Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer

Traditions! Returns Next Week

Jimmy Hall

Producer: Joe Bonnamassa - Jimmy's Southern Musical Roots Running True; Tradition Intact

The Gourds

Austin, TX, 1994 - Good-Time, Honky Tonkin' Band With Enough Quirk And Underground Appeal To Justify The Alt/Country Tag - Currently On Hiatus

Brennen Leigh

A Story-Telling Poet; The New Album With Its Roots Running Deep - Guests Include Marty Stuart And Rodney Crowell

Al Basile

Produced By Duke Robillard - Al Got His Start In 1973 As The First Cornet Player For The Legendary Roomful Of Blues; Highly-Respected In Blues And Jazz Circles

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Preservation Hall Jazz Band With Special Guest Brandi Carlisle - Written In 1912 By American Evangelist George Bennard During His Time In Michigan

The Derailers

Austin, TX 1994 - Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Has Been a Primary Influence

Rhiannon Giddens

A Rework Of Bessie Smith, 1931 - One Of The Most Notorious Double Entendre Songs Of All Time

The Ventures

Tacoma, WA 1958 - Predated The Advent Of The Terms Surf Guitar And Surf Rock - Pioneered The Use Of Special Effects - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame - Greatest Popularity In The 1960's With Thirty-Eight Charting Albums; Six Of Fourteen Singles Made It Into The Top 40, Three Top 10's - Sixty-Five Years On The Ventures Still Playing Their Identifiable Signature Sound - This New Album Adds Another Fine Arrow In Their Quiver

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Composers: Eddie Cooley And Otis Blackwell - Saundra Meade: R&B Singer With Only Six Known Recordings In Three Consecutive Years, 1955, '56 And '57; The Most Successful Being A Cover Version By Little Willie John - A Major Chart-Topper For Peggy Lee In 1958

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Marc Courtney Johnson

Composed For The 1947 Musical Finian's Rainbow

Rocky Dawuni

Influenced By Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti - Dawuni's Positive Groove Straddles The Musical Boundaries Between Africa, The Caribbean And The US, Creating A Universally Appealing Sound Uniting Generations And Cultures.

Che Apalache

Produced By Bela Fleck - Four-Man String Band From Three Different Countries Based In Buenos Aires

Arlen Roth & Jerry Jemmott

Two Highly-Respected Session Players Working Up The Great Sam Cooke (1965)

The Smokin Dobroleles

HandMade In The Mitten: Hart, MI - The Bands Second Release Pulling From A Long History Together And A Deep Repertoire Of Song; Appearing August 24 For Music At the Point, Spring Lake, MI

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Alison Krauss & Union Station

Dan Tyminski, Vocals - Composed By Sidney Cox Of The Cox Family; Heard Here On 'YCE

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Blues Plate Special: Peetie Wheatstraw, 1936 - St.Louis Pianist And Singer Peetie Wheatstraw Had An Almost Arrogant Self-Confidence In His Singing Style, But His Clever Way With A Lyric Made Him One Of The Best-Selling Blues Artists Of The 1930's. Calling Himself The Devil's Son-In Law, Peetie Succeeded In Recording Over 160 Tracks In An Eleven Year Career. One Photo Exits Of Wheatstraw Holding A Guitar, But His Primary Instrument Was Piano Heard On The Records Of Lonnie Jordan, Kokomo Arnold And Papa Charlie McCoy. Peetie's Last Studio Session In 1941. Few Weeks Later He Was Riding In An Automobile That Collided With A Freight Train And He Died From His Injuries After A Few Days, On His 39th Birthday.

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The Charlie Watts Orchestra

'820' Jazz: Live At London's Fulham Town Hall In 1986 For The Gathering Of The Charlie Watts Orchestra. The Musicians That Make Up The Orchestra Are The Cream Of The British Jazz Crop. The Swing Era Is Well Represented, And In Good Hands

Logan Halstead

Boone County, WV - The Twenty Year-Old's Lyricism Is Content Based On Stark Realities Growing Up In Appalachia

Rhythm Billies

HandMade Mitten! Old-Time Traditional; Squares, Reels, And Contras

Sparrow Blue

Acoustic Roots Songwriting Duo Making Home Southeastern Massachusetts

Nat Myers

Korean-American Blues Poet Raised In Kentucky

The Corps of Rediscovery

A Collective Of Living-History Enthusiasts Who Depict A Ninety-Year Period On The American Frontier, Specializing In Lewis & Clark's Corps Of Discovery And The Mountain Men Of The American Fur Trade (1750-1840)

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(1930) Ken Maynard: The First Singing Cowboy, Starring In Over 300 Films Remaining Popular Well Into The Thirties

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