| All the Traditions |
| Robert Resnik is your host for folk music and details on upcoming performances in the VPR listening area. |
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| Merrily On Our Way To Nowhere In Particular |
| From Montreal to Mexico and from Marlboro, VT to Marlborough, England - join us on a merry musical Maytime jaunt! |
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| Use A Handkerchief, Not Your Mom! |
| All the Traditions' annual Mother's Day special, where we delve deep into the music library to find a wealth of songs by, for, and about mothers! |
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| From Marley To the Maypole ! |
| As we dance our way into spring, stopping off in Jamaica, southwest England, New Orleans, and many spots in between! |
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| Everything Dies, That's a Fact... |
| Thinking about Levon Helm, one of the great singers of our time, and looking ahead to another week full of wonderful live music in the VPR listening area! |
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| Live Shows By the Dozen ! |
| A mind-boggling array of local live performances this week, ranging from blues master Geoff Muldaur to an all-star concert to benefit the Champlain Valley Folk Festival ! |
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| When That Great Ship Went Down |
| The 100th anniversary of the infamous meeting of The Iceberg and the USS Titanic...a terrible tragedy which spawned many timeless songs. |
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| A Tribute to Earl |
| A special tribute to the memory of the marvelous Earl Scruggs and all of the music he created and inspired during a life dedicated to music. |
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| From Glorious Ale to a Tennessee Waltz |
| What can you expect on April Fools Day? Anything and everything! |
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| Getting Brighter Every Day |
| A healthy mix of the old and new, the borrowed and the blues, noting farewell live performance locally by Peggy Seeger and the Woods Tea Company this week too! |
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| The Waters of March |
| Music for an amazingly early spring and, as always, a peek at upcoming shows in the VPR listening area. |
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| So Many Shades of Green! |
| A listening party to prepare for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day weekend, and for the many other kinds of music represented by live shows in the VPR listening area this week! |
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| Melanie and Michael and Mick and More |
| Local shows in March with Melanie, Michael Smith, Mick Moloney, and many many more! |
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| Au Revoir Fat Tuesday and Bonne Anniversaire to the Man In Black |
| Looking back on Mardi Gras week and thinking of Johnny Cash on the 80th anniversary of his birth. |
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| All the Way From Euphoria to the Flying Trapeze |
| A marvelous melange of music from Malian Grammy winners to Leon Redbone - fasten your seatbelts! |
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| Love et Amour |
| Warming up for Valentine's Day, and also for an exciting double bill of Quebecois stars Le Vent du Nord and Cajun stars the Pine Leaf Boys at the Flynn Center in Burlington next weekend! |
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| Wahoo ! |
| Some western swing and cowboy music to dance away the winter blues, a trip to French Canada, a preview of a rare local performance by legendary Scottish musician Archie Fisher, and much more! |
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| Etta Joins the Heavenly Choir |
| Imagining Etta James harmonizing with Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson in soul singer's heaven.... |
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| Tracing One Warm Line |
| A sneak preview of the Northern Routes Traditional Music Festival in Brattleboro next weekend, music from Celtic Spain, a bit of sacred harp singing, and much more! |
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| From Laurel Canyon to Louisiana On A Winter's Night |
| Jug band, the Buckleys, Ray Charles, Basqueland, and much much more! |
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| The Night Time Is The Right Time ! |
| Please join us for the first show in our new evening time slot - we'll be playing artists featured at a midwinter folk festival in Montpelier next weekend, western swing, worldwide accordions, and much more! |
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| Farewells and New Beginnings |
| A special show highlighting some of the best folk and world music releases of 2011, an appreciation of some of the amazingly talented musicians who passed away last year, and, as always, an exciting look at local performances and new music to come! |
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| Christmas, Channukah, Kwanzaa....and First Night ! |
| A marvelous intersection of holidays, and a long look at the wealth of local musicians performing at First Night celebrations all over the VPR listening area! |
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| Let There Be Light ! |
| Our annual "light" show, featuring songs and tunes chosen specially to brighten up the shortest days of the year! |
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| Swingin' On A Star |
| Dave Van Ronk, two "river" sets, and pre-holiday stress songs as we head for the shortest days! |
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| "Utah" Phillips Lives! |
| A special preview of an upcoming tribute to Bruce "Utah" Phillips, one of the late, great shining acoustic music stars who got his start at Philo Records in North Ferrisburg, VT, three concerts by Nowell Sing We Clear in the VPR listening area this week, Jelly Roll Morton, and much more! |
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| There's a Kind of Hush....All Over the World ! |
| Looking forward to December, to African trance musician Bombino's performance in South Burlington tonight, a rare show by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul, & Mary fame) in Manchester, and a series of performances by John Roberts and Tony Barrand next week! |
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| From Niger to Nashville |
| Upcoming concerts by Hank Williams III and also rising African music phenomenon Bombino, and featuring John, Lila Mae, and Ida Specker, a marvelous family band from Andover, VT ! |
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| Keep on Truckin' , Mama ! |
| Another week containing a wealth of live local performances, another wee taste of Scottish music, and an appreciation of Cesaria Evora, the greatest Cape Verdean singer, who retired from performing this autumn because of health reasons. |
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| New Releases A-Poppin' ! |
| Lots of exciting new releases, including CDs from Andy Statman, the Vermont Gypsy jazz group They Might Be Gypsies, Canadian bluesman Michael Jerome Brown, and Vermont blues harp master Bob Stannard. Add to that a wealth of upcoming live shows in our area, most of which are happening on Saturday November 12th! |
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| 50 Hillbillies In A Haunted House ! |
| Songs for Halloween, and music by an amazing number and variety of artists who will be performing in the VPR listening area over the next 7 days ! |
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| Thinking of Bert Jansch and Paul Simon |
| Happy birthday to Paul Simon, who celebrated his 70th birthday last week, and a special dedication to seminal acoustic guitarist Bert Jansch, who died on October 5th after a long battle with cancer. |
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| 15 Years ! |
| Celebrating 15 years of All the Traditions this week, and playing some old and new favorites! |
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| Waltzing's for Dreamers |
| Songs by Richard Thompson, Chicago blues, tango, a new Harry Belafonte compilation, and much much more! |
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| Vermont Is Afire In The Autumn ! |
| Songs for autumn, songs for Scotland, and songs by many many local and national artists who will be performing in our area this week! |
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| From Scotland To The Andes |
| We travel all around the world (and back to Vermont) as we bid farewell to the month of September. |
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| When Fall Comes to New England |
| Thinking about the first day of autumn this week, and also about Tom Stanziola, one of Vermont's great clarinet players, who passed on this week after a long life playing great jazz. |
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| Hoping For An Uncloudy Day |
| Music to drive sadness and wet weather away, and lullabyes from the "Axis of Evil" ! |
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| Didn't It Rain ? |
| Labor Day music and much more - all designed to help us dry out from all that water last week! |
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| Jerry Lieber Lives ! |
| A preview of the always-wonderful New World Festival in Randolph on Labor Day weekend, musical journeys to Greece, Yugoslavia, and New Orleans, and a tribute to Jerry Lieber, one of the great lyricists of the 20th century. |
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| Oh Brother, Where Does The Time Go ? |
| Celebrating the arrival of a deluxe anniversary edition of the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" movie soundtrack, the recording that almost singlehandedly laid the groundwork for the current "Americana" acoustic music renaissance. Also some kind thoughts about Scottish/Canadian singer Kirk MacGeachy, who left us for other musical dimensions five years ago this week. |
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| Hommage a Philippe Bruneau |
| Dedicated to the memory of Philippe Bruneau, a famed Quebecois accordionist who died this week, and also a preview of next weekend's Acoustic Music Festival in Peacham. |
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| Who Knows Where The Time Goes ? |
| Previews of a number of fine local music festivals, a trip to Mali with stops in French Canada and the Left Bank of Paris, with some marvelous new releases thrown in for good measure ! |
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| A Farewell to July, and A Tribute to Bill Morrissey |
| A preview of the Piper's Gathering, a wild bagpipe festival coming to Burlington this weekend, and a special dedication to Bill Morrissey, a fine musician who died this week while touring. |
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| Celebrating 28 Years of the Champlain Valley Festival |
| A look at the impressive lineup at the 28th annual Champlain Valley Folk Festival in Burlington next weekend, and a whirlwind tour of all sorts of other wonderful musical happening in the VPR listening area during this very full week!! |
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| Save the Bones for Henry Jones ! |
| Another impressive local bluegrass festival, some French cabaret musique, and Celtic love songs too ! |
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| Summer Festival Time ! |
| Musical "sneak peeks" at the Solarfest, the Green River Festival, and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and all kinds of exciting new releases ! |
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| Raise a Glass to Mike Waterson |
| Celebrating Independence Day 2011, listening to some exciting new releases, and a special dedication to the memory of Mike Waterson, one of the great English singers, who passed on last week. |
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| Misty Roses and the Green Leaves of Summer |
| Music for a summer Sunday afternoon - everything from Louisiana to Lima ! |
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| Happy Father's Day 2011 ! |
| Our annual Father's Day spectacular, a preview of the upcoming Old Songs Festival, and, as always, much more! |
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| Canadian Stamps and Darwin Projects |
| Celebrating Canadian postage stamp issues honoring the McGarrigles and Bruce Cockburn, peeking ahead to the Festival sur la Canal in Montreal next weekend, and hopping from Mali all the way to the land of the Mohawks! |
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