Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate

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

Pee Wee Russell ft. The Rhythmakers

Russell Possessed A Highly Individualistic And Spontaneous Clarinet Style That "Defied Classification" - Inducted Into The Big Band And Jazz Hall Of Fame, 1987

The Mavericks

The One Thing The Group Hadn't Done In Its 30-Year Existence Was Record An Album Entirely in Spanish, Until Now - "Estupendo!" - - Recorded By Julio Iglesias, 1978

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Bonny Light Horseman

Eric d. Johnson, Josh Kaufman, Anais Mitchell - The Band Formed Casually, Like A Front-Porch Jam, Getting Together To Revisit Ancient Folk Songs

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

Composer: Edward Kennedy Ellington, 1933 - 'The Great Summit' Released In 1961 - This Recording Appeared In The Film 'Harlem Nights'

Kitty Wells

A Pioneering Influence Breaking Down The Barrier To Women In Country Music; The First Female Country Singer To Top The U.S. Country Charts - 'YCE Artist Colter Wall Sings A version Of "Fraulein" On His Debut

K.C. Douglas

Worked With And Heavily Influenced By Tommy Johnson - A Central Figure On The San Francisco Blues Scene, Forming 'The Lumberjacks', In 1947 - Taught Blues Guitar To Steve Wold; Now Performing As Seasick Steve, And Heard Here On 'YCE

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Nickel Creek

A Unique Twist On The Fifteenth Century English Folk Song - The Earliest Known Version A Is A Poem "The Fox And The Goose", Preserved In The British Museum

Steve Earle & The Dukes

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Bruce Springsteen

The Great Steel Industry

Joan Baez

Swedish-American Labor Activist - Executed By Firing Squad On November 19, 1915

Merle Travis

Based On Life In The Mines In Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Pete Seeger & The Song Swappers

Written By Writer And Labor Activist Ralph Chaplin In 1915

Joe Glazer

Known As Labor's Troubadour

Solas

Had A Solid Twenty-Year Run

Ronnie Hawkins

The Canadian Rockabilly Legend Stirring Things It Up On The Carl Perkins Classic With The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section; Special Guest Slide Guitarist Duane "Skydog" Allman

Mike + Ruthy

Hudson Valley Based Songwriters - Consummate Performers - Founders Of "The Mammals" - Mr. & Mrs. Since 2008

Victor Wainwright

Joined By Long-Time Band, 'The Train'

The Highway Men

A Collegiate Folk Quintet That Had A Significant Impact On The Early 1960's Folk Scene - "Michael, Row The Boat Ashore Is An African-American Spiritual First Noted During The American Civil War At St. Helena Island, One Of the Sea Islands Of South Carolina - First Published In 1867 In Slave Songs Of The United States. Cataloged As Roud Folk Song Index No. 11975

Doc Wiley Trio

Although Doc Wiley May Not Have Scored Any Notable Hits During His Long Career, He Was Notable Both For The Sheer Length Of That Career, Which Stretched From The Ragtime Era To The Early Years Of Rock And Roll. No Stranger To Prison, Doc Began In Vaudeville, Worked As An Acrobat In A Chinese Circus And Formed His Trio In 1927, Backing Jimmy Bryant's Washtub Band. Wiley's Post-WWII Recordings Showed He Had Once Again Adapted To The Changing Tastes, And Would Continue Do So For The Next Twenty-Years. By The 1950's The Trio Had Relocated To Memphis, Recorded A Few Singles during that Decade, And Retired From The Business After Fifty-Years. Arnold Burke Wiley Passed On In 1964.

Doc Wiley

October 3, 1898 MO - October ? 1964 TN

Buddy Rich Sextet

'820' Presents: Sam Most, Flute...Wyatt Ruther, Double Bass...Johnny Morris, Piano...Rolf Erickson, Trumpet...Mike Mainieri, Vibraphone...Buddy Rich, Drums - - - - - What Was Thought To Be A One-Time Gathering For A Single Recording Session In 1962, Evolved Into A Lengthy Tour Of The Far East And Asia Courtesy Of The United States Department Of State. "Blowin' The Blues Away" Is Vintage Horace Silver

Rosie Flores

Rosie Turns 70 Later This Week

Flatt & Scruggs With The Foggy Mountain Boys

Written By Another Pioneering Legend, Charlie Monroe

David And Billie Ray Johnson

Father & Son Pickers Paying Homage The Bluegrass Styles Of Bill Monroe And Earl Scruggs

Colter Wall

New Music Into 'YCE - Third Generation Texas Musician Emily Gimble Playing Piano For Colter. Grandfather Johnny Gimble Co-Founded Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys

Johnny Cash

Rare Material From Johnny's Early Days At Columbia

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Red Tail Ring

Kalamazoo, MI - Mitten Magic!

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