Jake Shimabukuro

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

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Blind Willie McTell - One Of The Great Blues Musicians Of The 1920s And '30s - Extraordinary Range On The Twelve-String Guitar - Read And Composed Music In Braille - Archivist & Field Recordist John Lomax Recorded McTell For The Archive of Folk Culture Of The Library Of Congress

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Bobby Charles Reworking The Bill Haley & The Comets Classic Written By Charles During His Lean Years

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Lyle Lovett

A Jazz Vocal Standard; First Recorded By Cal Tjader With Anita O'Day, 1962

Bella White

Debut Release

Runa

Founded 2005 - Celtic Roots; Pushing The Boundaries Of Irish Folk Music Eighteen Years On

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One Of The Many Fine Song Of The Year Nominees For Jammies 23; The WYCE Jammie Awards 2/24 At The Intersection - Be There!

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Reginald Robinson - Ragtime Music Flourished From The 1890s To 1910s - The Genre Emerged From African American Communities In The Southern And Midwestern United States Evolving From Folk And Minstrel Styles

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Mud Morganfield

Multi-Award Winning Eldest Son Of McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield - Guest Harmonica: Bob Corritore

Woody Herman Big Band

1959 - Charlie Byrd, Guitar

Rachael & Vilray

Drawing On, And In Their Own Sly Way, Extending The Great American Songbook Tradition - Rachael Price: Co-Founding Member Of Lake Street Dive (Heard Here On 'YCE)

Ibrahim Ferrer

(My Dream) - 1953 Co-Founded Los Bocucos; A Member For Forty Years - Ry Cooder Brought Him Out Of Retirement In 1996 To Record The Seminal Buena Vista Social Club,Showcasing Ferrer's Talent As A Bolero Singer, Making Him Globally Known Outside Cuba

Didon

Fusing Traditional North African And Arabic Instrumentation With Modern-Day Rhythms

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Wayra - A Collection Of Song Featuring The Wooden Cedar Flute, One Of The Most Evocative And Lyrical Of The Native American Musical Instruments

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Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band

Undercover: George Jones, 1981

Stella!

Southeast Michigan Roots Trio; Jen Sygit And Company - The Gotham: One Of The Most Legendary Sites Of Black History In Detroit

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Blues Spotlight: Richter & Banham - Tip Of The Hat To James "Yank" Rachell; The Elder Statesman Of The Blues - His Career As a Performer Spanned Seventy Years, Beginning Work In A Jug Trio With Hammie Nixon And Sleepy John Estes During The 1920's - Primary Exponent Of Blues Mandolin

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The Jazz Route: Donald Byrd & John Jenkins - Takes Us To Van Gelder Studios September 1957 For A One-Day Recording Session Of The Donald Byrd/John Jenkins Sextet. This Outing Has The Feel Of A True Jam Session – An Often Overlooked Gem From Savoy's Legendary Hard Bop Years Of The 50s - - - - - - Doug Watkins, Bass...Art Taylor, Drums...Curtis Fuller, Trombone...Tommy Flanagan, Piano...Donald Byrd. Trumpet...John Jenkins, Alto Saxophone

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Lucky 757

The Quartet Is Based Out Of The 757 Area Code In VA - New Rockabilly Into 'YCE

Roland White & Friends

Lindsay Lou, Vocals - Mandolin Player For the Kentucky Colonels, The Bluegrass Boys And Nashville Grass

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The Osborne Brothers, Sonny & Booby; 'Grass Legends

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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1936 - Written By Walter Vinson And Lonnie Chatmon Six Years Prior; Recorded by The Influential Mississippi Sheiks

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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

Adding Another Branch To The Song Historians Can Trace To One Written By Charley Patton In 1908, And Not Recorded By Him Until 1929 - A Version By Lead Belly Five Years Later Led To Its Becoming Well-Known - A 1961 Adaptation By Brook Benton Became A Pop Hit, Reaching Number Two On The Charts

Noam Pikelny

Banjoist Extraordinaire - Co-Founding Member Of The Punch Brothers (Heard Her On 'YCE) - The sugar Maple Tree Is Long-Lived, Typically 200 Years