Cooper, Hay, Van Lente Group

Traditions Returns Next Week

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The Count Basie Orchestra

Vocals: Mr. Sipp

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

African-America Spiritual, And Protest Song Dating To The Early 19th Century American South; Originally Sung At Revivalist Camp-Meetings As A Slave Jubilee - With A Slight Title Change To "We Shall Not Be Moved" The Song Became A Protest And Union Song Of The Civil Rights Movement

Bearfoot

Forming As Bearfoot Bluegrass In 1999 During A Chance Meeting In Cordova, Alaska - Nora Jane Struthers Once A Member (Heard Here On 'YCE)

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Kelly Willis Choosing Hiatt's Road Song From 1988's "Slow Turning"

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Ryan Bingham

Wrote The Album Alone In An Airstream Trailer Parked In The Mountains Of California Without Cell Phones Or Electricity - Recorded The Long-Player With A New Band Recruited From Members Of Rose Hill Drive

Ed Bruce

Signed By Sam Phillips To Sun Records At The Age Of 17 - Composer Of Some Of The Biggest Hits In Country Music - Major Recording And Radio Success During The 1980's

Freddy Fender

The First Of Two Border Rock And Roll Releases By Fender In the Early 1960's Under The Name Eddie Medina With The Shades

Tab Benoit

The Louisiana Guitar Slinger Workin' Up The Great Sam Cooke; The Song Appeared As The B-Side To Having a Party, 1962

Billie Holiday

1939 - A Broadway Song Written by Harold Arlen And Ted Koehler, Published in 1932

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Sam Lightnin' Hopkins: Master Stylist Of Blues Guitar; Complex Guitar Work Had The Flavor Of Early Texas Blues Styles - In 1954 Lightnin' Cut A Blistering Electric Session With A Small Band - Rediscovered During The Folk-Blues Revival, Hopkins Went From Playing Back Rooms In Front Of Ten People To Filling Carnegie Hall, Riding a worldwide Wave Of Popularity Throughout The 1960's And '70's

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Denmark; Sorten Muld (Dark Ground) - The Lyrics Are Old Stories Based On Danish Folk Tradition; Jealousy, Murder, Mythology And Creatures, Characterized By A Floating Sound Of Bagpipes, Flutes And Violins

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Daby Toure

Mali - Toure's Music Is Built At The Discretion Of Five Continents, Creating An Elegant Sonic Mixture, Merging The Linguistic Sounds Of The Six Languages He Speaks

Bill Miller

One Of The Most Admired Figures In The Native American Music Arena - An Award-Winning Recording Artist, Activist, Painter - Multi-Award Winning Recording Artist - World-Class Native American Flute Player

Nanci Griffith

Nanci's Career Spanned A Multitude Of Musical Styles; Her Compositions Benefited Many A Singer Drawn To Her Homespun Songwriting - Mesmerizing Performer - Inducted Into The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association's Hall Of Fame And The Historic Paramount Theater In Austin - - - Gone To Soon; July 6, 1953 - August 13, 2021 (68)

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Part Of The All-Star Tribute To The Legacy Of The Influential Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Guitarist, And Songwriter

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Blues Plate Special: Peg Leg Sam - Living The Life Of A Hobo During His Early Years, Peg Leg Sam Was A Carolina Harp Virtuoso Spending Most Of His Life Travelling The South With Carnivals And Medicine Shows. In 1930 He Lost A Leg In A Railroad Accident, Not Down For Long, Sam Resumed His Travels, Accumulating A Massive Repertoire Of Piedmont Blues Songs, Comedy Numbers And Monologues, During Decades On The Road As A Wandering Songster. He Was Discovered In 1972, Well Into His '60's, Playing With The Chief Thunder Cloud Medicine Show. Baby Tate And Louisiana Red Appeared On The Sam's Debut Album A Year Later. Sam's Time In The Spotlight Did Not Last Long, Passing On In 1977

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Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden

The Jazz Spot: Cavelight Studios, New Jersey 2014 - Charlie Haden's Final Session Prior To His Passing A Few Weeks After The Album's Release. Jarrret And Haden Are Jazz icons From The 1960's Onward, Each Doing Time In Ground-Breaking Combos And Leading Their Own Juggernauts Into The 21st Century.

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The Freight Hoppers - Specializing In The Music From The Age Of The Steam Locomotive, Spanning Geographically From Mississippi To West Virginia, Riding The Same Rails As The Skillet Lickers And The Georgia Yellowhammers; The Music That Would Evolve Into Bluegrass And Modern Country Music During The 1940's And '50's

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Kitty Wells, 1952 - Broke Down A Barrier For Women In Country Music -The Only Artist To Be Awarded Top Female Vocalist Awards For 14 Consecutive Years - Inducted Into The Country Music Hall Of Fame - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award - Wells' Success And Influence On Country Music Garnered Her The Title "Queen Of Country Music"

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Bill Carter

Texas Singer/Songwriter - Member Of The Austin Music Hall Of Fame

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Russ Barenberg - Heavily Influenced By The Flatpicking Technique Of Clarence White Member Of Both The Pioneering Kentucky Colonels And The Byrds - - - - - Barenberg Is An In-Demand Nashville Session Musician And Produces Instructional Videos For Guitar

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Kinsfolk

HomeGrown Michigan! - Lyrics Written And Music Adapted In 1950 By Pete Seeger And Lee Hays Of The Weavers, And Recorded By Jimmie Rodgers - The Tune Was Adapted From Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't For Dicky" (1937), Which In Turn Was Adapted From The 19th Century Traditional Irish Folk Tune "Drimindown"

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