Big Mama Thorton

Wow! Enough Said

Houston Jones

High-Octane California Quintet founded 2001

Emmylou Harris

Composer: Lucinda Williams

Dan Crary

Pre-Eminent Fingerstyle Guitarist

Lyle Lovett

Appearing: 7/21 Meijer Summer Garden Concerts

Lee Rocker

Undercover: Hank Snow, 1950 - Rocker: Co-Founding Bassist Of The Stray Cats

Tellica & Ana Hinkle

Producer: John Doyle - Second Release By This Intriguing Quartet, Hailing From The Bastion On Hybrid Bluegrass - Asheville, NC

Jan Savitt Orchestra

Bandleader, Violinist Early Part Of The 20th Century

Ray Charles

The Soul Music Pioneer's Swagger On The Humorous 1924 Reading Of The Femme Fatale From Savannah

Third Eye Reggae Band

International Band That Unites Musicians From The Caribbean Basin - Together Since 1981 - Third Eye Is Derived From The Egyptian Symbol Of The All Seeing, Metaphysical Third Eye Of Consciousness

Vijana Jazz Band

Wa Dansi Band, Sometimes Called Swahili Jazz - Tanzanian Music Genre, Derivative Of Congolese Soukous And Congolese Rumba - Developing The First Decades Of The 20th Century

Glenn Yarborough

Founding Lead Tenor For Late 1950's Folk Band The Limeliters

Birds Of Chicago

Husband/Wife Duo Of JT Nero And Allison Russell

Leyla McCalla

The Virtuoso Embellishes Her Vision Of Intertwined Musical Traditions, From Creole Slave Songs To Haitian Folk Balladry And String Band Jazz

COMPILATIONS

Blues Plate Special: Jimmy Burns - Relocating From The Delta To Chicago In The Mid-1950's, Jimmy Burns Discovered A Scene That Was Perfect For His Melding Of Traditional Blues, Churchy Emotionalism, And Forward-Looking R&B - A Staple Of Chicago's West Side Club Circuit, Burns Cut A Few Singles Early On Prior To Turning His Focus On Family, Performing Rarely In The Decades To Come - Rekindling His Carer In The Early 1990's, Jimmy Burns, At The Age Of 53 Released His Long-Awaited Debut Album

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Roscoe Mitchell Quartet

Jazz Spotlight: Recorded In 1994 For The Delmark Label, Hey Donald Is A Late Career Recording For Roscoe Mitchell Dedicated To Earth, Wind And Fire Saxophonist Donald Myrick. On The Album, Mitchell Has Assembled A Quartet Of First-Timers Playing Together As A Unit. Mitchell Has Spent His Career As Restless Explorer Of New Forms; One Of The Great Innovators In Creative Music Of The Post-Coltrane Era. Roscoe Mitchell Turns 85 In August

Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis

Appearing Tonight In Bell's Beer Garden, Kalamazoo

Rob Ickes

Undercover: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 1983

Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

Legend! Sonny Terry Recorded A Few Songs With Sticks McGhee During The 1930's And '40's; Found Wider Fame In The Folk Revival

Valerie June

Bluegrass Gospel Song Written By Estil C. Ball And Recorded By Alan Lomax 1959

Noam Pikelny

Chicago, IL - Has Emerged As The Pre-Eminent Banjoist Of His Generation - Founding Member Of The Punch Brothers