COMPILATIONS

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

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Cyndi Lauper

Composer: Ace Nashville Songwriter Harlan Howard - Both Ray Price And Guy Mitchell Recorded The Classic In 1959, Both Recordings Smoking The Top Of The Charts

Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird

First Sustained Collaboration Since The Squirrel Nut Zippers Disbanded, Drawing From A Range Of Old Styles, Primarily Gospel

Bright Light Quartet

Gospel Field Recordings By The Highly-Respected Documentrian and Folklorist - The Bright Light Quartets' Close Harmony Is Arguably The Most Honest And Raw Reflection Of The Life And Times Of These Performers, Powerful And Soulful; An Enlightening Trip To The Roots Of Rock And Soul

Suitcase- Frank Salamone and Jim Steigmeyer

A Reinterpretation Of The 1928 Blues Standard By Blind Blake

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Del Shannon

Composer: Charles Weedon "Del Shannon" Westover, 1964 - Born In GR and Raised In Coopersville, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Wrote the Song In 1964, Becoming A Top Ten Hit For Peter And Gordon Later That Year - Background Bio: The Duo Overheard Shannon Pitching The Song To "The Searchers" During A Tour Of Australia; "The Searchers" Weren't Interested, However, Asher And Waller Recognized The Song;s Potential To Become A Merseybeat-Style Hit - No Doubt About It

The High Hawks

Debut Album By An All-Star Roster Of Talent From The Jamgrass And Roots Scene; Four Songwriters And Four Distinct Singers All As One To Channel Influences From Bluegrass To Folk To Reggae To Cosmic Americana; Street Date: June 11

The Psychic Horns

Always Knowing What You Want To Hear - The Northeasterners Fuse A Powerful Synthesis Of Funky Jazz: Infectious Stuff!

Alex Cuba

Spanish Gypsy Singer Of Flamenco Antonio Carmona, One Of Many Compadres Joining Cuba On The New Album

Wanda Jackson

Guests: Dave Alvin - First Lady Of Rockabilly

U.S Military Band

Memorial Day, Previously Known As Decoration Day, Honoring And Mourning The Military Personnel Who Have Given Their Lives In The Performance Of Their Military Duties While Serving In The United States Armed Forces

Dean Martin

Steubenville, OH - Nicknamed "The King Of Cool" - One Of The Most Popular And Enduring American Entertainers Of The Mid-20th Century

COMPILATIONS

James Andrews, Vocals - An Example Of How Early Marching Bands Influenced New Orleans Jazz - Dixieland Classic

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Arlo Guthrie

Online Suggestion - Honoring Those That Never Made It Home Alive - Memorial Day Is Tomorrow

The Moxie Strings

Jammie Awards Recipients Appearing In Alto, MI July 9 For The Between The Silos Concert Series

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Amy Speace

Joined On Amy's Ninth Release By Nashville's The Orphan Brigade

Britton Patrick Morgan

Eastern Kentucky Coal Country Singer/Songwriter With Music From The Second Release - Delivers Rough-Hewn Songs With A Husky, Authentic Voice

Luke "L.C." McKinley

Blues Spotlight: Born In 1918 Mississippi, L.C. McKinley Relocated To Chicago In 1941, Earning His Chops By The End Of The Decade With A Steady Gig At The Famed 708 Club. In 1952, McKinley And The Ernest Cotton Trio Backed Pianist Eddie Boyd On The Standard 'Five Long Years'. Recording Sessions For Parrot Records Were Never Released. A Recording Contract With Vee-Jay Produced Several Singles, And By 1964 McKinley Made Is His Last Recordings And Left The Music Industry. Luke Mckinley Passed On In 1970. In 2019, West Michigan's Killer Blues Headstone Project Placed a Headstone On L.C. McKinley's Unmarked Grave At Fern Oaks Cemetery In Griffith, IN

Luke "L.C." McKinley

Blues Spotlight: October 22, 1918 MS - January 19, 1970 IN

Wayne Shorter

'820'Jazz Presents: Elvin Jones, Drums...Ron Carter, Bass...Herbie Hancock, Piano...Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet...Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - - - - - Is Arguably Wayne Shorter's Greatest Solo Contribution To Jazz, Recorded Live In Studio On Christmas Eve 1964. Shorter Came To Prominence As A Member Of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, And Co-Founder Of Weather Report. Turning to "Speak No Evil",The Post-Bop & Modal Jazz Styles Are On Display Throughout This Album; The Great Rudy Van Gelder Engineering. Recently Retiring From A Seventy-Year Performing Career, The Eighty-Seven Year Old Shorter Is Currently Creating A New Operatic Work With Esperanza Spalding.

Jim Lauderdale

Roots Music Renaissance Man

Roland White & Friends

American Traditional Song Developing From Lyrics In The Cowboy Song "My Lula Gal" - Mandolinist White Is Joined By Billy Strings

Deborah Silver

Composer: Hughie Cannon, 1902 - Written For Willard "Bill" Bailey, A Regular Customer At Conrad Diedrich's Saloon Jackson, MI

Evie Ladin

Turn Of the Twentieth-Century Appalachia Song - AKA Known As Red Rocking Chair And Honey Babe Blues - Dock Boggs First Recording It In 1927

Old Reliable String Band

Former Members Of The Lost City Ramblers Running Through A Host Of Old Favorites From The 1920's And 1930's

Tony Trischka

Twelve Years In The Making Inviting The Audience Into The Lives Of Characters From America’s Past As They Grapple With The Hard Realities Of War And Death, And The Meaning Of Freedom