Mark Weinstein

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

Tony Holiday

German Schlager Singer And Songwriter Mixing Elements Of Nordic And Slavic Folk Songs - Tony Passed On Thirty-One Years Ago This Week

Go Jane Go

David Francey And Kieran Kane

Harper & Motorcity Josh

HomeGrown In The Mitten!

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H.C. McEntire

Singer/Composer, Music Producer, And Creative Writer Living In Durham, NC

Jimmy Burns

Born In The Mississippi Delta, Jimmy Has Spent Nearly All His Life In Chicago, Often Times Hooking Up With His Elder Brother, Detroit Bluesman Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Jimmy Turns 78 In A Couple Of Weeks, And One Can Hear Tunes From The Latest Album By Jimmy And Chris Shutters Here On 'YCE

Rant Maggie Rant

Merging Together The Indigenous Music Of 5 Celtic Nations And The East Coast Traditions Of Canada

Nanette Natal

Fine Vocalizing Acrobatics On The 1956 Gene Vincent Classic - Nanette Came to Jazz In The Mid-1970's After A Decade Plus Career In Classical Music

The Ronettes

Teenage Trio The 'Darling Sisters' Changed Their Name To 'The Ronettes' And Became The Blueprint For One Of The Greatest Girl Groups Of All-Time - The Rolling Stones Were Their Opening Act On The 1964 Tour

Sparky And Rhonda Rucker

Husband And Wife Duo From Tennessee

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Tom Waits And Keith Richards Putting Their Unique Perspective On The Early Nineteenth-Century Folk Song, Originating With American And Canadian Fur Traders Traveling Down The Missouri River.

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Bau

Rifino Almeida - Gained Prominence As The Orchestra Director And Violinist Cape Verde's Most Famous Export, Cesario Evora

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

A Succinct Overview With A Few Overlooked Observations

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Online Suggestion

Frostbitten Grass

HandMade In The U.P. - Quartet Of Excellent Pickers From Marquette

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Ollabelle

Named After The Influential Appalachian Songwriter Ola Belle Reed, The Band DelvING Deep Into The American Hymnal Songbook

Jesse "Baby Face" Thomas

The Best-Known And Most Widely Recorded Blues Man Associated With The Ark-La-Tex Scenes, Second Only To Lead Belly. Leaving The Cotton Fields And Relocating To Dallas, Thomas Cut His First Sides At Age Eighteen In 1929, And Continued The Itinerant Musicians Life Leading Him To Los Angeles A Few Years Later. The Influences Of The Previous Years, And His Songwriting Prowess Had Taken Root When Thomas Resumes Recording In The 1940's. Although Commercial Success Eluded Him, "Baby Face" Had A Seventy-Plus Year Career And Laid The Groundwork For What We Now Know As 'Rock & Roll'. Jesse "Baby Face' thomas Passed On In 1995.

Jesse "Baby Face" Thomas

February 3, 1911 LA - August 15, 1995 LA

Booker Ervin Quintet

'820' Jazz Presents: George Tucker, Bass...Horace Parlan, Piano...Richard Williams, Trumpet...Dannie Richmond, Drums...Booker Ervin, Tenor Saxophone - - - Recorded Over Roughly A Ten Month Period At Van Gelder Studios In NJ - Each Member Of The Quintet Was On The Road Or In Session Across The Country, And Worked On The 'Groovin' High' Sessions When Available. The Pedigree Of The Five Is Monumental, Their Accomplishments Written In Jazz History.

Two Tons Of Steel

San Antonio, TX

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

In The Twentieth Century, Appalachian Migrants Seeking Economic Opportunities Relocated To Southwestern Ohio, Bringing Their Music With Them. Between 1947 And 1989, They Created An Internationally Renowned Capital For The Thriving Bluegrass Music Genre

Jimmy Martin ft. Leona Williams

Vintage Bluegrass Selection: The "King Of Bluegrass" And One Of The Finest Backing Vocalists In Country

Fink, Marxer, Gleaves

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer And Sam Gleaves

Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet

Reinterpreting Appalachian Dulcimer Player, Folk Singer Jean Ritchie

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Ragtime Composition Published By Scott Joplin In 1909 - The Title Theme Is Based On Wall Street Following The Events Surrounding The Panic Of 1907

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