Sacred Spirits

Traditions! Returns Next Week; The Roots Live Hear

Frank Salamone

GR's Legendary Bluesman

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Willie Nelson

Heavily Covered Country Song Over The Course Of The Past Six Decades; Written By Tompall Glaser And Harlan Howard (1966) - Willie Is Turning 90 In A Few Weeks

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Ray Charles, 1962 ( Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music) Double-Sided Hit For Don Gibson In 1958

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Bessie Smith

Recorded The Song With Piano Accompaniment By Clarence Williams, 1922; Released As Her First Single - 780,000 Copies Sold In The First Six Months

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The Kinglets w/Leroy Thomas, 1959

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Jarrod Dickenson

Waco, TX - Highway-Based Singer-Songwriter And Storyteller

The Batture Boys

A Couple Of Seasoned Roots Rockers: Tommy Malone, The Subdudes & Ray Ganucheau, Continental Drifters

Les Chauds Lapins

The Hot Rabbits - Brooklyn Based String Quintet Performing Swing Infused French Songs Of The 20s-40s

Cow Bop

Western BeBop At Its Finest

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Cajun Legend C.J. Chenier With Tommy Shannon, Bass & Chris Layton, Drums (Double Trouble)

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Saved, 1980 - The Sounds Of Blackness; Bob Dylan Releasing His Debut Album Sixty-One Years Ago This Month (20 Years Old)

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Angelite: Among The Most Renowned Ensembles To Emerge From The Balkans

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Ancient Future

Inspired By The Mix Of Cultures Prevalent During Japan's Nara Period (553-794 AD) - This Piece Fuses Japanese, Chinese And Indian Elements

Iris Dement

New Album - Seventh Release

Greg Brown

Shawn Colvin, Harmony Vocals

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Lucky Peterson

Blues Plate Special: Driving Wheel - Now A Standard, This Song Was First Recorded By Roosevelt Sykes In 1936. An Influential Early Blues Composition With Chart Success Throughout The Decades; Junior Parker And Al Green Were Two Of The Many That Found Success With Driving Wheel. Most Subsequent Versions Of Driving Wheel Show Parker's Influence.

Art Blakey

The Jazz Route: Takes Us To BMG Recording Studios New York City For A Two-Day Recording Session That Would Be The Final Album For Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers. Since Its Founding In 1947, Blakey Evolved The Jazz Messengers Into a Proving Ground For Young Talent; Hard-Bop At Its Core - Swingin' The Groove Through Seven Eras - - - - - - - - - - - - Geoff Keezer, Piano...Dale Barlow, Tenor Saxophone...Okon Essiet, Bass...Steve Davis, Trombone...Brian Lynch, Trumpet...Art Blakey, Drums

The Earls of Leicester

Tip Of The Hat To Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

The Greenbriar Boys

First Got Together In Jam Sessions in New York's Washington Square Park, 1957 - Mainstays On The Greenwich village Music Scene

Nikki Lane

Inspirations Cased In A Streetwise, Modern Shell That's As Unapologetic As Johnny Cash's Middle Finger (RS)

Mike Auldridge

Pickin' On Duke Ellington (1936)

Norma Waterson

Co-Founding Members Of The Watersons, A Highly-Honored British Traditional Folk Ensemble - First Recorded By the Paul Whiteman Orchestra Featuring Libby Holman In 1928

Gordon Bok

Folklorist And Singer-Songwriter Associated With The Maritime Music Scene Of New England.