Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz

Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Founded As The Golden Gate Jubilee Singers In 1934; Remaining Active To This Day

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Tracy Nelson

First Release In a Decade For the 78 Year-Old Blueswoman - The Powerful And Expressive Singer Isn't Afraid To Show Wrinkles - Excellent Album

Max Lockwood

GR Music - Relax At Rosa 8/3

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Arlen Roth & Jerry Jemmott

Undercover: Danny O'Keefe - Wrote It In 1967 But Not Released; Re-Recorded The Song With A Slower Tempo In 1971 - Top 10 Across Several Charts

Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

Have A Happy 4th!

Nanci Griffith

Revisiting The Weavers; Pete Seeger And Lee Hayes Wrote It In 1949 - We Lost Nanci Two Years Ago August At The Age Of 68

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One Of America's Most Famous Folk Songs,1940 - Added To The National Recording Registry Sixty Two Years Later (2002)

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Van Morrison

Spin From The Vinyl Vault - Morrison Inspired To Write the Song Looking Out Over San Francisco Bay And Watching The Preparation Of Festivities For The 4th Of July

Harry James & His Orchestra

Recording This Version Fives Years After The Miles Davis All Star Sextet - James Is A Major Figure Of The Swing Era Whose Urgent Trumpet Playing Was A Driving Force In Benny Goodman's Orchestra

Julie Kelly

Composer: Benny Goodman, 1935

Sharon Burch

Founding Advisor Of First Nations Composer Initiative Joined by Mescalero Apache Medicine Man A. Paul Ortega Recording A Collection Of Music Comprised From The Navajo Traditions Of New Mexico

The Red Sea Pedestrians

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Remastered From 78 RPM Recordings Sung In Eight Southeast Asia Languages - Fascinating Collection!

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Boris Garcia

Progressive 'Grassers Beginning As A Recording Unit In The Early Days Evolving Into Must-See Performing Ensemble Over The Last Seventeen Years

John Hammond

A Tip Of The Fedora To The Enigmatic Robert Johnson (1937)

Phil Ochs

Highly-Influential Songwriter - A Moving Component Of The Greenwich Village Folk Music Scene During The Early 1960's, Emerging As An Unpolished But Passionate Vocalist Composing Songs Of Topical Importance - Self Described As A Singing Journalist

Muddy Waters

Blues Plate Special: April 4, 1913 MS - April 30, 1983 IL - Muddy Waters Was Born In Mississippi. Musicologist Alan Lomax Brought Him To Chicago In 1942, And To Attention Of The Leonard Chess Who Put Muddy To Work In His Numerous Clubs. It Was Here Water's Set About Recruiting The Players That Would Go On To Perform With Him And Record The Definitive Chicago Blues. The Hard-Driving Blues Made A Huge Impact On The R&B Charts, Took Them On Nationwide Tours, Recording A Seminal Live Album At Newport Folk In 1960. Muddy Water's Amazing Journey To The Status As Founding Father Of Chicago Blues Is Non-Debatable - A True Blues Legend

Various/Unknown Artist

820 Jazz: Ray Bryant Trio - Columbia Recording Studios, NYC 1961 - Two Day Recording Session Over Two Months, Con Alma Is Soulful, Swinging And Reasonably Exploratory; Revisiting Seven Of The Nine Standards That Appear On The LP. The Title Track Is A Dizzy Gillespie Composition From 1954; We Visit The 'YCE Vinyl Vault For This Morning's Spin Of Con Alma - - - - - - - - Mickey Roker, Drums...Bill Lee, Bass...Ray Bryant, Piano

Rodney Rice

Third Release; First Long-Player Recorded In Nashville With A Stellar Gathering Of Elite Music City Session Musicians

The Earls Of Leicester

The Band Continues An Ambitious Mission To Preserve And Promote The Legacy Of Bluegrass Legends Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs

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String-Band Trio From Minneapolis, 1964

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Sally Rogers

HomeGrown! Here In The Mitten (Beulah, MI) - Storyteller/Educator, World-Renowned Musician

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Ramblin' Jack Elliot - The Story Of Morris Slater, Late 19th Century Outlaw/Folk Hero - First Recording By Old-Time Fiddler Gid Tanner In 1924

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Brian Oberlin & Evan Marshall

A Couple Of Virtuoso Mandolin Troubadours Join Forces And Play Classical Swing On This Album