B.D. Lenz

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

The Conklin Ceili Band

Mitten Music - Playing the Sounds Of Their Ancestors

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Charley Crockett

Mitten Appearance: 10/29 At The El Club, Detroit

Summer Dean

Fort Worth, TX - Debut Release For This School Teacher Turned Honky-Tonk Troubadour - The Attraction To A Life She Chose To Reject Fuels The Artistry Of This Album - "Dear Caroline' Is A Bleak Evocation Of The Dust Bowl

Shannon And The Clams

Oakland, CA - The Quartets Vintage Garage Sounds Incorporates Elements Of Doo-Wop To Surf; Drawing Comparisons To Buddy Holly And The 1960's Girl Groups

The Volcanos

Bongo-Beatin' R&B Dance Floor Greatness - Only Known Recording Is A Two-Sided Single; Worth Around Ten Dollars To Collectors Of Rare And Vintage 45's

Louis Armstrong

Composer: Johnny Mercer - Bing & Satchmo With the Billy May Orchestra, 1960 - Crosby and Armstrong Worked Together Many Times Before Recording This Album; Appearing Together In Several Films And Radio Broadcasts Between 1936 And 1951

Lazer Lloyd

Madison, CT - Noted For Playing Blues With Arabic Tunings - Described As A Combination Of Mississippi And Moroccan Tuning

Hector Anchondo

New Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers

A Newly Unearthed Live Album Recorded At The Ryman Auditorium - A Surprize To all Involved; Even Emmy Didn't Realize The Tapes Of The 1990 Event Still Existed

Kermit Ruffins

After A Long And Successful Stint With The Barbecue Swingers, Kermit Rejoined The Rebirth Brass Band For This Rousing, And Very Funky Collection

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Annie Villeneuve - French-Canadian Singer Held In High-Esteem Throughout The Provinces

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The Brass Kings

The Band's Uniqueness Is Playing Old-Time Instruments In Unexpected Ways; Charting the Bermuda Triangle Of Old-Time, Middle-Eastern And Bluegrass Music

Johnny Jenkins

Left-Handed Blues Guitarist Instrumental In Launching The Career Of Otis Redding - Flamboyant Style Of Guitar Playing Influenced Jimi Hendrix - An Iconic Figure In The Stax Record Family

Potato Moon

West Michigan Music - Jammie Award Recipients

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Cow Bop

A Tin Pan Alley Tune Written In 1924 By Ray Henderson - Cow Bop Are Inductees Into The Texas Western Swing Hall Of Fame

James McMurtry

The Songwriting Conscience Of America - Known For His Hard-Edged Character Sketches

The Johnny Shines Band

Johnny Shines Was Not A Big Blues Star, But He Carried The Flame Lit By His Friend Robert Johnson, And Passed It On To New Generations. He Caught The Blues In Memphis, And Played Around The Beale Street Area As a Teen. Spent Some Time As A Sharecropper In Montana During The Early Thirties, And Met Up With Robert Jr. Lockwood Gigging Their Way to Chicago, But Parted Ways In Arkansas. Shines Played Guitar For Howlin' Wolf And Sonny Boy ll, Signed With Chess Records And Led His Own Band For A Few Years. Johnny Appeared In The Documentary Film 'Searching For Robert Johnson', And Recorded One Album With Snooky Pryor In 1991. John Ned Shines Passed On In 1992.

Johnny Shines

Blues Spotlight: April 26, 1915 TN - April 20, 1992 AL

Tommy Flanagan and Jaki Byard

'820' Jazz Presents: Tommy Flanagan, Piano...Jaki Byard, Piano...Tommy Flanagan And Jaki Byard, Two Titans Of Jazz Piano, Each With Disparate Styles, And Idiosyncratic Talents Are Captured Live At The Legendary Keystone Corner In April 1982. Cole Porter Composed 'Just One Of Those Things' For The Musical "Jubilee" In 1935. Flanagan And Byard's Specialty Is Grand Lyricism, And Spontaneity, Sitting Down And Playing The Material With No Previous Rehearsal. This Gathering Is No Different.

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Valerie June - A Reworking Of A 1955 Carl Perkins Song

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Nashville Bluegrass Band

A 'Grass Ensemble Founded In 1984, Starting As A Backing Band For Minnie Pearl

Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill's Latest Is A Concept Album

Loudon Wainwright III

An Ambitious Project By Loudon Wainwright lll - A Grand Gathering Of Songs By Influential North Carolina Banjo Player Charlie Poole And Leader Of The North Carolina Ramblers, A String Band That Recorded Between 1925 And 1930, And Leaving A Powerful Legacy

Pretty Little Feet

The Soundtrack To The Documentary Film, The Mountain Runners

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Mary Flower

One Of The Quintessential Women Of Traditional American Acoustic Blues - World Class Finger-Style Guitarist And Lap Slide Player, And Educator