Great Lakes Art Music Ensemble

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

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La India Canela

Dominion Republic - Merengue Tipico: The Oldest Style Of Merengue, Emphasizing The Music's Traditional Nature; Origins Dating Back To The 1850s

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Kid Rock - A Tribute Celebration Observing What Would Have Been Buddy's Seventy-Fifth Birthday

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Jason Boland & The Stragglers

The Leading Ambassadors Of The Oklahoma And Texas Music Movement

Kathy Wagner

GR Jazzin' - One-Time Vocalist For River City Jazz Ensemble - Internationally Known For Making The World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ry Cooder

Taj Mahal Rejoins Cooder For The New Album - Get On Board, The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Due 4/22 - Joachim Cooder Supplying Percussion On The Session

Father John Misty

In Between A Successful Solo Career The Past Twenty-Eight Years, Misty Joined Fleet Foxes For A Four-Year Stint And Opened Up For Damian Jurado In The Early Days - Both Heard Here On 'YCE

Luther Dickinson & Sisters Of The Strawberry Moon

A Musical Pot-Luck With A Few Old Friends

Betty Jo And Johnny Starr

1949 - Progenitors Laying The Groundwork For Early Roots Rock With A Working Of The Jimmie Rodgers Classic

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Austin, TX - The Gourds: Currently On Hiatus - Good-Timin', Honky Tonkin' With Enough Quirk And Underground Appeal To Give It A Delicious Edge

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Kotch

Laying Down A Rock-Steady Beat To Classic Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Fisk Jubilee Singers

American Gospel Group That Has Existed For Over 90 Years, Starting As A Trio In 1921 - Featured Briefly In The 2000 Movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Sibongile Khumalo - Internationally Acclaimed Singer - Born Into A Dynasty Of Musicians - Virtuoso Vocalist Whose Ease Of Motion Between Opera, Jazz And South African Traditional Music Made Her A Symbol Of The Country's New Social Order After The End Of Apartheid

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Mark Knopfler

Debut Solo Album Following A Successful Career At The Helm Of Dire Straits

Calexico

First Full-Length Album In Four Years

Jewel

Michigan Appearance: Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston 7/12

Ted Hawkins

Biloxi, MS - Overseas, Hawkins Was A Genuine Hero, Performing For Thousands. But On His L.A. Home Turf, Sand-Blown Venice Beach Served As Ted's Makeshift Stage; Mostly An Anonymous Street Performer

Bonny Light Horseman

Grammy-Award Winner For Best Folk Album - Scoured The Distant, Dusty Past To Revive Songs Handed Down Through The Ages, Many Of Them Hundreds Of Years Old: Josh Kaufman, Eric D. Johnson, Anais Mitchell

Paula Watson

Blues Spotlight: Performing As A Rowdy Vocalist And Rigorous Pianist Who Could Lay Down A Mean Boogie-Woogie Blues, Paula Watson Played The Circuit Throughout The Deep South Prior To Relocating To The West Coast During The 1940's. Signing With Supreme Records, Miss Watson's Chart Success Was Short-Lived . In 1949 Decca Records Came Knocking And Insisted She Take Her Music In A More Conservative Direction, The Recordings Were Unsuccessful. Unable To Capture The Magic Once Again, Paula Watson Left The United States In the 1960's, Worked The Cabaret Theaters Throughout Europe For A Number Of Years, Passing On In Sweden 2003.

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Blues Spotlight: Paula Watson - September 9, 1927 AL - October 19, SE

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Houston Person

'820 Jazz Presents: Stan Hope, Piano...Teddy Edwards, Tenor Saxophone...Ray Drummond, Bass...Kenny Washington, Drums...Houston Person, Tenor Saxophone - A Record Featuring Selections From Many Of Houston Person's Earlier Works Dating To His Solo Beginnings In 1966 For The Prestige Label. Soul Jazz Was His Palette - His Preferred Configuration, Quintet. Here, We Find Him In Very Fine Company

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'YCE Jammie-Award Recipients

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O'Connor Band & Mark O'Connor

Appalachian Folk Song (Roud Index 4456) - Originated In Eastern Kentucky The Beginning Of The 20th Century - A Favorite Among Old-Time Musicians Of The Cumberland Mountains - Identified As A Courting Song

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Vintage Vinyl Spin: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band With Mother Maybelle Carter, Jimmy Martin, And Roy Acuff On Lead Vocals - The Session Reflects How The Dirt Band Was Trying To Tie Together Two Generations Of Musicians - This Session Stands Witness To The First Meeting Of Doc Watson And Merle Travis

Jayme Stone

Guest Vocals; Margaret Glaspy - The Songs Origin: Originally Recorded By Alan Lomax Participating In A Tombstone Feast During A Visit To The Grenadines In 1962

David Greely

Member Of Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Exploring The Subtleties Of Louisiana French Music, easily Lost In Cajun Bars And Dancehalls