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Traditions!

Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Duke Ellington

Mr. J.B. Blues, Take 2
Solos, Duets & Trios 1990 via Bluebird
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Bootstrap Boys

Even Though
Hungry & Sober 2023 via Independent
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Grand Rapids, MI - Appearing 5/27 For The Evening Cruise Aboard The Grand Lady Riverboat

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The Whiskey Charmers

Can't Leave
The Whiskey Charmers 2016 via Independent
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Detroit, MI - GR Appearance: 11/11 Founder's Brewing Company

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Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Preachin' The Blues- The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell 2002 via Telarc
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Colleen Sexton - The Song Is A Traditional Gospel Blues In a Call-And-Response Format; Blind Willie Johnson, 1928 - Reverend Gary Davis, 1956 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1959

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Alabama Mike

SSI Blues
Upset The Status Quo 2016 via Michael Benjamin
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Talledega, AL - Hard-Driving Bluesman Reminiscent Of The Early Original Blues Legends

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Alison Brown

Regalito
On Banjo 2023 via Compass
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New Pickin' Into Traditions!

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Taj Mahal

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Savoy 2023 via Stony Plain
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Mahal Covers A Few Of The Standards From The Savoy Records Label - Johnny Mercer Wrote It For The Movie Musical The Sky's The Limit, 1943

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9:20 am

Josie Cotton

Too Beautiful
Day of the Gun 2023 via Kitten Robot
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Dallas, TX - Couple Of Chart Toppers In The Early 1980's

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Nobody's Fault But Mine
20 Feet from Stardom 2013 via Columbia
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Merry Clayton - Reinterpretation Of The 1927 Blind Willie Johnson Song

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Bshrat
African Women Sing! 2014 via Aquarium Drunkard
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Bechita Ali

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Julio Moreno-Linda Manana
The Rough Guide to the Music of Venezuela 2003 via World Music Network
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Vasallos Del Sol - Traditional Venezuelan Folk Group Formed In 1990 in Caracas

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Gaelic Air and Hornpipes- My Love, My Joy-Duncan Johnstone-Doctor
The Rough Guide to Scottish Music 2014 via World Music Network
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The Bagpipes Appeared In The Early Part Of The Second Millennium - Mentioned In The Canterbury Tales (1380) - Scottish Highland Bagpipes Were Used At The Battle Of Pinkie In 1547

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The Shootouts

Run for Cover
Stampede 2023 via Independent
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A Tasty Fusion Of Americana, Honky-Tonk And Western Swing

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Hickory Creek Revival

Thousand Mile Blues
Before Too Long 2023 via Independent
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Mitten Music - The Willey Family; Andy, Rick, Rose & Bob Willey - Appearing 5/27 At the Box Factory For The Arts, St. Joseph, MI

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Dave Van Ronk

Going Down Slow
Down In Washington Square- The Smithsonian Folkways Collection 2013 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Undercover Work Of St. Louis Jimmy Oden, 1941 - Van Ronk; An Iconic Figure In The American Folk Music Revival And New York City's Greenwich Village Scene In The 1960's - Nickname: The Mayor Of MacDougal Street

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Brie Stoner

Maypole
WYCE: Songs From The Second Floor 2006 via WYCE
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WYCE Premier Series!

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8:40 am

David Honeyboy Edwards

Further on up the Road
Mississippi Delta Bluesman 2001 via Smithsonian Folkways
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June 28, 1915 MS - August 29, 2011 IL - One Of The Four Remaining Delta Blues Players To Bring That Music Into The 21st Century. Honeyboy Was A Friend To Robert Johnson, With Him On The Night In 1938 Johnson Drank The Poison Whiskey That Took His Life. Honeyboy's Commercial Success Had To Wait Beyond The Blues Revival Of The 60's. His Archaic Country Style Was Overlooked Until The 1970's, When His Authentic Delta Sound Made Him A Worldwide Favorite, Continuing To Play The Blues To The Ripe Old Age Of 96, Passing On In 2011.

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Randy Napoleon

Moon River
Soon 2016 via Detroit Music Factory
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The Jazz Route: GRP Studios, East Lansing For A Session By Detroit Based Guitarist Randy Napoleon, Tapping Into The Great American Songbook, But Focusing On The Lesser-Played Compositions. "Moon River" Was Composed By Henry Mancini For The Motion Picture 'Breakfast At Tiffany's'

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Deep Greens & Blues

Wheels
Chasing Horizons 2016 via Self-released
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GR Music

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Foggy Mountain Top
Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 2005 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Earl Taylor And The Stoney Mountain Boys; The Distinction Of Being The First Bluegrass Band To Play On The Stage Of Carnegie Hall, 1959

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Dan Tyminski

Ode to Jimmy Martin
God Fearing Heathen 2023 via 8 Track Entertainment
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Co-Founder Of Union Station

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Devine's Jug Band

Beaver Slide Rag
Terrible Operation Blues 2009 via Porto Franco Records
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A Reworking Of The 1927 Gem By Peg Leg Howell & His Gang

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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

Louisianna Wedding Bells
The Lovers' Waltz 1997 via Angel Records
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Moving On Thirty-Two Years Together

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Wild West Rambler
When I Was A Cowboy, Vol. 1 1996 via Yazoo
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Crowder Brothers, 1937 - 1930's Recording Duo From North Carolina's Piedmont Mountains

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Brent Cobb - Wild And Blue
Something Borrowed, Something New - A Tribute to John Anderson 2022 via Easy Eye Sound
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Part Of A Hand-Selected Gathering Of Musicians Paying Homage To The Great John Anderson

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