Traditions! Is A Weekly Two-Hour Presentation Following Musical Streams Passed Down Through Generations; Pathways Linked By A Sincere Appreciation And Acknowledgement Of The Influential Styles That Continue Shaping The Landscape Of American Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!
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Jimmy Martin - Joined Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys In 1949 Filling The Void Left By The Departure Of Mac Wiseman
Kalamazoo, MI: Re-Imagining The Great Patsy Cline
Hillsborough, NC - Like All Great Troubadours, Mike June Sings About Things That Actually Matter
Alberta Adams, "The Grande Dame Of Detroit Blues"; "The Personification Of The Detroit Blues Scene," - Tap Dancer And Nightclub Singer During The 1930's - Recipient Of The 2006 Detroit Music Awards - Self-Taught Vocalist Influenced By Big Joe Turner, Sarah Vaughan And LaVern Baker
Member Of The Pistol Annies With Miranda Lambert And Ashley Monroe; One Can Hear The Pistol Annies Here On 'YCE
1961 - Much Obliged For Your Excellent Online Suggestion
Reworking Of The Ramsey Lewis Trio, 1965
This Is Album Is Historic - Gershwin Recorded These Piano Rolls In An Eleven Period Beginning In 1916; Making Over 130 Piano Rolls
Arbor Circle believes in the positive power of healthy individuals and families to build a solid foundation for the future. They work to transform the lives of children, adults and families facing mental health, substance use and family issues, through a range of counseling and supportive services, many free of charge. Learn more at arbor circle dot org
African-American Spiritual - Recorded By Bessie Jones, Past Member Of The Georgia Sea Island Singers, A Group Formed In The Early 1900s Who Travel Performing Songs And Other Elements Of The Gullah Culture
Los Salvajes Del Ritmo (The Savages Of Rhythm) - Panama! 3 Showcases The Unique Tropical Music Created In Panama During The Fertile Decades Of The 1960's And '70's, Home To Culturally Diverse People; Its Music Is A Soulful Blend Of Latin American, Caribbean, European And Indigenous Forms Reflecting Their Multicultural Environment During A Turbulent Time In The Country's History
Formed In Zurich By Ecuadorian-Swiss Brothers Alejandro And Estevan Gutierrez - Take Influence From 1950's Latin American Sounds And Sergio Leons Spaghetti Westerns
Roud Folk-Song Index (S163637) 1874 - Nineteenth-Century Scottish Ballad Handed Down Through Oral Tradition - Alan Lomax's Field Recording By Jimmy McBeath In 1951 Was The First In Album Form - McBeath Learned It Thirty-Five Years Prior In The Trenches During World War 1
Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan is the largest provider of reproductive and sexual health and education services in the region. Planned Parenthood helps people from all walks of life to have access to affordable services that help them plan their families, prevent disease, and make responsible decisions about their sexual health. More information at P P W N M dot org
Mary Lee Whitney, 1966; Toured With Soul Legends Solomon Burke And Johnny Otis In The Early Days - A Decade Later Featured Heavily On Stevie's 'Songs In The Key Of Life And 'Hotter Than July'
Debut Long-Player - A Voice That Reaches Into Your Soul; Excellent First Album
Blues Plate Special: Detroit's Long-Time Acoustic Blues Duo Reworks The Blind Boy Fuller Classic. Blind Boy Played Outside Tobacco Warehouses For Tips, Earning Him Gigs With Sonny Terry, Washboard Wiz George Washington And Gary Davis. A Talent Scout Took All Three To New York City In 1935 For A One-Day Recording Session; "Rag Mama Rag" Was Laid Down At This Session. Over The Next Five Years Fuller Recorded 135 Tracks. Fuller's Songwriting Owed A Debt To A Wide Range Of Piedmont Artists, And His Guitar Style On The National Steel Was In The Shadow Of Blind Blake - Fulton Allen Passed On In 1941 At The Age Of 36.
The Jazz Route: Sonny Rollins - Van Gelder Studios For The 1956 Recording Of Saxophone Colossus, Often Considered To Be The Breakthrough Record For Sonny Rollins. Leading A Crew Of Seasoned Side-Men, The Rollins Quartet Effortlessly Tackles The Challenge Of Thematic Improvisation, Developing Each Solo With Practical Logic And Uncompromising Swing, As If In Answer To The Charge That There Was A Lack Of Grace And Beauty In The Work Of The New York Hard-Swingers - A Timeless Masterpiece. - - - - - - - - - - Max Roach, Drums...Doug Watkins, Bass...Tommy Flanagan, Piano...Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone
Sean & Sara Watkins
The 'Grass Legends Take Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan Undercover (1940)
Jane Miller & Kelly Kessler - Charter Members Of Chicago's Emerging Insurgent Country Community During The Early 1990's
A Father/Son Duo Founded In '014, With Steady Roots In The Seven Five Seven Area Code Of Virginia Giving The Band A Platform To Deliver The Throwback Sounds With Original Style
New Music Into 'YCE
Adapted From A Late Nineteenth-Century Border Ballad And Recorded By The Arthur Smith Trio In 1938
Stephan Foster, 1847 - Thum Is A Highly-Influential Hammered Dulcimer Player - The Hammered Dulcimer Is Held To Have Been Invented Roughly 5,000 Years Ago, And Been Brought To Europe From The Middle East During The Crusades
Blandford Nature Center is a non-profit that believes children and adults learn best through personal experience. Blandford invites the community to get its hands dirty in nature - whether through standing knee-high in water to learn about stream ecology, getting a close-up view of an owl for the first time, or planting squash seeds to start a garden.
Blandford offers field trips, community programs, rentals, and day camps through an active outdoor environmental lab, led by a team of passionate, knowledgeable people with a strong link from past to future, promoting sustainability.
Blandford Nature Center has been a part of the West Michigan community for decades and continues to be your gateway to the outdoors!
Find out more by visiting "blandford nature center dot org" or calling 616-735-6240.
