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 Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose" Traditions! Returns Nest Week
Primer Playin' Hot And Corritore Blowin' Sweet! Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley
Dallas, TX - One Of The Five Musicians Who Opened Birdland With Charlie Parker In 1949 - Known As "Mr. After Hours" For His Ability To Take On Challengers In Late Night Jam Sessions - One Of The Giants Of The Swing Era And One Of The Founders Of What Came To Be Known As Rhythm And Blues
As A Teen, Webster Was Already Hailed As South Louisiana's Reigning Piano Queen - Acknowledged As One Of The Premier Blues Artists Of Her Generation - Session Player Behind Lightnin' Slim And Otis Redding
Recorded In Roswell, GA - Deeply Played Southern Roots Curated by One Of The Very Best
Lawrence County, KY - One-Hundred Percent Of the Net Proceeds Support Underserved Communities In The appalachian Region Through The Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund
Double-Sided Hit - The Group Founded In 1961 By Three Friends Attending Western Michigan University, Signed to Motown That Same Year - A Young Stevie Wonder On Harmonica
HomeGrown! In The Mitten - Their Name Is Derived From the Song "Root Doctor", Recorded By Texas Bluesman Buddy Ace
Martin's Musical Cross-Country Trip, Blazing Through All Territories Of Style, Cruise Through Time And Place
Thirteen Year Old Banjo And Accordian Playing Prodigy - Old-Time Eastern Kentucky Mountain Music Is Her Passion
A La Carte Serves Up A New Orleans Street Band Marinated With A Hot Salsa Percussion Section
Spent Time In the 1950's As The Guitarist For The Legendary Clifton Chenier's Zodico Ramblers - Posthumously Inducted Into The Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame
Translation: Talk to Me
The Trio Formed In 2006 After Meeting At The Southern Girls Rock & Roll Camp In Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Dan Auerbach Gave Them An Opening Spot On the Black Keys '08 Tour
Shreveport, LA - Began His Career In 1947 Playing with Al Simmons' Rhythm Rockers; A Year Later Moving Onto Jimmy McCracklin's Band - Recorded For A Number Of Labels - Hardly A Guitarist Around Today who Doesn't Owe A Little Something To Lafayette Thomas
Tip Of The Hat To The Legendary Kansas City Bandleader, Bennie Moten - This Track Features One Of The Last Guest Appearances By Another Legend, Stephane Grappelli
Liam Clancy, Lead Vocals Visiting The Mary Hopkin Classic Of Which An English Lyric Was Put To A 1927 Russian Romance Song - The Album Marked the Final Album By The Clancy Brothers', Released Four Decades After The Group's First Album, "The Rising of the Moon"
Golden, Colorado Poet With A Guitar; A Bob Dylan Mind And Andrew Bird Ear
Are you a Michigan musician or know of a few talented artists?
Blues Spotlight: A Self-Taught Pianist, Delta Born Walter Davis Set Out For St. Louis In The Mid-1920's, A Vibrant Blues Scene That Had Peetie Wheatstraw And Roosevelt Sykes Playing Most Nights. Heavily Influenced By Leroy Carr, Davis Cut His First Record In 1930, Teaming Up With Guitarist Henry Townsend As They Exploited The Fashion For Piano/Guitar Duets. Sometimes Billed As 'Hooker Joe', Davis Output Totalled One-Hundred And Fifty Pieces Recorded In A Twenty-Two Year Period Ending In 1952. A Stroke Put An End To His Career, And He Turned To Religion, Becoming A Preacher For The Rest Of His Days. Walter Davis Passed On In 1963.
Blues Spotlight: March 1, 1911 MS - October 22, 1963 MO
'820' Jazz Presents: Peter Erskine, Drums...Fred Hersch, Piano...John Patitucci, Bass...John Scofield, Guitar...Gary Burton, Vibraphone - - - - - - -- The First Album For The Concord Jazz Imprint, Burton And Friends Go Back To Some Of The Most Enduring Compositions In The Jazz Lexicon. Burton's Quintet Reworks "Poinciana", Ahmad Jamal's 1958 Juggernaut.
Kalamazoo's Cut Above The Rest
The Intricate Virtuosity Of Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Jordan Tice - Evolving Into Hawktail In 2017
Crimora, VA - Began As The Upright Bass Player In The Cumberland Mountain Folks - When Flatt And Scruggs Left Bill Monroe, Wiseman Became The Guitarist For Their New Band, the Foggy Mountain Boys; Later He Played With Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys
Emily Bides Her Time As Fiddler And Lead Singer For The 'Sweetback Sisters' Also Heard On 'YCE
New Music Into 'YCE
