Ronnie Earl

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

Dion

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

Lynn August

Lafayette LA - Highly-Influential Zydeco Accordionist - Equally Adept On Keyboards And Drums, August Took Command Of His Solo Career At Fifteen Years Of Age

Rin Tarsy

GR Musicality!

The Band

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"

Jade Jackson

Debut Album - Written During The Time In A Back Brace And Wheelchair Following A Rock Climbing Accident

Dixie Dregs

Last Album Before the Band's Split; Reuniting Twelve-Years Later - The Dregs Continue, Sporadically, Reuniting For the Occasional Short Tour

Jason Boland & The Stragglers

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

Eddie Jefferson

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

An Album Ripe With Milestones From The Last Two Decades For The Danish Bluesman

COMPILATIONS

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

Nominated For a Grammy. '019- The Selections Consist Of Yiddish Songs Written During World War II And The Holocaust

John Reischman & The Jaybirds

One Of The World's Undisputed Masters Of The Mandolin

Big Maybelle

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

Chris Rodrigues & Abby The Spoon Lady

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

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

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

I See Hawks in LA

Los Angeles, CA 1999 - Lineage Is Linked To Hank Thompson, Dwight Yoakam, And The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

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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(1929) Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

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Gene Ammons' All-Stars

'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.

Who Hit John

Kalamazoo, MI 2006

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Peter Keane

Producer: Bill Morrissey

Summer Dean

The Fort Worth Troubadour's Attraction To A Life She Chose To Reject Fuels Her Artistry In This Album

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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

Four-Part Harmonies Over Fresh, Modern Tones; A Signature Blend Of Appalachian Americana Stylings

Edward Gerhard

Grammy Award Winning Guitarist With a Beautiful Rendering Of The Early Nineteenth-Century Folk Song - Recorded "House Of Guitars" Using Cheap, Pawnshop Guitars