The Afro-Rican Ensemble

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

Karen Dalton

Composers: Holland-Dozier-Holland - Dalton: Entrenched In The Early 1960s Greenwich Village Folk Music Scene, Particularly With Fred Neil, The Holy Modal Rounders, And Bob Dylan

Mariel Buckley

Produced By Leeroy Stagger

Leyla McCalla

GR Appearance: Listening Room, 2/18

Jack Broadbent

New Music Into 'YCE; Broadbent's Second Release

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Eve Monsees And The Exiles

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The Kennedys

Jazz Standard Recorded And Copyrighted By The Original Dixieland Jazz Band In 1917 - 2003, Entered Into The U.S. Library Of Congress National Recording Registry

Greensky Bluegrass

Appearances: With The Infamous Stringdusters At the Fillmore Detroit February 18 - A Stop At Camp Greensky Music Festival For A Three-Show Stand In June

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Lee Rocker

Massapequa, NY - Co-Founding Member, Double-Bassist Of The Stray Cats; All Three Good Friends In High School

The Whitmore Sisters

Mitten Appearance: Joining With The Mastersons In Spring Lake At Seven Steps Up, 3/17 - Eleanor And Bonnie Whitmore: Two Of Roots Music's Most Accomplished Musicians Releasing Their First Album Together

The Count Basie Orchestra

Featuring The Multi-Award Winning Gospel Sextet, Take 6

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Gilberto Sextet - Another Fine Representation Of Latin Boogaloo, Also Known As Shing-A-Ling - The Style Is A Fusion Of Several American Genres With Mambo And Son Cubano; A Very Hip Dance In The 1960s

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Lin Xu

Michigan Music; Spent Some Time At Calvin College

Mose Allison

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North Mississippi Allstars

Guest Bassist: Lamar Williams, Jr. - Rabbit Foot Had Been Floating Around Luther's Lyrics Book For A Few Years, Inspired By Conversations With Otha Turner And R.L. Burnside

Rebekah Pulley & the Reluctant Prophets

St. Petersburg, FL - Her Music's Evolution Continues Feeding Into The Fertile Veins Of American Roots Genres

Judy Collins

GR Appearance: St. Cecilia Music Center 5/18; A Few Days After Miss Collins Turns 83

Jamestown Revival

Mitten Appearance: Detroit's Saint Andrews Hall, 2/18 - Childhood Friends Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay, Known Collectively As Jamestown Revival

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Blues Spotlight: Floyd McDaniel & The Four Blazes - Part Of The Chicago Scene For Most Of His 80 Years, Beginning In 1933 In the Rhythm Rascals, A Jug Band Debuting At The Chicago World's Fair. A Fourteen-Year Stint With The Four Blazes Got the Attention Of Sam Cooke, Hiring Them As His Backup Band During The Late 1950's. McDaniels Recording Career Was Quite Extensive, Releasing Several Number One's On The R&B Charts. During The 80s He Played With Willie Dixon's Big Three Trio, Semi-Retired And Bought A Bar. Floyd Edward "Butter" McDaniel Passed On In 1995

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Blues Spotlight: Floyd McDaniel - July 21, 1915 AL - July 22, IL

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Earl Hines

'820' Jazz Presents: George Tucker, Bass...Oliver Jackson Jr., Drums...Earl Hines, Piano - A March 14,1965 Recording Date At The Village Vanguard Featuring Earl Hines Taking His Genius In Both Trio And Septet Formations. This Morning's Spin Is The Former, A Rhythmic Bounce Through A Medley Of Broadway Gems. The Rhythm Foundation Was Coming Off A Not So Positive Experience With Mingus A Few Days Earlier, And Were Eager To Hit Their Stride

The Youngers

Berks County, PA, 1999 - The Quartet's Fourth Release

Lawson & Williams

Two Masters Of Bluegrass, Doyle Lawson And Paul Williams - There In The Early Years As Members Of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys - Big Fool Of The Year: Written By Ernest Tubb's Eldest Son Justin For George Jones In 1962 ; The Possum Took It To The Top Five On The Country Charts

The Roe Family Singers

Kentucky Husband-Wife Duo, Kim & Quillan Roe; Both From A Long Line Of Appalachian And Ozark Musicians

Mike Marshall and Darol Anger

From Their Association With David Grisman, And Moving Through Their Own Groundbreaking Works, This Intimate Setting Is An Object Lesson In The Curative Powers Of Virtuosity

Bill Staines

The Late Troubadour Passing On A Year Ago December; A Good Friend To Grand Rapids