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

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Geno Delafose

With Longtime Band 'French Rockin' Boogie' - An Early Start For The Zydeco Accordionist, Joining His Father's Band, "The Eunice Playboys" As Rubboard Player At Age Eight. He And the Band Created The Genre Nouveau Zydeco

Varetta M. Dillard

Brilliant Rhythm & Blues Singer Of The 1950's - Two-Time Winner Of The Apollo Theater's Amateur Competition - Became Known For Her Tribute Songs To Fallen Heroes - Dillard Ended Her Solo Recording Career In 1961 And Joined Her Husband's Gospel Group, The Tri-Odds

Z.Z. Hill

Naples, TX - Singing Career Began In The Late 1950's As Part Of The Gospel Group The Spiritual Five

Bobbie Gentry

Landmark Concept Album Co-Produced By Gentry

Los Lobos & Bob Weir

Composers: Jerome Garcia & Robert Hunter - An Extraordinary Collection Of Musicians Coming Together To Honor One Of The Most Influential Musicians And Cultural Icons Of Our Time

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

Forest, MS - Delta Blues Singer Best Known Outside Blues Circles, For His Songs "That's All Right" And "My Baby Left Me"; Major Hits For Elvis - Member Of The 'Harmonizing Four' During The Late 1930's - Honored With A Marker On The Mississippi Blues Trail, Placed At His Hometown

Davina and the Vagabonds

Minneapolis,MN - Rooted In Early 20th-Century Blues And Jazz, But Freshened Up With The 21st-Century Cheek Of Davina's Teasing Vocals And Clever Lyrics

Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne

The 'YCE Blues Alley Welcomes:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Godmother Of Rock 'N' Roll, Who Turned The Burgeoning Musical Style Into An International Sensation

Joe Williams With The Count Basie Orchestra

Worked As A Singer And Bouncer In Chicago During The Late 1930's - Joined the Basie Orchestra In The Early 50's For A Seven Year Run - Maintained A Highly Successful Solo Career For Thirty-Five Years

Suzanne Teng & Mystic Journey

Multi-Global Award Recipients - The Album Is A Journey Through The American Southwest, With Hints Of India, The Saharan Desert And Beyond

Jake Blount

Bryan Lee

A Fixture On Bourbon Street For Forty-Years; Taking Willie Dixon Undercover (1956)

Johnny Clegg & Juluka ft. The Soweto Gospel Choir

Remembering Johnny Clegg, Passing On One-Year Ago, July 16, 2019

The Jayhawks

The Entire Performance Was Recorded January 11, 2015 In The Beautiful Coastal Town Of Solana Beach, CA - No Big Secret The Jayhawks Were Influential On Many Bands Playing The Twin Cities Circuit, Including Uncle Tupelo, The Gear Daddies, And The Honeydogs

Bonny Light Horseman

The Astral Folk Trio Of Eric D. Johnson, Anais Mitchell And Josh Kaufman Recording Together Under The Moniker 'Bonny Light Horseman' - The Debut Album Reimagines Transatlantic Folk Renderings - "Magpie's Nest" Is Based On A British Fairy Tale

Bandanna Girls

The "Bandanna Girls" Were Mozelle France And May Hopkins. As A Duo, Their Entire Recorded Output Consisted Of Four Sides Recorded In One Session During 1939. Both Singers Came From The Ma Rainey School Of Swagger, Touring With Traveling Minstrel Shows Throughout The Deep South During The 1930's. Not Much Is Known Of The Ladies Whereabouts After The Recording Session; Another Footnote In The Rich Tradition We Call The Blues.

Bandanna Girls

Mozelle France And May Hopkin

Yusef LaTeef Sextet

Louis Hayes, Drums...Ernie Farrow, Bass...Hugh Lawson, Piano...Curtis Fuller, Trumpet...Doug Watkins, Percussion...Yusef LaTeef, Tenor Saxophone

Billy Milton And His One Man Band

Debuted As A Singer And MC At The Grand Ole Opry With Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, Calling The Square Dances

Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile & Yo-Yo Ma

Special Guest Vocalist: Aoife O'Donovan

Bill Staines

Highly-Regarded Folk Musician Continuing On With A Sixty Year Career

Brian Oberlin

The Rockford Native Reworking A 1933 Showtune; First Recorded By Torch Singer Gertrude Niesen With The Ray Sinatra Orchestra (The Chairman's Cousin), And Of Course The Number One Smash For 'The Platters' In '58

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