The John Santos Sextet

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

Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats

Influential Caribbean Singer And One Of The Pioneers Of Jamaican Ska Music

Todd Rhodes And His Septet Ft. Kitty Stevenson

An Early Influence In Jazz And Later R&B, Joined On Many Recordings By Chicago Singer Kitty Stevenson; both Labelmates For Session Records, Detroit

Paul Rishell & Annie Raines

Blues Music Award For Acoustic Blues Album Of The Year Recipients

Ralston Bowles

GR's Own Serving And Promoting The Western Michigan Music Scene Since 1970

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The Mountain Goats

Tony Joe White

Street Date; May 7; Dan Auerbach Producing These Recordings That Started As Unadorned Voice And Guitar Demos From Tony Joe's Home Studio In the Early Days. The Tracks Are Redolent Of The Sparse, Southern Swamp-Rock Style That White Perfected So Well, Rising To International Prominence As Both Writer And Performer

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Tommy Duncan, Vocals - Texas Swing At Its Rowdiest And Most Anarchic

Deacon John

Allen Toussaint Joining The Eighty-Year Old Life-Long Resident Of The 8th Ward

Waxahatchee

Named After Waxahachie Creek In Alabama, Not Far From Where Katie Crutchfield Grew Up

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Jamestown Revival

The Magnolia, Texas Duo Of Childhood Friends Zach Chance And Jonathan Clay - The Album Was Named For The Band's Recording Location In The Wasatch Mountains, Living In A Cabin And Using Minimal Recording Studio Equipment

Homesick James

South Chicago Master Of Slide Guitar Cutting His First Sides For RCA In The Mid-1930's

Teresa Brewer & Count Basie

Reworking The 1923 Bessie Smith Gem With A Smoldering Swing Courtesy Of The Great Basie

COMPILATIONS

Z.C.C. Mukhukhu: Seven Piece South African Gospel Ensemble

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"Spider" John Koerner

An Early Influence On Bob Dylan

Nitty Gritty Band ft. Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell & The War And Treaty

An Ensemble Rendition Of Dylan's 1964 Anthem Of Change, And Fifty-Seven Years On Serving As A Fundraiser For Feeding America

Amy Speace And The Orphan Brigade

Recorded In Nashville, The Award-Winning Songwriter Pulls Directly From Her Own Childhood Memories, Coming Of Age In New York City - Another Keeper For Amy!

Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie

Running Thru A Stunning Statement Of The Guy Clark Nugget (1988)

Walter Davis & Roosevelt Sykes

Blues Spotlight: Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee And St. Louis Pianist Walter Davis Was One Of The Most Influential And Prolific Players Of The Pre-World War II Blues Scene. Recording His First Sides With Roosevelt Sykes In 1930, Davis Would Write And Record Over One-Fifty Songs By The Early 1950's, Including Several That Have Become Blues Standards. Walter Davis Passed On In 1963; West Michigan's Killer Blues Headstone Project Placed A Headstone On Davis' Unmarked Grave In 2012.

Walter Davis

Blues Spotlight: March 1, 1911 MS - October 22, 1963 MO

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The Gene Harris/Jack McDuff Quintet

Lester Hughes, Bass...Paul Humphrey, Drums...Ron Eschet, Guitar...Jack McDuff, Hammond B-3...Gene Harris, Piano - -- - -Combining The Powers Of Two Of The Funkiest Figures In Jazz. Recorded In Late 1996, The Union Finds McDuff Joining Harris' Working Group At The Time, And Allocates Plenty Of Room For A Few Special Guests.

Shannon McNally ft. Rodney Crowell

Street Date: May 28 - Rodney Wrote It In 1977 And Recorded That Year By Gary Stewart; Crowell Recorded It One Year Later As Well As Emmylou Harris, And Then Waylon Got A Hold Of It In 1979 And Took It To The Top Of the Charts

Mountain Bridge Band

Quintet Of South Carolina Pickers Delivering Their Latest With An Ode To The Great State Of Arkansas

COMPILATIONS

The Third Installment Of Singles From The Next Waltz, A Really Fun Project Helmed By Bruce Robison, Without Any Digital Shenanigans

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Carter Family

Vintage Song From The Mountains

Lunasa

The Band's Name Is Derived From A Gaelic Festival Marking The Beginning Of The Harvest Season, Widely Observed Throughout Ireland, Scotland And The Isle Of Man