Billy Brandt And The Sugaree's

Multiple Award Winning Detroit Singer-Songwriter

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Lilly Hiatt

Second Album With Her Band The Dropped Ponies. John's Eldest Daughter Calls Nashville Her Home.

JeConte

Produced By Anders Osborne

Son Volt

One of Two Seminal Bands Arising From The Ashes Of Uncle Tupelo. The Other, Wilco

Angel Band

The Beatles: Undercover. This Album Co-Produced By David Bromberg & Lloyd Maines

Boz Scaggs

Appearing With The Tower Of Power Horn Section At The Interlochen Center Of The Arts, 7/22. First Set 8 PM. www.interlochen.org

Artie Shaw

One Of Jazz's Finest Clarinetists Leading Five Distinctive Orchestras & Small Group Jazz Ensembles

Dinah Washington

A 1993 Inductee Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Vocalist For Many Years With The Lionel Hampton Orchestra

Runa

Celtic Roots With An Energetic Fusion Of Acoustic Melodies. Appearing At The Northport Community Arts Center In The U.P. On 7/11

Trampled by Turtles

A Quintet Of Minnesotans Referencing Townes Van Zandt & Ralph Stanley Among Their Inspirations

Goin' Across The Mountain: Sam Conner & Dent Wimmer

Blue Ridge Mountains- Floyd County, VA. Recorded Aug. 12, 1974. Sam Connor, Fiddle...Dent Wimmer, Banjo

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Doc & Merle Watson

Recognized As A National Treasure By President Jimmy Carter...Recipient Of The National Medal Of The Arts...Honorary Doctorate Degree From The University Of North Carolina

Doc Watson

9 O'clock Doc Exclusively On Traditions: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat-Picker - Deep Gap, NC

Paul Simon

First Album Following The Break-up Of Simon & Garfunkel

Shari Kane and Dave Steele

Appearing At Hollerfest The Weekend Of 8/21 In Brooklyn MI

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May Erlewine

GR Flavor: Appearing In Fennville At The Salt Of The Earth 5/27. First Set, 7 PM

Jack Tempchin

"Actually the first real songwriter I really saw and really got enthused about was Jack Tempchin." -- Tom Waits, from Folkscene 1973, with Howard and Roz Larman (KPFK-FM 90.7)

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Darrell Scott

The Robb M Fresh Pick Of the Week: Darrell Scott's Succinct View On The State Of Country Music

Spoonful Of Blues: Nora Lee King

Georgia: 8/19/1909 - 11/28/1995 (86) Developed A Stylish Flair For Urban Blues During The 1930's & 40's. Extraordinary Songwriter Founding Her Own Publishing Company & Record Label. Still Performing Well Into Her Late 70's...Chose To Use An Array Of Pseudonyms.

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Spoonful Of Blues: Bo Carter

Mississippi: 6/30/1893 - 9/21/1964 (71) Founding Member Of The Mississippi Sheiks, Influential Guitar & Fiddle Group Of The 1930's. Together & Solo, Carter Recorded 110 Sides, Including The First To Record "Corrine, Corrina; Now A Blues Standard (1928). Known For Sexual Metaphors In His Songs, His Serious Blues Themes Are Often Overlooked. He Is Credited With Influencing Rory Gallagher.

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Vernel Fournier, Drums...Israel Crosby, Bass...Ahmad Jamal, Piano

Della Mae

Third Release From This Boston Based Quartet

I See Hawks in LA

Southern California Roots Quintet Formed In 1999

Town Mountain

Hard Drivin' Carolina String Band From Asheville, NC - Nestled In the Great Smoky Mountains

Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys

Bill Wrote This For His Uncle Pendleton Vandiver. In Addition To Rick Skaggs, The Song Has Been Recorded By Porter Wagoner & Michael Nesmith & Is a Live Favorite For Phish

Irene Kelley

Kicked Out Of A Led Zeppelin Cover Band For Suggesting They Might Try A Dolly Parton Song...Laying The Groundwork For Her First Steps Toward Roots Music.