Western Michigan University Jazz Orchest

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

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Dex Romweber Duo

Chapel Hill, NC - One-Half Of The Seminal Two-Piece Flat Duo Jets

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm

Recorded Live A Year Before Levon's Passing At An '011 Midnight Ramble In Woodstock Barn

Lyle Lovett

GR Appearance: With The Large Band, 7/15 - Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series - The Song First Recorded By Mae West For The Film "I'm No Angel" In 1933

The Velvet Underground

Final Album Recorded Featuring Founding Member Lou Reed Leaving Shortly Before Its Release; Sterling Morrison And Maureen Tucker One Year Later

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Kaye Starr, 1945 - The Film Tells The Story Of The Second World War Through The Personal Accounts Of A Handful Of Men And Women From Four American Towns

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Steve Cropper

Special Guests: Pops Staples And Albert King

Steve Earle & The Dukes

The Album Honors The Hard-Living New York Native Who Became An Icon Of Texas Roots - We Lost Jerry Jeff In '020 - This Release Caps Off Earle's Hero Tribute, Recorded After the Deaths Of Each Of His Mentors; Townes In 2009 - Guy, A Decade Later

Old Crow Medicine Show

GR Appearance: 6/23 Part Of the Meijer Gardens Concert Series

Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens

Brooklyn, NY 1999 - Top Twenty Position On The Gospel Charts

Leyla McCalla

The Project Explores The Legacy Of Radio Haiti-Inter, Haiti's First Privately Owned Creole-Speaking Radio Station, And The Assassination Of Its Owner, Jean Dominique

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Gary Rosen - Early 19th-Century British Fairy Tale Of Which Three Versions Exist

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COMPILATIONS

Anansy Cisse - Produced Over A Period Of Four Years Against A Background Of Political Turmoil In The Northwest African Country

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Folias

WYCE Jammie Award Nominee - Flutist Carmen Maret And Guitarist Andrew Bergeron

Charlie Musselwhite

Undercover: Charley Patton, 1929 - The Renowned 78 Year-Old Harmonica Master's New Album - A Front Porch Country Blues Feel; A Mix Of Originals And Timeless Delta Grooves

Betty Carter

Flint, Mi - Known For Her Improvisational Technique, Scatting And Other Complex Musical Abilities

The Bellfuries

Lakewood, OH

Suzie Brown

Heart Transplant Cardiologist Has Chased Her Unique Muse For A Decade - This Is Modern-Day Roots Music That Nods To The Soul Singers

Jamestown Revival

Zach Chance And Johnathan Clay Collaborated On Their First Song Together At Age Fifteen - The Group's Name Is Derived From One Of The First United States Settlements, And Homage To Creedence Clearwater Revival

Carey Bell

Blues Spotlight: A Blues Harp Master Whose Technique Incorporated The Wild Flares Of Little Walter, And The Intricate Melodic Style Of Big Walter Horton, Carey Bell's His Long Career As A Side-Man Has Been Punctuated By Solo Albums And Spells As A Band-Leader. Born In 1936 Macon, Bell Migrated To Chicago As Age Twenty, Scoring Work Almost Immediately, Hooking Up With Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins And Earl Hooker - Eventually Getting The Call From Willie Dixon To Join The Chicago Blues All Stars, A Position He Held For A Decade. Monumental Solo Albums Followed; His Place In the Chicago Blues Hierarchy Undisputed; Blowing Sweet For Fifty-Years. Carey Bell Harrington Passed On In 2007.

Carey Bell

Blues Spotlight: November 14, 1936 MS - May 6, 2007 IL

Freddie Hubbard

James Spaulding, Tenor Saxophone...Eddie Khan, Bass...Ronnie Mathhews, Piano...Joe Chambers, Drums...Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet - - - - - - Recorded During A One-Day Session May 1964 At Van Gelder Studios. In Quintet Formation, Hubbard Leads With Pure Energy In The Ensemble, Giving Way To Generous Room For The Group To Work The Groove. Improvisation Is The Keyword For This Record; A Recording Far Ahead Of Mid-'60s Post-Bop.

The Clumsy Lovers

Vancouver, BC 1993

Sad Daddy

A Quartet Of Well-Seasoned Arkansans Recording When Time Permitted Over The Past Dozen Years - This Album Is Distinct y Old-Time; A Family Band Up In The Hills

Amy Ray

Decatur, GA - Amy Turning 58 A Few Weeks Ago - Back On the Road With Emily In Early June - Indigo Girls On A Lengthy Tour Through January

The Statler Brothers

Top Ten Music Winning A Grammy Award In 1972 - Composed By Group's Reid Brothers, Each One Of The Four Singers Taking A Solo Turn At Reflecting On Several Of Their Classmates

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One Of Jack White's Five Contributions To The "Cold Mountain" Soundtrack - White Performed The Song As His Character, Georgia In The Film -

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Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager

If Rapture Could Be Bottled, Then Spread On Vinyl, This Would Be It