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Traditions!

Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Ronnie Earl

Howlin' for My Darlin'
I Feel Like Goin' On 2003 via Stony Plain Music
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Dion

Red House Feat. Keb' Mo'
Stomping Ground 2021 via KTBA
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The Eighty-Two Year Old Hall Of Famer Returns With Another Fine Collection Of Making Music With A Few Friends - The Album's Notes Include A Forward By Pete Townshend, And Track-By-Track Description By Dion

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Lynn August

Christmas by the Bar-B-Que
Putumayo Presents: Joy to the World 2018 via Putomayo
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Lafayette LA - Highly-Influential Zydeco Accordionist - Equally Adept On Keyboards And Drums, August Took Command Of His Solo Career At Fifteen Years Of Age

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Rin Tarsy

Old Soul
Paradox 2021 via Independent
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GR Musicality!

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9:40 am

The Band

Stage Fright
Greatest Hits 2000 via Capitol
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Remembering Rick Danko, Passing On December 10, 1999 At The Age Of Fifty-Five - "Stage Fright" Is The Band's Third Album Released In 1970, And Showcasing Inspired Lead Vocal Performances By Rick Danko And Richard Manuel - Robbie Wrote The Song Intending It Be Sung By Richard, But During Rehearsals It Became Clear That The Song Was Better Suited To Danko's "Nervous, Tremulous Voice"

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Jade Jackson

Troubled End
Gilded 2017 via ANTI
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Debut Album - Written During The Time In A Back Brace And Wheelchair Following A Rock Climbing Accident

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Dixie Dregs

Where's Dixie
Industry Standard 1982 via RCA
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Last Album Before the Band's Split; Reuniting Twelve-Years Later - The Dregs Continue, Sporadically, Reuniting For the Occasional Short Tour

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Jason Boland & The Stragglers

Straight Home
The Light Saw Me 2021 via Thirty Tigers
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Latest Release From The Oklahoma Quartet; Leading Ambassodors Of The Red Dirt Music Scene, And Twenty-Year Veterans Of The Texas Roadhouse Circuit - The Project Reunites Them With Producer Shooter Jennings

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9:20 am

Eddie Jefferson

See If You Can Git to That
Body And Soul 1989 via Ojc
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The Founder Of The Vocalese Method - Started Out Working As A Tap Dancer In the 1940's - Gunned Down Leaving Baker's Keyboard Lounge On Detroit's North Fringe; 5/9/1979

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Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado

Heart Of The Night
Best Of 2021 via Ruf
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An Album Ripe With Milestones From The Last Two Decades For The Danish Bluesman

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COMPILATIONS

It's In The Water
The Best Of Times- Texas Artists Performing The Music Of Sara Hickman 2011 via Sleeveless Records
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Austin, TX - Djembabes: A Drum Song Ensemble Specializing In The Percussive And Vocal Music Of West And South Africa Performed On Traditional Instrumentation Preserving The Integrity And Beauty Of This Music

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Yiddish Glory

Yoshke Fun Odes (Yoshke from Odes
The Lost Songs Of World War II 2018 via Six Degrees
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Nominated For a Grammy. '019- The Selections Consist Of Yiddish Songs Written During World War II And The Holocaust

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9:00 am

John Reischman & The Jaybirds

Daylighting The Creek
On That Other Green Shore 2017 via Corvus
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One Of The World's Undisputed Masters Of The Mandolin

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Big Maybelle

Such A Cutie
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 1994 via Epic/Legacy/Okeh
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One Of The Great Voices In Music History; In Full Command Of Every Emotional Nuance A Song Required - One Of The Premier R&B Chanteuses Of The 1950's

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Chris Rodrigues & Abby The Spoon Lady

Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
I'll Keep My Light Lit 2017 via ChrisRod
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Asheville, NC - Instrumental In Developing The Asheville Buskers Collective - Appears Prominently In The Film Buskin' Blues, A Documentary About The Street Performance Scene In Asheville

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

High And Lonesome
Raise The Roof 2021 via Rounder/Concord
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Fourteen Years After The Grammy Award-Winning "Raising Sand" - T Bone Burnett Back In The Producing Chair - Among The Many Guest Appearances: David Hidalgo, Buddy Miller, Bill Frisell And Stuart Duncan; All Heard Here On 'YCE

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I See Hawks in LA

Pale and Troubled Race
Hallowed Ground 2008 via Big Book Records
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Los Angeles, CA 1999 - Lineage Is Linked To Hank Thompson, Dwight Yoakam, And The Strawberry Alarm Clock

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8:40 am

Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

Whiskey Headed Woman [1927]
Down & Dirty 1997 via Patuxent
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One Of The Last, Great Guitar-Harmonica Duos, Warner Williams And Jay Summerour Led The Songster Life Together For Thirty-Years, Drawing On An Endless Repertory Of Song, Imprinting Each Piece With Their Own Signature - Conjuring Up An Historic Duo Like Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee. Both Worked Day Jobs Most Of Their Lives, And Played The Same Stages During Open Mic Nights Up And Down Highway 61. The Crowds Soon Followed, And Both Became Staples On The Fertile Maryland-Washington D.C Acoustic Blues Scene. With Only Two Albums Released, The Authenticity Of Warner Williams And Jay Summerour Is Sometimes Overshadowed In Blues History; Unsung Heroes Of The Piedmont Blues Tradition - Their Importance Is Undeniable

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COMPILATIONS

Bring it On Down to My House
Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways 2014 via Smithsonian Folkways
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(1929) Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

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Gene Ammons' All-Stars

Real McCoy
The Big Sound 1958 via Prestige
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'820'Jazz Presents: George Joyner, Bass...Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone...Mal Waldron, Piano...Paul Quinichette, Tenor Saxophone...Art Taylor, Drums...John Coltrane, Alto Saxophone...Jerome Richardson, Flute...Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor - - - - - - - -Recorded In a One Day Session At Van Gelder Studios, January 3, 1958. The Groove Was So Relaxed And Spot On That Two Albums Of Material Were Laid Down That Day; The Other Would Be Titled "Groove Blues". This Gathering Of Extraordinary Talent Was One Of The Last All-Star Jam Sessions Ammons' Led For The Prestige Label. A True Testament To Hard Bop.

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8:20 am

Who Hit John

The Long Walk Home
Heirloom 2009 via Hey Burner! Records
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Kalamazoo, MI 2006

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Peter Keane

Louisiana Special
Walkin' Around 1996 via Flying Fish Records
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Producer: Bill Morrissey

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Summer Dean

Bad Romantic
Bad Romantic 2021 via Independent
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The Fort Worth Troubadour's Attraction To A Life She Chose To Reject Fuels Her Artistry In This Album

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COMPILATIONS

The Storms are on the Ocean
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 via Nonesuch
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Nancy Blake - This Song Is One Of The Musical Links Between Scotland And Appalachia Through The Border Ballad 'Lord Gregory' - The Title Changed By A.P. Carter In 1927

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The Steel Wheels

Where I'm From
Everyone A Song, Vol. 2 2021 via Independent
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Four-Part Harmonies Over Fresh, Modern Tones; A Signature Blend Of Appalachian Americana Stylings

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Edward Gerhard

Poor Wayfaring Stranger
House of Guitars 2001 via Vivid Sound
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Grammy Award Winning Guitarist With a Beautiful Rendering Of The Early Nineteenth-Century Folk Song - Recorded "House Of Guitars" Using Cheap, Pawnshop Guitars

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8:00 am