Flor De Toloache

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

The Bobbettes

The First African-American Girl Group To Enjoy Nationwide Success In The United States - Formed In East Harlem In 1955 After Meeting At A Glee Club In Spanish Harlem - Were Able To Keep The Group Together Into The Early 1970's; The Success Of the Early Days Long Behind Them

Arlo McKinley

Cincinnati, OH - Grew Up Playing In The City's Punk And Hardcore Scene - Signed To John Prine's Oh Boy Records - The Album Is Deeply Rooted In Personal Stories, Set Against The Backdrop of Cincinnati

Terri Hendrix

"Terri Hendrix Holds Her Own Among The Poets Who If You Cut Their Words, They Bleed." - Ray Wylie Hubbard

John McEuen

GR Appearance: John & The String Wizards Live At The Listening Room September 3 (Friday Night)

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

GR Appearance: 10/8 At The Intersection - Willie's Eldest Son & Neil Young's Backing Band

Elder Jack Ward

Veteran Voice Of Memphis Sacred Soul; Once Recording For The Legendary Stax & Chalice Records - "Already Made" Is Elder Jack's First Recording In Fifty Years

Rachael Price

The Lead Vocalist For Lake Street Dive, And A Wonderful Reinterpretation Of The 1930 Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard Standard - The Tune Was Composed For A Radio Broadcast In October 1930, And Was Originally Titled 'Dreamy Blues' - Ellington Is Quoted As The Song Being "The First Tune I Ever Wrote Specially For Microphone Transmission"

Watermelon Slim

Boston, MA - Slim & The Workers Deliver the Goods From A Skewed Autobiographical Perspective, And A Raw-Boned Backwoods Virtuosity

Scythian

Founded On The Streets Washington D.C. By A Few Celtic Playing College Buddies, Growing To Be A Headliner On The Touring Roots Music Festival Circuit - The Band's Is Named After Ukrainian Nomads

Lil Hardin Armstrong

Lindy Was A Fusion Of Many Dances That Preceded It, Combining Elements Of Both Partnered And Solo Dancing - Sometimes Referred To As A Street Dance

Pearl Django

The Group Melds The Music Of Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli With American Swing - Composed By Irving Berlin For His 1935 Musical Top Hat; Starring The Heavy Talents Of Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers

Liz McComb

Traditional American Gospel Song composed By Pentecostal Preacher Claude Ely In 1934

The Miller Sisters

Elsie Jo And Mildred, Part Of The Sam Phillips Sun Label Stable During The 1950's - Sam Had Heard Them On A tupelo, Mississippi Radio Station In 1954; Signing Them A Short Thereafter

The Felice Brothers

Latest Album By the New York Roots Rockers; Commencing With A Healthy Tour In September

Folk Scat

Eastern European Vocal Group Meets Manhattan Transfer And Zap Mama

John R. Miller

Grew Up In the Shenandoah Valley; Joining The Regimen Of Authentic Appalachian Singer/Songwriters - Backed By His Band The Engine Lights

Alice Howe

Boston, MA - Influenced By The Early Folk Troubadours Of Southern California

Priscilla Bowman & The Spaniels

Blues Spotlight: Kansas City R&B Singer Was Heavily Influenced By Ruth Brown And Annie Laurie. As Lead Singer For The Jay McCann Band, Miss Bowman Placed Two Singles At The Top Of The R&B Charts In 1955. Recording A Few Solo Sessions For Vee-Jay Records, Couldn't Repeat The Success As Before. The Remainder Of Bowman's Career Was Focused On Live Performance In Kansas City's Clubs. Priscilla Bowman Passed On In 1988.

Pricilla Bowman

May 30, 1928 KS - July 24, 1988 KS

Charlie Watts

'820' Jazz Presents: Charlie Watts And the Tentet - Recorded Over Three Nights At The Famed London Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott's. During Breaks From Drum Duties With The Rolling Stones, Charlie Used His Time Wisely By Forming Various Configurations Of Bands That Could Provide An Outlet For His Deep Knowledge And Love Of Jazz, Especially Bop. For This Engagement, Watts Assembled Some Of The U.K.'s Finest Musicians For This Tentet, Including A Bandleader, Covering Compositions By Monk, Ellington, Strayhorn And Davis. R.I.P. Charlie

COMPILATIONS

The Story Of Southwestern Ohio's Distinctive Sounds Brought By Appalachian Migrants Seeking Economic Opportunities, And Creating An Internationally Renowned Capital For The Thriving Bluegrass Genre, Centered On The Industrial Region Of Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, And Springfield

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Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours

Classic Country Cut: One Of The Pioneers Of Country Music - Laying Down The Blue Print For Honky Tonk

Rachel Harrington

Reworking Bobbie Gentry's 1967 Classic

COMPILATIONS

Crooked Still - String-Band Revivalists Who Reinterpret Traditional Music With Their Own Fresh Perspective

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New Grange

One-Off String Band Fronted By Tim O'Brien - Darol Anger, Alison Brown, Mike Marshall, And Todd Phillips Join The Pick