Mouth Music

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

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Memphis Minnie & Her Combo, 1953 - Written by Minnie's Third Husband Ernie Lawlers (Little Son Joe) - Minnie Lived To See A Renewed Appreciation Of Her Recorded Work During The Blues Revival In The 1960s - Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee

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Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires

Undercover: Arlo Guthrie, 1972

The String Queens

One Of The Most Haunting African-American Spirituals First Coming Into Wide Public Prominence When It Was Performed By The Fisk Jubilee Singers In The 1870s

Two Tons Of Steel

San Antonio, TX, 1990

Delfeayo Marsalis and The Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Fat Tuesday, The Last Day Of The Carnival Celebration Is Tuesday February 21

Solas

Karan Casey, Vocals

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Prior Jammie Winner: The Concussions; - For Billy Vits, R.I.P.

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Song Of Year Nominee; Jammies 23 At The Intersection February 24

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Lo'Jo - A Collective Of Parisian-Based Musicians Performing A Blend Of Global Strains With Strong Gypsy And North African Roots

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Bedouin Soundclash

The Duo's Third Release Continuing The Melding Of Reggae And Rocksteady With Its Precursor, Ska

The Dixie Hummingbirds

Influential American Gospel Music Group, Spanning More Than 80 Years Influencing Jackie Wilson And James Brown, Who Adapted The Shouting Style And Enthusiastic Showmanship Of Hard Gospel To Secular Themes To Help Create Soul Music In The 1960s

Israel Nash

With Longtime Touring Band The Barn Doors

Sunny War

Los Angeles, CA - The New Album Is Blending Various Strains Of American Roots Into A Uniquely Idiosyncratic Style

Roosevelt Sykes

Blues Spotlight: Known As The Honeydripper, Roosevelt Sykes Was One Of The Most Important Of The Several Piano Blues Innovators Who Came Out Of St. Louis During The Inter-War Years. He Cut Quite The Figure; Elegant Suit, Fat Cigar, And Pounded The Keys In A Rowdy Barrelhouse Style. First Recording Came In 1929. Sykes Widen His Range To Include Memphis And Chicago. An Incredible, Highly-Influential Forty-Year Career Slowed Down As He Entered His Seventies His Voice And Piano Playing Remained Strong To The End. Roosevelt Passed On In 1984.

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Blues Spotlight: Roosevelt Sykes; January 31, 1906 AR - July 17, 1983 LA

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Roy Hargrove

The Jazz Route: Takes Us BMG Recording Studios December 1989, And The Debut Long-Player For Trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Up To This Point Hargrove Has Come To Have A Presence In The Jazz World Primarily As A Live Performer - Most Commonly As An Unbilled Figure. This Quintet Outing Proves Hard-Bop Is Good Hands - John Hicks, Piano...Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone...Al Foster, Drums...Scott Colley, Double Bass...Roy Hargrove, Trumpet

The Charles River Valley Boys

Cambridge, MA 1959

EmiSunshine

Thirteen Years Of Age At The Time Of this Recording - Making Her Grand Ole Opry Appearance Not Long After Her Tenth Birthday

Peter Rowan

Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame - Began His Professional Career Sixty Years Ago With The Bluegrass Boys Led By Bill Monroe

Makem Brothers & Brian Sullivan

Child Ballad #81; Roud Song Index #52 - Broadside Printings First Appearing In Northern England During The Second Half Of The Seventeenth Century, Describes An Adulterous Tryst Between A Young Man And A Noblewoman

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Among The List OF Jammies 23 Nominees For The Traditions! Award; February 24, The Intersection

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David Lindley - Tip Of The Hat To Influential Bahamian Gutiarist Spence

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