Sugar Ray & the Bluetones

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

Michelle Malone

Unfiltered Stylings Of A Georgia Peach With Masterful Lyrical Introspection Giving A Tip Of The Hat To 'Revolver'

Malou Beauvoir

Haiti's Folk Traditions And A Compelling Weave Of Contemporary Influences

Brownie McGhee

The Highly-Respected Piedmont Bluesman Reworking The Classic By The Great Ida Cox, "The Uncrowned Queen Of The Blues"

Shamar Star And The Praise Nation Band

HandMade In The Mitten

Lou Rawls

One Of Lou's Signature Songs - Over An Incredible Fifty-Five Year Career, Rawls Released Sixty Albums And Sold More Than Sixty Million Records

Johnny Gimble

Inductee Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1999 In The Early Influences Category As A Member Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys

John Hurlbut + Jorma Kaukonen

Composed By Roger McGuinn With Input From Bob Dylan Squibbling The Chorus On A Napkin And Asking Peter Fonda To Pass Onto To McGuinn; Of Course McGuinn Expanded Upon Them With His Own Lyrical Content And Produced The Theme To On Of the Most Iconic, Landmark Counterculture Films, And A Touchstone For A Generation - Easy Rider: Written, Produced And Directed By Peter Fonda And Dennis Hopper

Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys

The Follow-Up Single To "I'm Moving On" - Snow's Career Spanned Fifty Years - The One That Persuaded The Directors Of The Grand Ole Opry To Allow A Young Elvis Presley To Appear On Stage, 1954

Lonnie Johnson And Otis Spann

The Two Iconic Bluesmen Taking A Day Off From A European Tour With Muddy Waters In Late Fall 1963, Recording What Would Be Their Only Collaboration On Record

Carol Fran

Putting A Soulful Swing On The 1929 Fats Waller Standard

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Ed Sweeney & Yang Wei

The Cultural Traditions Of East Meets West - Yang Wei Is A Virtuoso On The Pipa, A Traditional Instrument Played For Almost Two Thousand Years In China, And Is A Charter Member Of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble - Ed Sweeney Is A Musical Educator, His Stories Tell Of Immigrants, Farmers And Factory Workers During 19th And 20th Century America

Tony Trischka

Van Dyke Parks And Brian O'Donovan - Trischka Has Been Working On This Album For Twelve Years. In It We Are Transported Into The Lives Of Characters From America's Past, The Civil War Era In Particular

Willie Watson

With The Fairfield Four; Produced By David Rawlings - Watson's Second Release After Leaving Old Crow Medicine Show

COMPILATIONS

North Mississippi Allstars: Luther & Cody Dickinson

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Tellico

Arising From The Ashes Of 'Grassers 'Dehlia Low', And Firmly Planted In Asheville's Roots Music Scene for A Number Of Years, The Quartet Is Firmly Rooted In The Mountain Music Each Grew Up With While Pushing Tradition Into A Modern Americana Sound Aesthetic.

Harry "Fats" Crafton

Harry Crafton Was One Of The Better And Ultimately, Unfairly Neglected Guitarists To Come Out Of The Postwar Era, Carving A Small But Special Niche For Himself In Philadelphia. No Slouch On The Axe, And Accompanied By A Fine Set Of Vocal Chops, Crafton Cut A String Of Records For A Number Of Independent Labels Between 1949 And 1954 With His Band The Craft Tones. Many Of These Sides Are Ably Supported By Local Philly Musicians Joe Sewell And Doc Bagby With Whom Crafton Cut Many Important Early Blues & Rhythm Sides. Nothing Is Known Of Crafton's Whereabouts In Music Or Anywhere Else Since The Mid-1960's, Although It Is Said That He Ran A Record Store In Philadelphia At Some Point.

Harry "Fats" Crafton

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Marion McPartland & Hank Jones

'820' Jazz - Marion McPartland, Piano...Hank Jones, Piano - - - - - - - - Two Of Jazz Music's Piano Trailblazers Together For A One-Night Presentation In Tokyo; A Rare Duet Offering Of Mutual Respect And Highly Stylized Playing.

Charley Crockett

Del McCoury Band

Del Is Celebrating Number 82 Tomorrow - His Long Career Continues

Becky Buller & Jerry Douglas

Lending The Pick To The Joni Mitchell Gem

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Amarillo, TX - His Music Eludes Categorization; Some Label It Sagebrush Soul, Others Zen Country, and Still Others Western Beat - I Know One Thing, Jimmie Along With Joe Ely And Butch Hancock Co-Founded 'The Flatlanders' In The Early 1970's; Fathers Of The Alt-Country Movement

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Peter Asher, Producing And Album Cover Art By Martin Mull

Frank Salamone

GR's Gold Standard - Fingerstyle And Vocal Legend In And Around West Michigan - One-Half Of The Famed Duo "Suitcase", With Jimmie Stagger; Long Remembered For Their Contribution To The Scene In West Michigan.

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