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Sue Foley - McDowell Was An Enigma; Didn't Own A Guitar Until Thirty-Five years Of Age - His Slides And Slurs, Shows An Intense And Personal Style That Has Been Highly Influential In The Blues - Musicologist Alan Lomax Made Field Recordings Of McDowell In 1959; These Recordings Captured On A Porch Revealed A Direct Link Back To The Playing Of Charley Patton And Robert Johnson

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Old Crow Medicine Show

Latest Album - Doc Watson Discovered The Band Busking On The Streets Of Boone, NC - Inducted Into The Grand Ole Opry A Decade Ago

Willie Sugarcapps

Gulf Coast Collaborative Project Led By Will Kimbrough, With The Individual Members Spread Out From Nashville To Alabama.

Willie Nelson

Willie's 74th Album - First Full-Length Of Bluegrass Reinterpretations Showcasing Songs From Nelson;s Back Catalogue

Angaleena Presley

Member Of The Pistol Annies, Heard Here On 'YCE

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Los Lobos

Special Guest: Little Willie G, Legendary Leader Of "Thee Midniters, One Of The Best Known Acts To Come Out Of East LA In The 1960's - Big Influence On Los Lobos

The Blind Boys of Alabama

A Stellar Rendering Of "Wide River to Cross" From The Pen Of Buddy And Julie Miller - Back In GR In December; St. Cecelia Music Center

David Bennett Cohen

Former Drummer For Country Joe & The Fish

Mick Kolassa

Prolific Bluesman Calling His Craft Free Range Blues; New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles

Profoundly Changed The Course Of Women In Mariachi History

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Finland; Troka - Eclectic Quintet Mixes The Sounds Of The Balkans And The Rhythms Of Bluegrass Creating A Fast And Upbeat Fusion

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Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis

Greek Singer And Prolific Lyricist - Heavy-Weight On The World Music Circuit - Traditional Greek Rhythms And Sounds Melding With Ancient Byzantine Vocal Lines

The Schrock Bros

HomeGrown Mitten! Special Guest: Peter "Madcap" Ruth

Eilen Jewell

Album: Queen Of The Minor Key - Sultry Surf-Noir And Dynamic Americana; Powerful Imagery

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Blues Plate Special: Yank Rachell; March 16, 1910 TN - April 9, 1997 IN - The Mandolin And Yank Rachell Are Synonymous With The Blues. From The Late 1920' s Jug Band Craze To The Urbanization Of The Blues In '30's Chicago. Onward To The 60's Folk/Blues Revival And Almost To The End Of The Century, Yank Added A Twist To The Music With His Instrumental Skills And Impeccable Good Taste. He Toured Around The Delta With Sleepy John Estes And Hammie Nixon. Rachell Found Steady Session Work In Chicago, Recording Solo For Several Labels and Releasing Fourteen Records by 1941. The Folk/Blues Revival Was In Full-Swing When Yank Hooked Up Once Again With Sleepy John And Hammie, This Time As The Tennesse Jug Busters; In Great Demand 'Til Sleepy John Passed Away In 1977. Yank Continued On For Twenty More Years, Working On An Album When He Passed In 1997.

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Horace Silver

The Jazz Spot: Van Gelder Recording Studio, 1965 New Jersey - Quintet Configuration Recording Over Two Days - A Project Very Dear To The Heart Of Horace Silver, Incorporating The Spicy island Flavor Of His Father's Native Land On Several Finger-Popping Tunes. Trombonist J.J. Johnson Augments Silver's Quintet, Creating A Staggering Front Line That Also Includes Woody Shaw And Joe Henderson.

Eddie Pennington

Traditional Roud Index #4299; First Recording 1927 By Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters Merle Travis Disciple; Plays Guitar In The Thumbpicking Style Known As The Muhlenberg County Sound

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Vinyl Spin: Known As Country's Legendary Duo, Wildly Successful For Seven Years Beginning In 1967 - Their Feud That Led To Their Breakup Also Legendary

Round Creek String Band

HandMade West Michigan!

Charles Sawtelle

Traditional Tune From The Seychelles Islands - The Islands Have A Rich History Of A Pirates Hideout To French Colony - The Late Charles Sawtelle A Founding Member Of Hot Rize

Steve Tilston and Maggie Boyle

Traditional; Index Roud 2260 & 2261, Great Britain - A Variant Of Silver Dagger Appeared In 1855 - Possibly The Fusion Of Two Songs, The Other Being "Drowsy Sleeper" Published In 1817 - First Recording 1926