Bacharach/David Composition, Recorded First By Jay & The Americans Followed By Dusty Springfield In 1964; A Major Chart-Topping Hit For Gene Pitney That Same Year. Ian & Sylvia Took It On A Year Later, a True Classic About A Traveling Man Who Detours To A Romance In A Motel And Ends Up Never Returning Home

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Texas Tornados

Rosalita
4 Aces 1996 via Reprise / Wea
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The Founding Four: Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Flaco Jimenez And Freddy Fender - Augie Takes The Lead For The Boy-Loses-Girl Border Tale, :Rosalita"

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Vi Wickam & Justin Branum

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Armadillo On A Hot Tin Roof 2018 via Wickam Music
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Two Champion Fiddlers Joined By Louisiana Singer/Songwriter Albanie Falleta

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Pierce Pettis

Down in the Flood
State of Grace 2001 via Compass Records
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A Former Staff Writer For PolyGram Publishing In Nashville - His Songwriting Kicked Into High Gear When Joan Baez Included One Of His Songs On Her Album "Honest Lullaby"

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8:40 am

Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller

Fingerbuster [1967]
Jazz, Folk Song, Spirituals & Blues 1993 via Focument
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Jesse Fuller Was An Abandoned Child And Many Of His Songs Give Clues To A Desperate Early Life. Deciding On a Career In Music, He Worked As A One-Man Band, Billed As 'The Lone Cat' Relocating to The West Coast In The 1920's, Playing The Street Corners And Hand-Carving Realistic Wooden Snakes. Recording His Debut Album In 1955, Jesse Fuller Continued A Steady Career Into The 1970's; His Songs Being Covered By Hot Tuna, Janis Joplin And Eric Clapton. Jesse 'Lone Cat' Fuller Passed On in 1976

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Jesse Fuller

San Francisco Bay Blues
San Francisco Bay Blues: 1954-1961 2019 via Document
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March 12, 1896 Georgia - January 29, 1976 California

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The Louis Hayes Sextet

Geri
Una Max 1990 via Steeplechase
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'820' Jazz Presents: Una Max, A 1990 Session Led By Drummer Extraordinaire Louis Hayes. A Horace Silver Quartet Alumnus, Hayes Leads A Tight And Savvy Crew Of Musicians Through Seven Songs And Big Spaces To Breathe. Hayes Turned 83 A Few Days Ago; His Chops, Spot On. - - - - - - Charles Tolliver, Trumpet...Gerald Hayes, Alto Saxophone...John Stubblefield, Tenor Saxophone...Clint Houston, Bass...Kenny Barron, Piano...Louis Hayes, Drums

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8:20 am

The Nighthawks

I Know Your Wig is Gone
Tryin' To Get To You 2020 via EllerSoul
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Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Hayes Griffin

Losing Tread
Midwestern Swing 2020 via Built to Last
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New Music Into 'YCE

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Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers

Leaving Home [1927]
You Ain't' Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music 2005 via Sony
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Perhaps No Country Singer From This Early Twentieth-Century Is Better Known Than Charlie Poole. Poole, Who Along With The North Carolina Ramblers, Was One Of The Most Influential String Bands Of The 1920's; Having A Major Impact On The Development Of Bluegrass

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Kasey Chambers

Wayward Angel
Wayward Angel 2004 via Warner Brothers
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Third Release

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Sierra Hull

Queen Of Hearts - Royal Tea
Weighted Mind 2016 via Rounder
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Produced by Bela Fleck

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