Lionel Hampton Big Band

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

The Iguanas

The New Orleans Quartet Fondly Reminiscing About The Good Times In The North-Central Mexico State

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

Joachim Cooder Joins On Drums - The Songs For The LP Are Drawn From Recordings And Live Performances By Terry And McGhee, Who Mahal And Cooder First Heard As Teenagers - Mahal And Cooder Originally Joined Forces In 1965, Forming The Rising Sons

Willie Cobbs

Smales, AR - One Of Mississippi's Great Musicians, Guiding A Recording And Producing Career Spanning Over Five Decades, And Playing a Tremendous Part In Blues History - Composer Of 'You Don't Love Me'; The Allman Brothers Band Made It A Standard Feature With Their Extended Jam Concert Performances, As Captured On At Fillmore East (1971)

Various/Unknown Artist

Miff Mole & Doc Evans; Two Pioneering Jazz Band Leaders And Accompanists Laying Down The Groundwork During The 1920's - Highly-Regarded For Their Fluidity In Style

Abigail Washburn

Undercover: Blind Willie Johnson, 1927

The Ragbirds

Ann Arbor, MI - Erin Zindle And The Ragbirds Appearing In Holland At The Park Theater 2/5

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Jake Shimabukuro

The Ukulele Virtuoso Inviting A Diverse Group Of Musicians On The Latest Project

The Sons Of The Soul Revivers

Paying Homage To The Legendary "Pilgrim Jubilee Singers", A Gospel Quartet Founded In Mississippi In 1934

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Issa Bagayogo - Sparkling, Gritty Grooves

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Atrium Musicae Madrid

An Early Music Ensemble From Madrid Founded In 1964 By A Spanish Monk, Specializing In Ancient European Music

Malcolm Holcombe

Taking On The Plight Of The Poor, The Oppressed, The Forgotten; Pure Malcolm

Michigan Mafia String Band

Reworking The Marc Cohn Classic

Maggie Bjorkland

Guests Appearance By Calexico - Danish Singer/Songwriter Has Some Heavy Credentials; Pedal Steel Player For Jack White's All-Female Backing Band "The Peacocks" And Has Toured With John Doe and Exene Cervenka, As Well As Back To Back Appearances At South By Southwest

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Major Contributors On Colorado's Celtic Roots-Rock Scene

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Blues Spotlight: Eddie "Long Gone" Chamblee - Among The Most Notable Hard-Charging Sax Players Of Rock's Earliest Days, A Sessionist At Heart Who Found Himself Thrust In The Spotlight Momentarily Before Receding Back Into The Shadows, Eddie "Long Gone" Chamblee Left Behind Some Of The Defining Performances Of The Late 1940's And Early 50's. Chamblee Grew Up In Chicago With Close Friend Dinah Washington, Cut A Few Sides As a Leader Working Alongside Pianist Sonny Thompson; A Collaboration That Saw Several Songs Topping The Charts In The Late 1940's. For The Next Fifty-Years, Chamblee's Talents Were In Great Demand - Playing His Final Gig With the "Harlem Blues & Jazz Band" The Day Before His Passing In 1999.

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Blues Spotlight: Eddie "Long Gone" Chamblee - February 24, 1920 GA - May 1, 1999 NY

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Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy

'820' Jazz - Johnny Coles, Trumpet...Jacki Byard, Piano...Clifford Jordan, Tenor Saxophone...Dannie Richmond, Drums...Eric Dolphy, Flute...Charles Mingus, Double Bass - - - - - - - Recorded March 14, 1964 At Cornell University. The Recordings Of This Concert Were Thought To Be Lost, Until Re-Discovered By Mingus' Widow, And Were Released For The First Time in 2007 On The Blue Note Label, Capturing One Of The Jazz Giant's Finest Bands At The Height Of Its Powers. Mingus Led Bands Of Every Size, Shape, And Instrumentation Over The Course Of More Than Three Decades, Excelling In Small Group Settings. "Jitterbug Waltz" Is On '820' Jazz.

Rhonda Vincent

A Selection From The Forthcoming Tribute To The Great Bill Anderson - The Song Written By Whispering Bill In 1965

The Steel Wheels

The Second Of A Two Volume Set

Tim O'Brien

The Early Formation Of Hot Rise

The Whites

The Whites Reworking The Carter Family's Rendition Of The Song Written And Published In 1899

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Powder River Jack & Pretty Kitty Lee - Entertainers In Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Performing Together As Early As 1898 - Jack Is Counted Among The Eldest Of The More Authentic Tradition Of Cowboy Singers; Pre-Autry

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Etta Baker

Appalachian Blues Guitarist Born In North Carolina's Piedmont Mountains, Releasing Her First Album At Age 78 - Recipient Of Both The North Carolina Folk Heritage Award, And The National Endowment For The Arts' National Heritage Fellowship