In the Tradition - 1989-92

Produced by Doug Miller

1989 Masters of Heartland Traditions

Date Artist Hometown Instrument Style / Ethnicity
Feb 3, 1989 Taylor McBaine w Dave Para & Cathy Barton Boone Co., Missouri fiddle old-time
Feb 17, 1989 Raymond Podboy & Chicago Slovene Button Box Club Waukegan, Illinois button box accordions Slovenian
" Sark Antaramian & Jerry Emerzian w/ Taksim West Niles & Waukegan, Illinois clarinet & oud Armenian
Mar 18, 1989 John McGreevy & Pat Cloonan Chicago fiddle & accordion Irish
" Kevin & Liz Carroll Chicago fiddle & accordion Irish
Apr 7, 1989 Rev. Jim Howie Randolph Co., Illinois autoharp & vocal Anglo-American
" Lotus Dickey Paoli, Indiana fiddle, guitar & vocal old-time
May 5, 1989 K. Wendell 'Wendy' Whitford Albion, Wisconsin fiddle & vocal old-time
" Bob & Becky Wernerehl Dodgeville, Wisconsin fiddle & accordion Scandinavian
Jun 2, 1989 David "Honeyboy" Edwards Chicago guitar & vocal blues
" Sunnyland Slim [Albert Luandrew] Chicago piano & vocal blues


1991 - Masters of Regional and Ethnic Traditions

Date Artist Hometown Instrument Style / Ethnicity
Feb 9, 1991 Los Ecos del Norte * Waukegan, Illinois accordion, bajo sexto, vocal & c Tejano
Mar 1, 1991 Vesta Johnson (Kirkwood, Missouri fiddle old-time
" Ji Qiu Min Oak Park, Illinois erhu Chinese
Mar 16, 1991 Polish Highlanders * Chicago fiddles & dancers Polish
Apr 5, 1991 Yank Rachell w Peter Roller Indianapolis mandolin & vocal w guitar blues
" John Campbell Zion, Illinois piano & vocal blues
Apr 20, 1991 Karl Hartwich & the Country Dutchmen * Trembeleau, Wisconsin concertina &c. polka / German
May 3, 1991 Jimmie Keane Chicago accordion Irish
" Andando Solo Madison, Wisconsin guitar, vocal &c. Nuevo Cancion / Latino

* concert & dance at the American Legion Hall



Produced by Stuart Rosenberg

1992 - In the Tradition concerts

Date Artist Hometown Instrument Style / Ethnicity
? 1992 Tanushree Sarkar Illinois vocal & dance Hindustani song & dance
Jun 20, 1992 Kevin & Maggie Henry Chicago flute & vocal Irish
Sep 19, 1992 Verble Brothers Anna, Illinois fiddle, guitar & vocal country
" Lynn "Chirps" Smith Grayslake, Illinois fiddle old-time
? 1992 Liz Carroll, John Williams & Jim Dewan Chicago fiddle, concertina & guitar Irish
" Trinity Irish Dancers Chicago step-dancing Irish




In the Tradition 1994-99

Produced by Paul Tyler

Concerts in Adler House

Date Artist Hometown Instrument Style / Ethnicity
Feb 19, 1994 Nicolae Feraru Detroit & Chicago cimbalom Romanian / Romany
" Kiu Haghighi Chicago santur Persian
Mar ?, 1994 John Meehan & John Williams Chicago fiddle & concertina Irish
Apr 15, 1995 Slavic Projection Folk Ensemble Chicago vocal Polish, Slavic
" Pete Tsouklis Macedonian Dance Orchestra Crown Point, Indiana clarinet, sax &c Macedonian


World Music Fests in Adler Garden Terrace

Date Artist Hometown Instrument Style / Ethnicity
Sep 10, 1994 Polish Highlanders Chicago fiddle Poish
" John Williams & the Irish All-Stars Chicago concertina, button box &c Irish
" Junior Daugherty Blackstone, Illinois fiddle country
" Mario Zuleta y los Vallenatos de Colombia Chicago accordion & percussion Vallenato / Colombian
Sep 9, 1995 Pickled Herrings with surprise guests, Trollrike Spelmän Chicago & Uppsala, Sweden nyckleharpa & fiddle Swedish
" Sones de Mexico Chicago many Mexican
" George Jubran & Sargon Mirza Chicago oud, violin & dumbek Middle Eastern


Old-Time Fiddlers Reunions

Jun 3, 1994 Les Raber Hastings, Michigan fiddle & piano old-time
" Francis Geels Decatur, Indiana fiddle & guitar old-time
May 5, 1995 Tim Stokes Buncombe, Illinois fiddle & guitar old-time
" Lloyd Lalumondiere Festus, Missouri fiddle & guitar old-time / French
Sep 27, 1996 Bruce Greene Burnsville, North Carolina fiddle old-time
" Garry Harrison Charleston, Illinois fiddle old-time
Nov 11, 1997 Lynn "Chirps" Smith Grayslake, Illinois fiddle, banjo & guitar old-time
Mar 27, 1999 Paul Dahlin St. Paul, Minnesota fiddles, sitra & bass Swedish
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Jim & Kim Lansford Galena, Missouri fiddle & guitar old-time