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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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Paul Hemmings

Hello Bean
The Blues And The Abstract Uke 2015 via Leading Tone Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Emmylou Harris

How High The Moon
Evangeline 1981 via Reprise
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The Song Was First Featured In The 1940 Broadway Production 'Two For The Show' - Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame, And Is On The List Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum Of The Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll

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The Impressions

Twist And Limbo
The Impressions 1963 via Atkco
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The First Album On Which Long-Time Producer Johnny Pate Would Work With Curtis Mayfield. Formed In Chattanooga In 1958 As "The Roosters", Relocating To Chicago And Adding Jerry Butler And Curtis Mayfield

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Nat Cole Trio

You're Looking At Me
After Midnight 1957 via Capitol
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This Trio Was The Model For Small Jazz Ensembles That Followed

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Roosevelt Diggs

Paul Bunyan
American Folklore 2012 via Independent
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'YCE Jammie Award Recipients

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Baka Beyond

A Thousand Curses on Love
East To West 2002 via Narada
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Now In Their Twentieth-Eight Year As A World Music Collective With Members From A Wide Variety Of Backgrounds And Cultures, Fusing Native Styles With Traditional Baka Music From Cameroon

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Rob Ickes

Pride and Joy
Before The Sun Goes Down 2015 via Compass
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The Debut Album With Trey Hensley Reworking Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Jayme Stone

Debussy Heights
The Other Side of the Air 2013 via Independent
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Paying Homage to The Banjo's Historic Role In The World's Music. This Album Traverses The Cinnamon Route Through Persia And India, Reinventing Melodies Stone Collected In West Africa.

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Levon And The Hawks

He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)
Single 1965 via Atco
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Giving You An Insight To The Greatness Perched On the Horizon For The Band - The Link Between Their Days With Ronnie Hawkins And The Group's Breakout "Music From Big Pink" Three Years Later

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Zephaniah OHora

It's Not so Easy Today
Listening To The Music 2020 via Last Roundup
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Brooklyn-Based Roots Revivalist - Tip Of the Hat to Merle Haggard And Gram Parsons

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Rose Maddox With The Vern Williams Band

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Beautiful Bouquet 1983 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Designated As One Of The Songs Of The Century By The Recording Industry Association Of America And The National Endowment For The Arts

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Don Vappie And Creole Jazz Serenaders

Panama Rag
The Blue Book Of Storyville 2019 via Creole Jazz
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Interpreter of the New Orleans Music Canon Including The 1912 Standard 'Panama Rag'

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Frank Proffitt

Rye Whiskey
Frank Proffitt Of Reese, North 1962 via Smithsonian
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An Appalachian Old-Time Banjoist Who Preserved The Song "Tom Dooley" In The Form We Know It Today - Skilled Luthier And Key Figure In Inspiring Musicians Of The 1960's and 1970's To Play The Traditional Five-String Banjo

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Omar and The Howlers

So Mean to Me
Swing Land 1999 via Black Top Records
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Formed In Mississippi - Austin Based Since 1976

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Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

Garden
Joy and Blues 1993 via Virgin Records
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Ziggy, Cedella, Stephan And Sharon Originally Formed At The Request Of Their Father. It Was Only After Bob's Death That The Melody Makers Came Into Their Own

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The Byrds

Cowgirl In The Sand
The Byrds 1973 via Elektra
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The Final Album, Recorded As The Centerpiece Of A Reunion Among The Five Founding Members. The Last Time The Original Quintet Had Worked Together Was Seven Years Prior

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Elliott Brood

Full Of Wires
Keeper 2020 via Six Shooter
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Canadian Three-Piece Forming In 2002 - A Song About Leaving Things Unsaid

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Iris Dement

How Long
Single 2020 via Songs Of Iris
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New Song From A Forthcoming Album - Profits Will Benefit The Poor People's Campaign

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Frank Stokes

Downtown Blues (1928)
Memphis Blues Singers, Vol.1 1998 via Frog Records
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Blues Spotlight: Frank Stokes Grew Up Playing The Blues Before WWI When It Was Just An Obscure Local Folk Music From The North Of The Mississippi Delta, Touring The South In Minstrel Shows That Would Take Him To Memphis. Stokes Hooked Up With The Beale Street Sheiks Making Their Recording Debut In 1927. Thirty Sides Over Two Years Were Recorded; Stokes' Solo Output Was Just As Prolific. The Great Depression Put a Halt To Record Sales And Frank Went Back to Busking The Streets. Little Is Known Of Frank's Career In The 40's. Sporadic Reports Have Him Playing Juke-Joints Around The Delta With Bukka White. Frank Stokes passed Away In 1955.

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Frank Stokes

Memphis Rounder Blues [1929]
Going Away Blues (1926-1935) 1991 via Shanachie
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Blues Spotlight: January 1, 1877 TN - September 12,1955 TN

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Wild Bill Davis And Buddy Tate

Blues In My Heart
Broadway (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) 1972 via Black & Blue
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'820' Jazz Presents: Floyd Smith, Guitar...Chris Columbus, Drums...Buddy Tate, Tenor Saxophone...Wild Bill Davis, Hammond B-3 - - - - - - - - - - A 1972 Blowing Session By Two Workhorses In the Jazz Pantheon. Joined By Two Other Seasoned Veterans, The Quartet Undoubtedly Puts Their Easy-Groove Stamp On This Jazz Standard

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Ferris Coffee (click for more info)

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Marty Robbins

Big Iron
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs 1959 via Sony
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Forty-Year Career, Recording Five-Hundred Songs, Sixty Albums - Two Grammys - Induction Into Both The Country Music Hall Of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, Actor And Nascar Racing Driver

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Run Boy Run

Get Up Jake
So Sang the Whippoorwill 2013 via Independent
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Reworking The Band, 1969 - The Song Was Tossed Around For A Years, Appearing As A B-Side On A Couple Of Singles, Ultimately Finding A Home On Rock Of Ages

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Grasshoppah

Rug Burns
Oh So Young 2002 via Grinshine Records
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GR Pickin'

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Hot Rize

Where The Wild River Rolls
Take It Home 1990 via Sugarhill [Country]
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The Fifth Release Before An Eight-Year Hiatus

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Nell And Jim Band

Sequoia Gold
Western Sun 2020 via Whippoorwill Arts
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Producer: Lowell Levinger (Youngbloods) - Reflection Of Roots Influences, Early Immigrants And Their Ancestors From The Wave Of Europeans In The Early Nineteenth Century

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