Bruce Kaphan

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

Hans Theessink

Undercover: Rufus Thomas, 1965

Gladys Bentley

Prominent Entertainer During The Harlem Renaissance - Headlined On the Stages Numerous New York Speakeasies And Clubs, Often Backed Up By A Chorus Line Of Drag Queens - A Significant And Inspiring Figure For The LGBT Community

The Dead South

The Saskatchewan 'Grassers Putting the Stomp To The Doors

Adia Victoria

A Declarative Work Of Roots Reclamation - The Latest Chapter In Victoria's Southern Artistic Project

Little Walter Jackson

Scored A String Of Hits On The US R&B Charts During The Course Of Two Decades

Jennifer Nettles

From The 1943 Broadway Production "Oklahoma! Based On A 1931 Play Written By Poet/Playwright Lynn Riggs, "Green Grow The Lilacs"

Chris Crown

GR Bluesin' - 'YCE Blues Alley

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Strength in Numbers

The Catalyst For Their Progressive Approach To Bluegrass Was Sam Bush's Group, New Grass Revival - The Music Of Strength In Numbers Is Influenced By The Virtuoso Music Of Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys, And Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs

The Rave-Ups

Founded In 1979 On The Campus Of Carnegie Mellon Adding A Bit Of Petrol To Bob's Classic - The Likely Influence On The Song Was Dylan's 1967 Motorcycle Accident, Which Severely Limited His Mobility

Amy Speace

With The Orphan Brigade In Tow; Will Kimbrough, Guitar - Former Shakespearean Actress - Multi-Award Winner

Poplin-Woods Tennessee String Band

Mountain Shout: Part Of Collective Of Opry Musicians Victor Recorded Over A Weekend In Nashville - Victor For It's Part Called None Of These Bands Back For Further Recordings And The Company Did Not Record In The City Again For Almost Two Decades

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Vero Petrovic - Highly-Respected Serbian Vocalist Melding Touches Of Jazz, And A Host Of Balkan Elements Into Traditional Eastern Europe Folk Song

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He Jinhua - Traditional Folk Music Of The Naxi (Na-Shee) People Of Southwest China

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Led Zeppelin

A Spontaneous, Improvised Jam With The Late Rolling Stones Co-Founding Pianist And Road Manager, Ian Stewart - The Lyrics Were Taken From The Richie Valens Song "Ooh, My Head". Since Valens Was Dead, They Credited His Mother So She Could Get Some Royalties Off The Song - Therefore, The Composing Credit Reads Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Ian Stewart/Mrs Valens

Caroline Rose

GR Appearance: Pyramid Scheme 3/15 - WYCE Presents!

Galactic

New Orleans, LA - Multi Chart-Topper; Eighth Release With Many Special Guests Celebrating The Musical Heritage Of Galactic's Home City

Joe Smothers

Longtime Sideman To Doc Watson, And Founding Member Of Merle's Side Project, "Frosty Morn"

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As One Of The Leading Exponents Of Boogie-Piano, Meade "Lux" Lewis' Rise to Fame Came During The 1920s In His Beloved Chicago, Taking His Rollicking Piano Out Of The Clubs And Brothels And Onto the Stage. The 1930s Caught Up With Lux Appearing With Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons As Part Of The Famous Six-Handed Boogie-Woogie Piano Team, Laying The Groundwork For Rhythm & Blues And Later Rock & Roll; Inspiring The Young Lions That Followed. Never One to Be Pigeon-Hold, Lewis Spent the Last Twenty-Years Of His Life Entertaining In Jazz Nightclubs. Meade Lewis Passed On In 1964.

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Meade "Lux" Lewis

Blues Spotlight: September 4, 1905 IL - June 7, 1964 MN

Pat Metheny Group

'820' Jazz Presents: Steve Rodby, Bass...Danny Gottlieb, Drums...Nana Vasconcelos, Percussion...Lyle Mays, Keyboards...Pat Metheny, Guitar Synthesizer - - - - - Recorded October 1981 At Power Station, New York City Represents a Crossroads for Metheny, The First To Feature His Use Of A Guitar Synthesizer And Brazilian Vocals. The Seasoned Quintet Leans More Toward The Abstract For This Recording; Atmospheric To Lyrical And Melodical. Their Heavy-Chops Do Not Overpower The Music.

Cody Jinks

Joined By Longtime Band 'The Tone Deaf Hippies' - Music Row's Independent Artist of the Year; Persistently Challenges Industry Standards

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Jim & Jesse And The Virginia Boys - Jim & Jesse's Grandfather George McReynolds Led The Band "The Bull Mountain Moonshiners" At The Famed 1927 Bristol Sessions, Considered The "Big Bang" Of Modern Country Music

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The Earls of Leicester

Paying Homage To Flatt & Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys; One Of The Premier Bluegrass Groups In The History Of The Genre

Amanda Cook

Mitten Appearance: Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/5 (Friday)

The Time Jumpers

Grammy-Winning Western Swing Band Formed In 1998 By A Group Of Nashville Studio Musicians Who Enjoyed Jamming Together

Hindsight Bluegrass

Roud Folk Song Index #3339 - The North Carolina Pickers Running Through The Early 19th Century Folk Song Depicting A Plaintive Soul On The Journey Through Life - Roud Folk Song Index #3339

Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge

Three Of The Greatest Dobro Players On The Planet - The album Is Dedicated To Auldridge, Who Passed On Not Long After Three Bells Session Wrapped Up