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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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Like Water Drumworks

Balakulania
To the Roots 2004 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Jo Stafford With Red Ingle And His Natural Seven

Prisoner Of Love [1948]
The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950 2010 via Capitol
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Traditional Pop Music Chanteuse Meets Up With The Founding Member Of Spike Jones And His City Slickers

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The Belfast Cowboys

Grand Canyon
The Upside To The Downside 2015 via Belfast Cowboys
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Nine-Piece Band Anchored In Minneapolis Specializing In The Music Of Van Morrison - A Smaller Version Of The Band Travel Under the Name St. Dominic's Trio

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Shirley Collins

The Merry Golden Tree
Heart's Ease 2020 via Domino
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Significant Contributor To The English Folk Revival Of The 1960's And 1970's - Returned To Recording Thirty-Eight Years Following Retirement

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Norah Jones

Flame Twin
Pick Me Up Off The Floor 2020 via Blue Note
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The 'YCE Jazz Files Welcomes New Music By Norah Jones

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Doug Cox

Caravan
Stay Lazy 2003 via Northern Records
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One Of The World's Most Expressive Dobro Players Expressing A Tip Of The Hat To The Duke Ellington Classic (1936)

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Grain Thief

Manche Mi Camisa
Gasoline 2020 via Independent
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"Stain My Shirt"

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The Harlem Gospel Travelers

Nothing But His Love
Single 2020 via Colemine
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Album: "He's On Time" - The Group Formed In Harlem: Members Came From The Five Boroughs Of New York City

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9:20 am
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Stephanie Urbina Jones

Ring of Fire [Spanish Version]
Tularosa 2018 via Soundly Music
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Composers: Merle Kilgore/June Carter - Founding Member Of 'The Texicana Mamas'

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Charlie Rich

Big Jack
Big Boss Man 1966 via Sony
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Multi-Award Winner - Memphis Music Hall Of Fame Recipient - A Regular Session Pianist During The Heyday Of Sun Records

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Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers

Robertson County
Nashville, 1928 1998 via Document
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Regular Performers On The Grand Ole Opry In The Late 1920's, And Are Believed To Have Been The First Group To Release A Record Recorded In Nashville - The Gully Jumpers Continued Performing Until The Mid-1960's

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Cephas & Wiggins

Dog Days of August
Richmond Blues 2008 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Piedmont Bluesmen First Meeting At A Washington D.C Jam Session, Hooking Up With Big Chief Ellis's Band

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Somoa Wilson And The Jim Kweskin Band

At Ebb Tide
I Just Want To Be Horizontal 2020 via Kweskin Music
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Somoa Came Up In The Boston Scene, Under The Wing Of Jug Band And Folk Legend Jim Kweskin

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Jaya Satria

Lao Ceremony
Tradition D'Asie 2013 via Alter Ego
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Indigenous Musics Of Laos Evolved From Four Distinct Regions, Sharing Similarities With The Traditional Music Of Thailand And Cambodia, Which Includes The Names Of The Instruments, Influences, And Developments

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The Allman Brothers Band

Wasted Words
Brothers And Sisters 1973 via Capricorn
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Fourth Studio Album - First Recording Without Duane And Final Album With Berry, Perishing In a Motorcycle Accident During The Recording Of 'Brothers And Sisters'

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Los Cobras

Mastadon't
De Capello 2005 via Los Cobras
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GR Garage Groove! Recorded and Mixed By Michigan Mark DuPree

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Catherine Russell

New Speedway Boogie
Cat 2006 via World Village
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Cat Putting Her Usual Finesse On The Jerry Garcia And Robert Hunter Classic' ( 'Workingman's Dead', 1970)

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Wood & Wire

My Hometown
No Matter Where It Goes From Here 2020 via Wood & Wire
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Recorded On Vintage Analog Gear At A Studio Just Outside The Austin City Limits - The Music Created By Four Pickers Holding Assemblages Of Wood And Wire -Specifically Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Banjo And Mandolin

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The Stray Birds

Long Table
Let It Pass 2018 via Yep Roc
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The Trio Currently On Hiatus

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Papa Egg Shell

Whole Soul Blues [1929]
Rarity Country Blues (Doxy Collection) 2014 via Pubblico
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'820' Jazz: The Unfortunately Named Papa Egg Shell Casey Was A Relatively Obscure St. Louis Bluesman, Reportedly To Have Been A Long-Time Playing Associate Of Pianist Henry Brown.There Is Virtually No Reliable Biographical Detail On, And No References To Him After The Second World War. Only Four Recordings Are Known To Exit; Recorded In a One-Day Session In 1929 For The Brunswick Label.

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Papa Egg Shell

I'm Goin' Up The Country Pt. 1 [1929]
Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You've Never Heard 2108 via World Music Network
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?/?/???? ? MO (?) - ?/?/???? ?

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Miles Davis Quintet

Someday My Prince Will Come
Saturday Night: Miles Davis In Person At The Black Hawk, San Francisco 1961 via Columbia
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Hank Mobley, Tenor Sax...Paul Chambers, Bass...Wynton Kelly, Piano...Jimmy Cobb, Drums...Miles Davis, Trumpet - The Few years Between Davis's First And Second Great Quintets Found Miles Restless With Creative Juice Flowing. The Recordings From The 1961 April Weekend At San Francisco's Famed 'Blackhawk' Forged New Ground For Davis, Who Had Never Previously Been Recorded Live In A Club With His Combo.

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The Wild Goats

Cumberland Gap
Beehive Field Recordings: Porch Stomp Festival 2020 via Folk Alley/Beehive Productions
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The Brooklyn String Band Reinterpreting The Appalachian Folk Song That Dates To The Latter Half Of The 19th Century

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Peter Rowan

Hobo Song
With The Red Hot Pickers 1995 via Sugarhill
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Peter Turned 78 A Fews Back - His First Band In 1956 Was Rockabilly Calling Themselves 'The Cupids' - A Decade Later With He And David Grisman Forming The Band 'Earth Opera' And Frequently Opening For The Doors - Today, Peter Rowan Is A Elder Statesman, A Living Legend

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Joshua Ray Walker

Play You A Song
Glad You Made It 2020 via State Fair
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Dallas-Based Troubadour; Working Musician Since The Age Of Thirteen

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Sweet Chariot
Rock My Soul 1990 via Sugarhill [Country]
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After Leaving The 'Country Gentlemen' In 1979, Lawson Soon Formed 'Doyle Lawson And Foxfire' With Lou Reid And Terry Baucom, Soon Changing The Name To 'Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. This Lineup Released The Critically Acclaimed 'Rock My Soul', An Album That Would Become A Landmark Bluegrass Gospel Project

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Amy LaVere

Overcome (Featuring Will Sexton)
Hallelujah I'm a Dreamer (Featuring Will Sexton) 2015 via Archer
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