Casey Driessen

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

Morgan Wade

Floyd VA - Debut Album; Gritty Songs, Broken Hearts, Risks Of Love, The Thrill Of Falling - Good Album!

Oliver Wood

Boulder, CO - Latest Release By The Frontman Of The Wood Brothers - Spent The 21st Century Blurring The Boundaries Of American Roots

Leadbelly

Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter - One Of The Most Powerful Figures In The Early Years Of The American Folk Music. Lead Belly's Recordings Were Instrumental In The Creation Of Britain's Skiffle Movement; His Performances Radiated An Overwhelming Intensity That Few Artists Have Ever Matched

Lena Horne With Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra

"The Enchantress" Joined The Chorus Of The Cotton Club At The Age Of 16; The Beginning Of A Incredible Seventy Year Career

Maceo Parker

Guest: Ivan Neville, Hammond B-3 - The Funkiest Saxophone Player On The Planet - Groundbreaking Work With James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic And Prince

Sol y Canto

Three-Time Boston Music Award Winning Pan-Latin Roots Ensemble

Back Forty

Ann Arbor, MI - Mitten Pickin'!

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Bob Dylan

Composers: Bob Dylan & Robert Hunter - A Major Figure In Popular Culture During A Career Spanning Nearly 60 Years, His Influence On Music Is Incalculable. As A Songwriter, He Pioneered Several Different Schools Of Pop Songwriting, From Confessional Singer/Songwriter To Winding, Hallucinatory, Stream-Of-Consciousness Narratives - - - Bob Dylan Turns 80 Years Tomorrow

Bob Dylan And The Band

Composer: Bob Dylan: Dylan, Manuel And Danko Laid Down The Basic Tracks In Woodstock, 1967; Finished Eight Years Later - Richard Takes Lead Vocal - The Song Has Its Roots During The Early Days Of Touring As Bob Dylan And The Hawks

Cassandra Wilson

Composer: Bob Dylan - A Really Nice Slow Burn, Funky Reinterpretation From Dylan's 1969 Album "Nashville Skyline" - The Songs' Biography Is Interesting - 1. Originally Written For The Soundtrack Of The Movie 'Midnight Cowboy', But Wasn't Submitted In Time To Be Included In The Finished Film - 2. Music Historian Joel Whitburn Said Instead That The Song Was Written For Dylan's Wife Sarah Lowndes - 3. In A 1971 Interview, Dylan Said The Song Was Written For Barbra Streisand - What We Do Know; During The Recording Session, Kris Kristofferson, Working As a Janitor At The Time Held The Bongos And Cowbell For Drummer Kenny Buttrey

COMPILATIONS

Composer: Bob Dylan - Mariachi El Bronx Among a Multitude Of Artists From All Corners Of The Globe Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International - The Bronx Collective Cover 'Love Sick', The Opening Track From Dylan's 1997 Album "Time Out Of Mind"

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Bob Dylan

Composer: Traditional - Birthday Salute: Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941 (80) Hibbing, MN - Dylan's Debut Covers Folk Standards With Two Originals

Paul Butterfield's Better Days

Trained As A Classical Flautist; Then The Blues Harmonica Came Calling. Butterfields' Original Approach And Fusing Of Other Genres Places Him Among The Best-Known Blues Harp Players - Inducted Into The Blues Hall of Fame, And With The Butterfield Blues Band Into Rock And Roll Hall Fame

Ben Sidran

Composer: Merle Kilgore, 1947 - Tennessee Ernie Ford Reached Number One On The Charts In 1955

The Pink Stones

Athens, GA - A Direct Link To 'The Drive-By Truckers' In The Form Of Pedal Steel Specialist John Neff, Who Spent The Better Part Of Two Decades Drifting In and Out Of The Truckers

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Sierra Ferrell

Charleston, WV - Jingle-Janglin' Gypsy Tornado

Mason Jennings

Well Known For His Songwriting And Distinctive Voice

Joe Green (From Bowling Green)

Did Not Come From Bowling Green, But Actually St. Louis, And Is Known For Only Two Recordings, Both Sides Recorded For Brunswick Records In 1930. He Got The Idea To Record From Roosevelt Sykes And Made The Move To Chicago To Audition With Ace A&R Man Mayo Williams.Impressed With the Two Songs Green Brought To The Table, Williams Signed Him to The Label. However, After The 1930 Sessions, Green Returned To Missouri, Worked Odd Jobs And Played Around Town Until His Passing In 1981.

Joe Green (From Bowling Green)

April 25. 1908 MO - June 24, 1981 MO

Frank Wess

'820' Presents: Kenny Barron, Piano...Winard Harper, Drums...Rufus Reid, Bass...Russell Malone, Guitar...Frank Wess, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - A Tour-De-Force Recording, The Final Session For The Ninety-One Year Old Jazz Legend. A Protege Of Lester Young, Eleven Years With Basie, Consummate Sideman, And Logging Sixty-Years As A Leader. On Magic 201, We Find Wess In His Favored Quintet Configuration; An Easy Rapport Among Long Cherished Friends that Know How To Move A Groove.

Connie Smith

The Eighty Year-Old Country Music Hall Of Famers First Single Release From The Forthcoming Album "The Cry Of the Heart"

Balsam Range

Haywood County, NC; Where The Great Smoky Mountains Meet The Blue Ridge, he Great Balsam Range

Sturgill Simpson

Joined By The Hillbilly Avengers

Alison Brown

Guest Picker: David Grisman, Mandolin

Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Prince Edward Island, CN - Band Was Formed When The Members Were In High School - Perform Traditional Celtic And Acadian Folk Music

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