Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

Traditions! Returns Next Week

Sunny War

The New Album "Armageddon In A Summer Dress" Drops 21 February

Jorma Kaukonen

Written By Clayton McMichen, 1930 - At That Time A Member Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers

The Brass Kings

Charting The Bermuda Triangle Of Old-Time, Middle-Eastern And Bluegrass Music While Discussing Corn Futures And The Decline Of Western Civilization

Shout Sister Shout

GR Swingin' - Composer: Billy Mayhew, 1936 - A Staple In Repertoire Of Many Of The Early Dance Bands

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Christian Howes

A Violin Prodigy/Professor Of Music At The Berklee School Of Music - The Tango Is A Partner Dance And Social Dance That Originated In The 1880's Along The Río De La Plata

John Hammond

Composers: Tom Waits And Eileen Brennan - Hammond The First To Record Followed By Rich Cohen & Jason Ricci; Tom Waits Version Found On "Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards"

The Band

We Lost Garth Hudson A Few Days Ago At The Age Of 87, The Last Surviving, Co- Founding Member Of The Band - A Master Musician Preferring The Lowrey Organ Over The Hammond B-3 For Its Specific Effects - On The This Selection, Hudson's Watery Tone And Use Of The Organ's Pitch Bender Are Featured In His Solo - Levon On Lead Vocal

The Jetbeats

GR Vintage Rock & Roll! 4-Piece Combo That Play Originals In An Early To Mid 60's British Invasion Motif

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Rory Gallagher

Known For His Virtuosic Style Of Guitar Playing - Often Referred To As The Greatest Guitarist You've Never Heard Of

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Khun Narin: Psychedelic Music Ensemble Based Out Of The Phetchabun Province, Thailand - With A Rotating Lineup Of Native Musicians, Their Impromptu Improvisational Performances Situated At Backyard Parties And Parades Are Legendary - The Music Is Grounded On Thai And Laotian Melodies

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Beto and the Fairlanes

Traditions Around The World - A World Beat Hybrid Collective Coming From The Fertile Austin Music Scene During The 1970's

Tami Neilson

Debut Release

Hoyt Axton

Duncan, OK - Singer/Songwriter Establishing Himself On The West Coast As A Folk Singer In The Early 1960's - His Songwriting Credits Straddle Multiple Genres

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James P. Johnson And Katherine Handy Lewis - W.C Handy Composed It 1914

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Willie Dixon

Blues Plate Special: Eddie Boyd - Another Delta Bluesmen Who Relocated From Mississippi To Chicago, Later Recording A Series Of R&B Hits Chess Records Label - In 1936, Boyd Played With His Group, The Dixie Rhythm Boys On Beale Street Prior To The Great Migration North - He Accompanied Sonny Boy Williamson, Jazz Gillum, Muddy Waters, And Tampa Red Before Making His First Recordings Under His Own Name In 1947 - Eddie Boyd Was A Blues Force, a Favorite On The Festival Stages Both Here And Abroad; Inspiration To Eric Clapton And Peter Green - Boyd's Final Years Were Living In Belgium, Where He Continued To Play Up To His Passing In 1994

Joe Castro Quartet

Jazz Spotlight: 'Lester Leaps In" Is THE Recording That Influenced The Early Beboppers - Recorded In 1939 By Count Basie's Kansas City Seven, The Tune Was Composed By Tenor Sax Giant Lester Young At The Time A Member Of The Basie Band - The Joe Castro Quartet Has The Honor On This Morning's Rendering; Being Zoot Sims, Tenor Saxophone..Oscar Pettiford, Double Bass, Lucky Thompson, Soprano Saxophone...Joe Castro, Piano

Ruth Bloomquist

West Michigan Lakeshore Duo - Ruth & Max Appearing Valentine's Day At The Ark, Ann Arbor; 3/4 At The Hackley Library, Muskegon

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The Haden Triplets

A Wonderful Rendering Of Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys; Co-Written By Bill And Bessie Lee Maudlin, Whom He Referred To As 'The Carolina Songbird'

Carey & Lurrie Bell

Big Bill Broonzy And Blues Pianist Charlie Segar Wrote The Classic In 1940 - Segar The First to Record That Same Year; Jazz Gillum One Year Later, And Broonzy 1941; Big Bill's Is Considered The Definitive Version

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Jack White - Several Hand-Picked Artists Putting Music To Lyrics Written In A Notebook Owned By Hank Williams Found Inside A Dumpster Fifty-Three Years After Tragic Car Crash Outside Canton, Ohio

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Aubrey Atwater

Blind Lemon Jefferson Recording The Song In Two Slightly Versions In 1927 And 1928 - Son House Used The Melody On is 1930 Recording Of "Mississippi County Farm Blues"