Afterthought

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

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Wilbert Harrison

Harrison's Classic (1969) Recorded By Many - Country And Gospel Strains Filtered Into Harrison's Consciousness As A Youth - Extraordinary Pianist - Inducted Into Multiple Music Halls Of Fame

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Three New Members Joining The Band - This Album Highlights A Few Of The Gems From Dylan's Vast Catalog

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Gilberto Sextet - Undercover: The Young Rascals, 1966 - Major Chart-Topper For The Band After Hearing It A Year Earlier Sung By Doo-Wop Group "The Olympics"

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Good Morning Bedlam

Two Michigan Appearances In June: The 17th At HomeGrown Brewing In Oakland County And The 18th At Skyline Event Center; Comins, MI

Delbert McClinton

Jimmy Reed, 1960 - McClinton Celebrates His Childhood Musical Heroes On His 27th Studio Album; A Backstage Pass To Some Of The Most Significant Musical Moments In American History As The Legendary 81-Year-Old Performs His Lifelong Favorite Tunes

Gregg Allman

We Lost Gregg Five Years Ago, May 2017 - This Is Gregg's Final Album - Produced By Don Was - Recorded At FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL - Released Four Months After His Passing - Buried At Rose Hill Cemetery In Macon. Beside His Brother Duane, And Fellow Band Members Berry Oakley And Butch Trucks

Bryan Ferry

Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer As a Member Of Roxy Music - Ferry Began a Parallel Career In 1973, Cutting Out A Distinctive Image And Sartorial Style Apart From Roxy Music - Ferry And Bowie's Elegant And Seductive Croon Influenced A Generation Of Singers - Here, We Find Bryan Ferry Taking Brian Wilson Undercover

Andra Day

2021 - Day Made Her Acting Debut With Her Portrayal Of Billie Holiday In Biopic The United States Vs. Billie Holiday - Everything You See And Hear In The Movie Is 100% Andra. All Of Her Preparation - The Smoking, Drinking And Screaming - Gave Her Voice The "Gravel And Grit" That The Blues Singer Was Known For

Joseph Spence

The Late Bahamian Guitarist Well-Known For His Vocalizations And Humming, With His Wonderful Interpretation 1873 Gospel Song - Has Been Called The Folk Guitarist's Thelonious Monk - Earliest Recordings Of Spence Were Made On His Porch By Folk Musicologist Samuel Charters In 1958

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CrossBow

Beginning As A Casual Jam Session In Grand Rapids, MI - Appearing On 7/12 At The Tuesday Night Music Club; Meijer Gardens

Keola Beamer & R. Carlos Nakai

Finding Common Ground Melding The Voicings Of the Native American Flute And Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar - Beautiful Album

Charley Crockett

GR Appearance: 6/25 For the Outlaw Music Festival At Van Andel Arena

Little Boys Blue

Jackson, TN - Mixing Heavy Influences From Nashville Country And Sun Records Rockabilly To Pure Mississippi Delta Blues - Recorded At FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL

Oliver Wood

Debut Solo Album; Grammy-Award Nomination - Resumes A Lengthy 2022 Tour With The Wood Brothers In June

The Giving Tree Band

Yorkville, IL 2004 - The Group Is Described As Being "A Neo-Retro Take On The Band Or The American Answer To Mumford & Sons"

Carrie McFerrin

Kalamazoo, MI - A Staple In The Michigan Music Scene For A Decade

Morris Pejoe & His Band

Blues Spotlight: Morris Pejoe Is A Name That Shows Up On Trivia Tests Among Blues Scholars, A Guitarist With Heavy Traces Of Both The Country And The City. Pejoe Was One Of The Few Performers In Chicago Who Brought In A Strong Louisiana Cajun And Zydeco With A Bit Of Texas Influence Decades Before This Became A Typical Part Of A Touring, House-Rocking Band's Repertoire. Otis Spann And Henry Gray Mentored Under Pejoe. He Cut Several Sides For Numerous Labels In Chicago, Many Of Those Songs Having Respectable Chart Positions. Moving East to Detroit, Pejoe Incorporated The Use Of Horns In His Raw Sounding Blues Band, Playing the Motor City With Singer Mary Lane For A Number Of Years. Morris Pejoe Passed On In 1982

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Morris Pejoe: ?/?/1924 LA - July 27, 1982 MI

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Bennie Green

'820' Jazz Presents: Ike Isaacs, Bass...Sonny Clark, Piano...Double Punch Of Tenor Saxophone by Billy Root And Gene Ammons...Elvin Jones, Drums...Bennie Green, Trombone - - - - - An Invigorating 1958 Recording Date Finding Bennie Green Reforming His Stellar Quintet, And As With Previous Recordings, Stepping Aside To To Let Each Run With Their Extraordinary Prowess - Soul And Passion, With Its Bluesy Roots Showing. Engineered By The Great Rudy Van Gelder

John Doe

John Doe Folk Trio - Doe's Tales Are Vividly Set In A Dusty Desolate Pre-Industrial Era Introducing Unpredictable Characters - Guests Writers Include Shirley Manson (Garbage), Exene Cervenka (X), Terry Allen And Louie Pérez (Los Lobos)

Laurel Canyon Ramblers

Virtuosic Instrumentation And Ultra-Smooth Vocal Harmonies Representing Over One-Hundred Years Of Bluegrass Experience With Herb Pederson At the Helm

Whitney Rose

Producer: Raul Malo

Cody Jinks

Started Out As The Lead Singer Of A Thrash Metal Band From Fort Worth Named Unchecked Aggression

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Dillard Chandler - Grew Up In An Isolated Mountain Community - This Section Of The North Carolina Mountains Is Particularly Rich In Ballads - The Origin Of Chandler's Songs Range From 16th Century Spanish Ballads, To Tales Of Hangings And Prison, Traceable To England, A Century Or More Before, But Sung In A Style Rooted In The Region; Stretching Out Vowels, And Adding Upturned Yips To The End Of Stanzas - Dillard Chandler Is A National Treasure

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Michael Cleveland

Special Guest: Bela Fleck