Top Notch

Traditions! Returns

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

A 35-Year Partnership That Helped Define Folk/Blues - Their Piedmont Style Blues Has A Different Feel To Delta Blues And Its Effect On Modern Music Has A Very Different Genesis To The Route Through Chicago That Gave Us Blues-Rock

The Brothers Comatose With Lindsay Lou

Roots-Infused 'Grassers From San Francisco

Sara Watkins

Appearing 7/10 At The Interlochen Center For The Arts; Watkins Joining Sarah Jarosz And Aoife O'Donovan In Their Power Trio As I'm With Her

Eddie Cochran

1956 Recording For The Film The Girl Can't Help It - Eddie Cochran Is A Rock & Roll Icon; Experimented With Multitrack Recording, Distortion Techniques, And Overdubbing In The Very Early Days - Highly-Influential - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, 1987

The Grahams

Alyssa & Doug Graham

Cindy Cashdollar

Composer: Rev. Robert Wilkins, 1929 - Rory Block, Guesting

COMPILATIONS

C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band; Zydeco Up The Legendary Roy Orbison

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Mose Allison

. Covering Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, 1946

Diana Krall

Composer: Chris Smither - Diana Appearing Tomorrow Night 6/16 Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series

Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Eclectic Mix Full Of French Flare, Latin Heat Sizzle Wrapped Up Wth A Bohemian Attitude

COMPILATIONS

Wu Junde - influences Stemming From Their Roots In The Uighur Capital Of Urumqi Becoming One Of China's Most Prominent Rock Acts

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Malcolm Holcombe

The Late Troubadour Passed On Last September - One Of Nashville Elite; A Songwriters Songwriter

The Lowest Pair

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Charlie Rouse Quartet

Jazz Spotlight: Recorded 1960 New York City...Headed Up Few Sessions On His Own As A Bandleader - A Hard Bop Performer, The Tenor Saxophone And Flute Were His Preferred Axes....Rouse Began His Career With The Billy Eckstine Orchestra In 1944, Followed By Dizzy Then Duke, and Most Noted For His Eleven Year Stint With Monk

The Horsenecks

Astoria, OR - Continue To Set A New Standard In Today's Traditional Music Scene

Bob Stewart Taj Mahal Steve Turre

Roud Folk Song Index No. 17692 - Stewart Brings The Tuba Back To The Modern Group Ensemble, Enlists Taj Mahal And Steve Turre For A Run-Up Of Fishin' Blues, Written In 1911 By Vaudeville Performer Chris Smith

COMPILATIONS

Napoleon Strickland & The Como Drum Band, 1967 - One Of Mississippi's Most Gifted Musicians In The Fife And Drum Country Blues Traditions

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Hobart Smith

One Of The Overlooked Masters Of Appalachian Folk Music -Recorded 40 Tracks For Alan Lomax And The Library Of Congress, 1942 - Notable For His Mastery Of The Banjo

Lyal Strickland

Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, And Farmer From Buffalo, MO Appearing At The North Star Lounge, Ann Arbor 6/68

April Verch

Fiddling Student Of Darol Anger - Known For Her Deep Expertise In The Distinctive Ottawa Valley Fiddle And Step Dancing Styles