Cirque Du Soleil

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

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The Sojourners With Their Gospel-Inflected Working Of The 1932 Recording By The Influential Mississippi Sheiks

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Mary Rademacher

GR Smooth

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B.B. And The Blues Shacks

Latest Entry Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Hot Mustard

The First Course For These Rogue Sauciers, Sonically Schooled In The Stax Tradition; Offering Up A Decadent Tasting Menu In Their Debut Release, "Mother Sauce"

Scott Miller & The Commonwealth

Miller Formed "The Commonwealth" In '99 After The Dissolution Of Knoxville's The "V-Roys" - Miller's Solo Work And The Rockin' Roots Of The 'V-Roys" Is Heard Here On 'YCE

Billie Holiday

A Reissue Of Billie's 1958 Release - The Songs On The Long Play Are Culled From Five Different Recording Sessions In '56 And '57 - The Small Combo Included "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell, And Barney Kessel

Tony Bakker & The Mercy Wheel

HomeSpun GR - Appearance Coming Up At Tripelroot Brewery In Zeeland On 1/28

Jimmy Rogers

One Of The All-Time Greats - Delta-Rooted Chicago Guitarist - 1947 Formed The Nucleus Of Muddy Waters' First Band; Muddy, Little Walter And Jimmy Referring To Themselves As The "Headhunters"

Don Spezia

Traverse City Solo Guitarist - First Time Spin On 'YCE

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Tamara Obrovac; Award-Winning Croatian Composer And Flautist

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Keith Bear - World Renowned Mandan-Hidatsa Storyteller, Musician And Educator From The Three Affiliated Tribes In North Dakota -

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Moreland & Arbuckle

Aaron Moreland, Dustin Arbuckle and Kendall Newby Put the Band Together In Kansas City - Moreland Playing a Handmade Electric Cigar Box

John Doyle

We Got To Know John During The Early '90s As The Co-Founder Of "Solas"

Over The Moon

An Award-Winning Canadian Roots Duo With A Wonderful Working By Another Canadian Roots Duo; Folk Music Legends Ian & Sylvia - Ian Tyson Wrote In 1963, Reflecting Upon His Youth As a Rodeo Rider; An On-The-Job Injury Ended That Career, And The Beginning Of A Sixty Year Career Soon Followed

Jack Klatt

Minneapolis, MN - Recorded This Album In a 100 Year-Old Wisconsin Church- Klatt's Past Pedigree As Him Recording Alongside Spider John Koerner

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Anne Hills

Grew Up In Michigan; Studied At Interlochen Center For The Arts - 1976: Co-Founded Hogeye Records Label, Bought Out By Flying Fish Records A Decade Later

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Blues Spotlight: Casey Bill Weldon & The Brown Bombers Of Swing [1938] - One Of The Most Enigmatic Artists During The Formative Years Of The Blues, Casey Bill Weldon Has Gone Down In History As The Best Lap Steel And Hawaiian-Style Guitarist Of The Pre-War Era, Solo And As A Member Of Several Bands Including The Hokum Boys, The Washboard Rhythm Kings, And Peetie Wheatstraw. Weldon Traversed The South In Medicine Shows Before A Recording Career Beginning In 1927, Including Two Influential Recordings With Memphis Minnie. Casey Bill Disappeared From The Public Eye In 1938; His Playing Method Had A Monumental Impact On The Emerging Chicago Blues Style. William Weldon Passed On In 1972

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William "Casey Bill" Weldon

Blues Spotlight: February 2, 1901 AR - September 28, 1972 MO

Toots Thielemans

'820' Jazz Presents: The Brazil Project, Recorded Summer 1991 - A Tasteful Bunch Of Classic Songs From The Brazilian Songbook, And Toots Teams Up With The Composers Of Those Songs To Re-Interpret Them. - - - - - Ivan Lins And Dori Caymmi, Vocals... Oscar Castro-Neves,Guitar... Ricardo Silvera, Percussion, Eliane Elias, Piano...Brian Bromberg, Bass...Mike Shapiro, Drums...Toots Thielemans, Harmonica

Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys

Vintage Monroe

Lonesome River Band

Grassin' Gospel - Celebrating Forty-Years Together With A Healthy '022 Tour Schedule; On Stage At The Milan Bluegrass Festival 8/4

Charley Crockett

Tenth In Six Years Is A Double Long Play Is An Old-School Vibe And Modern Edge

Annie & Rod Capps

The Mitten's Rootsin' Duo Taking Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer Undercover - One Can Find Dave And Tracy's Rendering On 'Tanglewood Tree'

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Dawg Yawp

Cincinnati, OH - A.P. Carter Adapted Lyrics To The Song From Another Southern Mountains Song, "Old Virginny" - Origins Tracing To Back To Seventeenth-Century England

Modern Mandolin Quartet

Formed In The Mid-'80s As The Brainchild Of Mike Marshall - Past Member Of The David Grisman Quintet - Co-Founder Of "Psychograss" With Darol Anger; All Heard Here On 'YCE