Steve Talaga

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

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Deanna Bogart

Detroit, MI - Cutting Her Teeth On The Maryland Blues Circuit With The Ensemble Cowboy Jazz; Also Known To Blow A Mean Tenor Saxophone - Bogart Gets Her Musical Oxygen In The Genre Free Zone

John Anderson

Undercover: Bruce Springsteen (1982, Nebraska) - Anderson's First Musical Influences Were Jimi Hendrix And The Rolling Stones; Discovered Haggard And Jones During His Teen Years - Honoree Of The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame - Honorary Member Of The MuzikMafia

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Patty Griffin, Guest Vocals; Produced By Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)

Hacienda Brothers

Produced By Dan Penn - Founded In 2002 By Dave Gonzalez And The Late Chris Gaffney

Bedasse With The Jamaican Calypsonians

The Essence Of The Mento Era Of Jamaican Music During Its Heyday, The First Half Of The 1950's - Crucial To The Movement That Became The Forerunner Of Ska And Rocksteady, And In Turn An Influence On Reggae

The Bumper Jacksons

The Band Paints America's Story From The Streets Of New Orleans To Appalachian Hollers

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Tony Furtado

Reworking One Of the Great Ones By The Delta's Hard Luck Child, Skip James, (1930)

COMPILATIONS

Dellie Norton - British Broadside Ballad Published In 1841, Carried To The Southern Appalachians With The First Settlers Of The Region

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Hayes Griffin

Latest Album From Hayes, Inspired By The Sounds Of American Country And Swing Music During The 1930's To The '50's; Accompanied By A Stellar Line-Up Of Michigan's Finest Musicians - Joe Wilson, Quinn Griffin And Hayes' Compatriots From 'Fauxgrass' Tim McKay And Jeffrey Niemeier

Judy Roderick

Written In 1923; It's An Example Of The Tin Pan Alley "Vamp" Or Femme Fatale" Style Of Music

Johnny Puleo And His Harmonica Gang

Vintage Vinyl Spin: Led A Quintet Of Harmonica Playing Musicians Touring North America's Premier Supper Clubs During the Late 1950's. The Bands Acting Chops Were Seen In The 1956 Film, "Trapeze", Starring Burt Lancaster And Tony Curtis

Lead Belly

First Recording Upon His Release From Sugar Land Prison In Texas, Where He Could Hear The Midnight Special Passing Through - Posthumously Inducted By Pete Seeger Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1988

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The Tahitian Choir

A Choral Group Made Up Of One-Hundred And Twenty-Six Men And Women From The Bass Islands In The South Pacific - The Music Portrays The Traditional Tahitian Life And Dialect

Dion And The Del-Satins

Dion Broke Off From The Belmonts Due to Musical And Personal Differences; Three Years Later Hooked-Up With NYC's Doo-Wop Group, The Del-Satins For A Series Of Chart-Toppers

John Primer and Bob Corritore

Working Our Way Down The 'YCE Blues Alley

Naomi And Her Handsome Devils

Former International Swing Dance Champion Put The Band Together With Her Favorite Musicians From NYC, Seattle, New Orleans And Chicago

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Seth Walker

Walker's Ninth Release

Rootstand

An Irish Folk Song Written By The Late Sean McCarthy About Irish Moonshine, Set In Connemara - The Punch Line To The Song Is That The Tax Collectors ("Excise Men") Find The Cache Of Moonshine And Partake In The Drinking

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John Henry Barbee

A Strong Storyteller And Good Guitarist, John Henry Barbee Learned His Craft Playing In Various Homes Throughout Henning, Tennessee. Worked With Sonny Boy Williamson And Sunnyland Slim In The 1930's Before Relocating To Chicago, And Recorded For Vocalian In 1938. Left Music Behind During The '40's For A Number Of Years Restarting His Career With Victoria Spivey's Label In 1964, Passing On A Short Later. West Michigan's Killer Blues Society Placed A Headstone On Barbee's Unmarked Grave In 2010.

John Henry Barbee

November 14, 1905 Tennessee - November 3, 1964 Illinois

Andrew Hill Quintet

Joe Chambers, Drums...Richard Davis, Bass...Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone...Freddie Hubbard, Cornet...Andrew Hill, Piano - - - - Hill Was A Uniquely Gifted Composer, Pianist And Educator, Although His Status Remained Largely Inside Knowledge In The Jazz World For Most Of His Career, Recording A Dozen Albums For Blue Note Records. This Mornings Selection Is From Hill's Seventh Release 'Pax', Recorded With His Go To Quintet.

Bill Kirchen

One Of The Most Distinctive, Pure-Fender Telecaster Tone Guitar Sounds In Modern Music - Founding Member Of Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen During The Early Days In Ann Arbor - Founding Father Of The "Twangcore Movement", Which Includes Dave Alvin, Wilco And Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Turning 72 A Few Days Ago

Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks

Family Of Logan County, OH Pickers Rolling Out a Stunning Version Of The 1927 Classic By Washington Phillips

We Banjo 3

A Quartet Of irishman Melding Several Traditional Niches Into A Resonating Stream They Call 'Celtgrass'

Pharis & Jason Romero

Two-Time Juno Award Winners For Traditional Roots Album of The Year

Charlie Haden

Rosanne Cash - A Variant Of The Song "I'll Twine 'Mid The Ringlets", Published In 1860; Known Through Performances And Recordings By The Carter Family In 1928