Christian Howes

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

Jackie DeShannon

Hazel, KY - Reworking Cream's Multi-Chart Topper From '68s "Disreali Gears" - Jackie Turning 82 On The 21st

Roosevelt Diggs

Michigan Appearance: 9/23, The Park Theater; Holland (MI)

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Murder by Death

Kalamazoo Appearance; 8/15 Bell's Beer Garden; Amigo The Devil Also Appearing

Nicole Atkins

Recorded The Long-Player In Florence, AL - Harriet Wheeler Of The Sundays And Cass Elliot Early Influences - Goodnight Rhonda Lee Is About Past Behavior And Finally Putting It To Rest

Sad Daddy

Third Release Since Froming In 2010

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe With The Sam Price Trio - First Great Recording Star Of Hospel Music - Among The First Gospel Musicians To Appeal To Both R&B And Rock And Roll Audiences

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Jive At Five

Michigan's Consummate Swing Band Reworking Lucky Millander's 1946 Chart-Topper

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Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, 1936; Vocals: Cy Oliver - 1937 Appeared In The Marx Brothers Film A Day At The Races In The Scene Where Chico Marx Played The Song Comedically On The Piano

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Tony Bennett

Tony Turned 96 This Past Wednesday - Recipient Of Twenty Grammy Awards And A Grammy Lifetime Achievemenrt Award - Founder Of The Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts In New York - This Album Is Observing Its Sixty-Year Celebration, Released June 1962; Ironically, The Title Track Was Released As A B-Side Single Before DJ's Flipped It Over, And The Rest Is History

Drive-by Truckers

Paying Homage To The Muscle Shoals Honky-Tonk Where Founding Members Patterson Hood And Mike Cooley Got Their Start

Harlem Slim

A Traditional Murder Ballad From The Mountains Of The Southeastern United States Dating To The Early 1900s - Murder Ballads Have Origins In Scandinavia, England, And Lowland Scotland During The Medieval Period

Hollie Cook

New Album - Part Of The Final Line-Up Of The Slits

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A Selection Of Unearthed Peruvian Gems Rarely Heard By The Ears On Eastern Shores - An Historical Treasure Trove Of 1970's Peruvian Music Evolving With Its Own Variants Of Foreign-Born Genres.

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Alan Lomax

A Kind Of Nursery Rhyme Sung And Is Typical In The Region Of Central Italy - The Singer-Songwriter Tradition Of The So-Called "Stornelli" Continues Today Thanks To Strong Popular Roots.

Teeny Tucker

Dayton, OH - Multi-Award Winnig Blues Belter; Daughter Of the Late Tommy Tucker, Composer Of "Hi-Heeled Sneakers"

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys

Busy A Few Days In West Michigan: Appearing At The Wheatland Music Festival, 9/9 & 9/10 (Friday & Saturday Shows); 9/13 (Tuesday) Tip Top Deluxe, GR

Willi Carlisle

Heavily Influenced By Utah Phillips

The Musers

Sonomo County Trio Serving Up A Musical Dish Of Free Range Folk

Taylor Rae

Guitar-Slinging Songwiter Raised In The Mountains Of Santa Cruz Appeaing In Grand Rapids 8/9 At The Listening Room

Curley James Weaver

Blues Spotlight - Atlanta's Thriving Blues Scene During The 1920s Was A Perfect Fit For The Piedmont Picking Style Of Curley Weaver. Befriending Other Streetcorner Players, Weaver Along Buddy Moss, Blind Willie McTell, Peg-Leg Howell And Charlie Hicks Formed A Loose Collective Known As The Georgia Cotton Pickers, Performing Throughout the Deep South In That Configuation For A Couple Of Years. At The Turn Of The Decade Weaver Recorded His Only Regional Hit With Barbecue Bob, But The Records Curley Made With Buddy Moss As They Accompanied Blind Willie McTell On His Classic, Timeless Recordings In The 30s Are Important Examples Of Piedmont Blues. After World War II Weaver Returned To Atlanta,Making His Final Recordings In 1949. He Worked For A Railroad Until He Became Blind In The 1950s. Curley James Weaver Also Known As Slim Gordon Passed On In 1962.

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Blues Spotlight: Curley James Weaver; March 25, 1906 GA - September 20. 1962 GA

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Ben Webster

'820' Jazz Presents: Les Spann, Guitar...Jimmy Jones, Piano...Ray Brown, Bass...Jo Jones, Drums...Roy Eldridge...Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson And Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - - A One-Day Recording Session In April 1959 For The Verve Label. The Five Track Song Selection Took Full Advantage Of The Long-Playing Format, Permitting The Assembled Players To Stetch Out, Not So Much In A Cutting Contest As A Laid-Back Jam Session Amongst Friends. This Summit Meeting Turned Out To Be A Tribute To Another Tenor Master Of The Same Generation, Lester Young, Who Had Died Less Than Four Weeks Before This Session

Rosanne Cash

Rhythm & Romance, 1985 - The Single Gave Cash Her First Grammy Award; Charting Three Other Singles From The Album - The First Recording Showcasing Cash As A Songwriter In Full Command Of Her Talent - Guest Musicians Include LA Musicians Benmont Tench, Waddy Wachtel, And Old Friend Vince Gill

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Ronnie Bowman, 2002 - Played With Virginia's Famed Lonesome River Band For A Few Years, Broke Away With Don Rigsby And Kenny Smith And Founded Band Of Ruhks; Their Name From The Ancient Persian Word For A Warrior's Chariot

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Lonesome River Band

For Decades Maintaining A Reputation As One Of The Most Respected Names In Bluegrass

Jeremy Ivey

Debut Album - Songs From the Latest Are Heard Here On 'YCE

Abbie Gardner

Impeccable Lap Style Slide Guitar Playing Reworking Fats Waller And Harry Brooks Composing Ain't Misbevin' For The 1929 Broadway Production Of Connie's Hot Chocolates

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Prickly Pear

Sunday Morning Waltzing Through The Meadow With A Tasty Twang Of Retro Americana Country Vibes