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 American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose" Traditions! Returns Next Week
Undercover: Del Vikings, 1957 - Esteemed Singer/Songwriter - Debut Album Produced By Robbie Robertson, 1970
Bukka White: One Of The Most Expressive Vocalists And Powerful Slide Guitarists In The Blues - First Recording Sessions In 1930 Memphis - After His Release From Parchman Penitentiary, White Recorded Twelve Of His Enduring Songs At A Chicago Session In 1940 - Posthumously Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame
Flatt & Scruggs Recorded a Few Dylan Covers During The Latter Part Of Their Esteemed Career - The Original Recorded With the Band During "The Basement Tapes" Sessions, 1967
JD Wilkes Founded The Band In Paducah Twenty-Five Years Ago
A Roots And Roll, Award-Winning Quintet From Toronto
Black Tears - Written By Miguel Matamoros In 1930 - Considered The Perfect Fusion Of Cuban Son With Bolero, Both Indigenous Genres To The Cuban Highlands Of The Late 19th Century
Disciple Of The Late Tabla Master Ustad Alla Rakha - Spiegel Formally Trained At The Ali Akbar College Of Music
A Tribute To Their Hometown Of Los Angeles, Selecting Songs They Believed Would Represent The Soul Of The City; The Reinterpretation Covers "The Jaguars:, Founded In East L.A. 1965 - 'Where Lovers Go' Is An Inspiration Of 'Sleep Walk' By Santo And Johnny (1959)
Debut Album, Jade Jackson And Aubrey Sellers
Two Gospel Keys, 1940's Gospel Duo
Former Frontman For The Del Fuegos And Now Fronting The Grammy-Winning Dan Zane And Friends Running Through The 1964 Tony Award Recipient For Best Musical
One Of The Many Songs Of Wandering - Recorded With Cisco Houston And Sonny Terry In 1945 - The Branches Of This Song Traces Its Lineage To The Late 19th Century Under The Title 'Old Doorstep'
One Of The Finest Big Bands To Usher In A New Era Of Jazz
For The Album Pistilli Adopted The Sobriquet " The Hoboken Saddletramp", To Convey The Idea Of The Cross-Cultural Nature Of His Approach To Western Swing
Special Guest: Gurg Morlix - The Songwriting Is Beholden To The Landscapes Of Northern California, Writing From The Point Of View Of A Woman Of The Backcountry
Multi-Award Trio - The Three Canadian Siblings Founded The Group In 2000 After Performing At An Early Age In The McDade Family Band
Undercover: The Kinks, 1967
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Blues Spotlight: West Coast Harmonica Virtuoso William Clarke Was A Giant Of The Blues, Closely Associated With The Chicago Scene, Mixing The Urban, Electrified Chicago Harp Style With West Coast Swing. Hitting The Road At The Age Of Seventeen, Clarke Took In The Music Of West-Coast-Based Performers T-Bone Walker, Cleanhead Vinson, And Big Mama Thornton, And Later Apprenticed With Shakey Jake Harris And "Harmonica" Smith. A Winner Of Six W.C. Handy Awards, Alligator Records Signed Clark in 1990 - William Clarke Passed On Six Years Later At The Age Of Forty-Five.
Blues Spotlight: March 29, 1951 CA - November 2, 1996 CA
'820' Jazz Presents: "At The Blackhawk", Shelly Manne & His Men, 1959 - Joe Gordon, Trumpet...Richie Kamuca, Tenor Saxophone,,,Monty Budwig, Bass...Victor Feldman, Piano...Shelly Mann, Drums - - - - - The Live Blackhawk Shows Display A Brilliant Improvisational Sensibility - A Conventional Hard Bop Unit, The Musicians Put Themselves Deep Inside The Music; Each Never Overpowering The Groove. Manne's Drumming Never Gets Insistent, Preferring To Influence Rather Than Dictate. This Is 'Cabu' On '820' Jazz
A Couple Of Highly-Respected Texas Guitar-Slingers With A Cover Of The Townes Van Zandt Nugget
JD Crowe Passed On this Past Friday At the Age Of 84 - A Member Of Jimmy Martin's Classic Lineup Of The Sunny Mountain Boys In The '50s - At the Forefront Of The Progressive Bluegrass Movement, Leading The New South For Fifty Years; Elder Statesman - Bluegrass Powerhouse
With Cousin Emmy: Pioneering Solo Female Stars In The Country Music Industry
Two Legendary, And Highly-Skilled Flatpickers On The First Of Two Collaborations - We Lost Tony This Time Last Year
Lansing Flavor Going Deep Into The 'YCE Blues Alley
Acoustic Hot Tuna On Stage At Merlefest; Jorma And Jack's First Appearance At The Annual Event That Honors Merle Watson
