Monty Alexander

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

Elmore James & His Broomdusters

Changed The Face Of Post-War Slide Guitar - Everyone Who Puts A Slide On Their Guitar Owes A Debt To Elmore James; His Was The Lick That Defines Blues Rock - Inducted With the Class Of 1992 Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (Early Influences)

The Fred Knapp Trio

HomeGrown GR!

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Ruth Etting

Walter Donaldson, Composer - Ruth Etting: Known As "America's Sweetheart Of Song" - Worked On The Vaudeville Stage, Radio, And Film During The 1920's And 1930's - Recorded Over Sixty Hit Songs - Once Married To Chicago Gangster Martin "Moe The Gimp" Snyder

Candye Kane

One Of The Great Voices From The LA Roots Scene silenced By Cancer Four Years Ago - R.I.P. Candye

Dr. John

A Live Archive Release Recorded At Manley Field House, Syracuse. New York 1972 - The Good Doctor Giving The Willie Dixon Gem Some Serious 'Nawlins Shake

Albert Ammons-Pete Johnson-Meade Lux Lewis

A Trio Of Barrelhouse Boogie Piano Playing Trail Blazers From The South Side Of Chicago

Stephane Grappelli

An Ode To The Bursting Colors Of Autumn By The Great Stephane Grappelli

John Anderson

Reworking Bobby Womack - After A Few Health Issues, John Is Anxious To Getting Back On The Road And Continuing An Incredible Forty-Five Plus Career

Steep Canyon Rangers

Asheville, NC - Fresh 'Grass Into 'YCE

Freddie Slack & His Orchestra ft. Ella Mae Morse

Hired By Jimmy Dorsey At The Age Of Fourteen. Three Years Later Freddie Slack Asked Her to Sing For His Orchestra, The Start Of A Very Productive Decade

Mustard And Gravy

Frank Rice And Ernest Stokes Were A Hillbilly Comedy Act Discovered Working The Traveling Minstrel Shows During The Early 1930's

Soweto Gospel Choir

Uplifting South African Gospel Group - Three-Time Grammy Award Recipients

Stephie James

Detroit, MI

Dave Alvin And The Guilty Ones

Dave Is Turning Sixty-Five In A Couple Of Days

The Waifs

Australian Sisters Vicki Thorn And Donna Simpson Formed The Waifs In 1992

Trampled by Turtles

1876 - A Song Steeped In History And Mystery: A Sea Shanty, A Logging Song, A Fur Traders' Ballad, Wide Missouri River

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

November 18, 1927 MI - March 2, 2003 CA

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The Midnighters

Hank Ballard Was A Big Noise In The 1950's, A Rhythm And Blues Singer And Songwriter With A Rock And Roll Bite. Ballard And His Band 'The Midnighters' Formed In Detroit In Early 1953, And Over The Course Of The Next Twelve Years Placed Hit After Hit At The Top Of the R&B Charts, Including The Ballard Penned "The Twist"; Chubby Checker Would Make It A Chart Monster. Ballard's Solo Career Had Moderate Success, But Nothing Like The Early Days. John Henry Kendricks Passed On In 2003.

Ray Charles & Milt Jackson Sextet

'820' Jazz Presents: The Only Session For These Giants Producing Two Albums Released Three Years Apart, Hitting A Solid Groove And Never Looking Back. The Well-Seasoned Ensemble In A Sextet Formation, Moves Us Through Intricate Interplay, Creating Moment After Moment Of Sheer Beauty; Bluesy Jazz With A Serious Laid Back Attitude. - - - - - - - - - - - -Connie Kay, Drums...Skeeter Best, Guitar...Oscar Pettiford, Bass...Billy Mitchell, Tenor Saxophone...Ray Charles, Piano...Milt Jackson, Vibraphone

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Lost His Battle With Throat Cancer On Friday At The Age Of 78

Alice Wallace

Reworking The Don Walser Yodeling Masterpiece

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The Country Gentlemen

This Morning's Classic Pick!

Jake Blount

The Selections Are Drawn From Blount's Extensive research Of Black And Indigenous Mountain Music Ingrained In Appalachian Traditions

Crooked Still

The New England Bands Second Release

Appalachian Road Show