Jim Cooper Quintet

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

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George Jones And Tammy Wynette

Traditional - Evolved From Two Bawdy British and Appalachian Songs Generally Known As "Bang Bang Rosie" And "My Lula Gal" - Earliest Recording By Buster Carter And Preston Young, 1932

Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers

Jamaica Plain, MA 2010 - Reworking Bill Moore's 1928 Chestnut "One Way Gal" - Moore's Guitar Style Bridged Ragtime And Blues - Four Of His Sixteen Sides Cut For Paramount Records Are Highly-Sought After By Collectors

Bruce Cockburn

Appearing 3/8/22 At The Ark, Ann Arbor

Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers

First Release By The Duo

Clinton Gregory

Martinsville, VA

Boilermaker Jazz Band

Pittsburgh, PA - With Sound Straight Out Of A Swing Era Dancehall, This Quartet Loves The Rhythm In A Riff - Lil Hardin Armstrong Wrote It In 1936

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Hasna El Bechara, Gnawa Multi-Instrumentalist - Gnawa Music Is A Body Of Moroccan And West African Islamic Religious Songs And Rhythms -Its Well-Preserved Heritage Combines Ritual Poetry With Traditional Music And Dancing Performed During Communal Nights Of Celebration

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War

Long Beach, CA - This Collection Captures Highlights From 50 Years Of The "Original Street Band"; One Of The Fiercest Progressive Soul Combos Of The '70s

Charlie Rich

Although The Song Failed To Chart In The US, It Became One Of Charlie's Most Requested Tunes

Doris Day

Composer: Irving Berlin 1927 - Ruth Etting And The Paul Whiteman Orchestra Recorded The Tune That Same Year - The Major Hit Came In 1955 With Doris Day With Percy Faith & His Orchestra

James Carter Organ Trio

Composer: Big Maybelle, 1958 - The Album Paints A Portrait Of The Organ Trio At The Point Where They Look Back At B-3 Jazz History And Move It Forward

Guy Davis

Davis' Roots Run Deep In Delta History - A Stalwart Supporter In Preserving Acoustic Country Blues

Bloodshot Bill

Rockabilly Wizard Whose Style Leans To The Grittier First-Generation Trailblazers Of The Genre

Toni Price

Austin, TX - First Exposure To The Blues Was Through Second-Generation Blueswoman Bonnie Raitt

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A Part Of The Tribute To The Life And Music Of The Gifted Singer/Songwriter, And Consummate Musician The Late Neal Casal - Forty-One Artists And 130 Musicians

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Le Ren

Montreal-Based Lauren Spear - The Troubadour's Talents Remind Me Of the Esteemed Ilk Of Karen Dalton And Kate Wolf

Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Masters

Blues Spotlight: Was A Founding Father Of The West Coast Blues Sound Of The Post-War Era, Performing For Over Sixty Years. A Promising Light-Heavyweight, McCracklin's Recording Career Soon Took Precedence, Forming The Blues Masters With Guitarist Lafayette Thomas In 1946; A Collaboration That Continues Well Into The '60s. A Move To The Stax Label A Decade Later Put Jimmy In The Heart Of The Rise Of Soul Music, Adding Already To His Massive Repertoire Of Songs. It Is Estimated That Jimmy Wrote Close To A Thousand Songs, Recorded Over Thirty Albums And Performed Into His Late 80's - James David Walker Jr. Passed On In 2012 At The Age Of 91

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Blues Spotlight: August 13, 1921 MO - December 20, 2012 CA

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Herbie Mann

'820' Jazz Presents: Memphis Underground - Recorded In Memphis Late Winter 1969. Engineered And Produced By Tom Dowd, The Album Is A Piece Of Musical Alchemy, An Intricate Combination Of The Memphis Sound And Jazz Lyricism. This Morning's Song Selection Chain Of Fools, Is One Of Three That Were Originally Recorded With The Classic Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section At FAME Studios In Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Two Of Those Musicians Appear With Mann On This Selection - We Hear It From Vintage Vinyl - - - - - - - - - - Roy Ayers, Vibraphone...Gene Chrisman, Drums...Bobby Wood, Piano...Tommy Cogbill, Bass...Bobby Emmons, Organ...Reggie Young, Guitar...Herbie Mann, Flute

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An Album Spotlighting The Migration From The Mountains To SW Ohio, And The Fertile Musical Legacy That Followed

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Uncle Earl

Debut Album - From The Early Days For Rayna Gellert And Abigail Washburn - Sugar Babe Written By Country Bluesman Mance Lipscomb In 1960

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

Reconnecting After A Fifty-Year Hiatus, "Penny's Farm" Is A Laid-back Romp Through Some Of Jim And Geoff''s Favorite Roots Songs, Including A Spot-On Run-Through Of The 1927 Nugget By Memphis Bluesman Frank Stokes

The Kwils

HandMade GR

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Sturgill Simpson

Guest Musician: Willie Nelson

Mulebone

Composer: Merle Travis,1946