Eastern Blok

Traditions! Returns Next Week

Silver Creek Revival

The Band Came Together On The Backroads Of Northern Michigan - Appearing On The Wheatland Stage Friday, 8/6

COMPILATIONS

La Lupe: Cuban Singer Of Boleros, Guarachas And Latin Soul - Her Move Marked The Beginning Of A Prolific And Successful Career In The 1960's And 70's

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Jimmy Rushing

With The Count Basie Orchestra, 1941 - One Of The Great singers Of The Big Band Era, Rushing Stayed With Basie For Fifteen Years, 1935-1950

Ranky Tanky

Specializing In Jazz-Influenced Arrangements Of Traditional Gullah Music A Culture That Originated Among Descendants Of Enslaved Africans In he Low Country Region Of The Southeast U.S.

49 Winchester

Castlewood, VA - Relentless Road Warriors; Album Number 5 - Yea, These Guys Kick It!

The Wandering

Acoustic Roots Collective Of Amy LaVere, Luther Dickinson, Valerie June And Sharde Thomas - - One Of the Official State Songs Of Louisiana; Composer Unknown - First Recording 1939

Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra

Oslo, Norway 'Grass Ensemble; Eight Members Blend A Mix Appalachian And Nordic Folk Influences

Wifee And The Huzz Band

Door County, WI - Ruby James And Stephen Cooper Front This Ten Piece Powerhouse Through Their Emotional Love Story Taking You Back To The Glory Days Of Motown With A Delightful Cutting Edge

James Lee Stanley

Six-Decade Career Spans Numerous Artistic Mediums - This Album Dedicated To The Late Nicolette Larson, Passing On In 1997

McKinley James

The 22 Year-Old Possesses Equal Parts Old Soul And Modern Man, Armed With An Electric Guitar And Sharp Songwriting Chops

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Louis Meyers - One Of The Most Highly Regarded Blues Guitarists In Chicago - Played The Axe And Harp In The Aces, Little Walter's Original Band

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Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban

Galban And Cooder Felt That There Was A Sound That Had Not Been Explored In A Cuban Electric-Guitar Band That Could Re-Interpret The Atmosphere Of The 1950's - Number One On The Charts

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Tabou Combo: Founded In 1968 In Port-Au-Prince - The Band's Unique Blend Of Various Caribbean Roots Draw's Heavily On The Merengue Groove From The Dominican Republic

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Lindi Ortega

Spent Nearly A Decade As An Independent Artist; Nicknamed "Indie Lindi"

Wilson Thicket

SE Michigan Stingband - Appearing At The Wheatland Music Festival Next Weekend (9/-9/8)

Abie "Boogaloo" Ames

Blues Plate Special: Born On Big Egypt Plantation In Cruger, MS Prior To the Family Relocating To Detroit During The 1930's; By The Late 1940's Ames Was Leading His Own Band For A Decade Around Detroit - He Did Session Work At Berry Gordy's Fledgling Motown Studio -With The Blues Revival Of The 1970's And For The Remainder Of His Life, He Continued Playing Boogie-Woogie And Blues - "Boogaloo" Ames Passed On In 2002 At The Age Of 83

Eddie Palmieri

Jazz Spotlight: Known As One Of The Finest Pianists Of The Past 60 Years - Bandleader, Arranger And Composer Of Salsa And Latin Jazz - Professional Career Took Of In The Early 1950's - Palmieri Formed His Own Band, La Perfecta In 1961 Which Featured An Unconventional Front Line Of Trombones - HIs Technique Incorporates Bits And Pieces Of Everyone From McCoy Tyner To Herbie Hancock - Eddie Will Soon Turn 88

Willie Watson

From The Forthcoming Album "Willie Watson" Due 9/1 - Co-Founding Member Of Old Crow Medicine Show

The Stanley Brothers

Pioneers! WithThe Clinch Moutain Boys - Inducted Into The International Bluegrass Music Hall Of Honor

Rupa and the April Fishes

San Francisco, CA - Rupa Marya And Cellist Ed Baskerville

Joel Mabus

Lansing, MI - Free-Ranging Fretboard Genius, Funny Songwriter, Warm Voice - WYCE Jammie Award Winner

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Tony Rice & John Carlini

Alumni Of The David Grisman Quartet