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Traditions!

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 Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Jose Gonzalez & Banda Criolla

Puerto Rican Gypsy
Fiesta En San Juan 1994 via Jose Gonzalez
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Thanks To Direct Trade Coffee For Their Continued Support Of Traditions!

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Dylan & the Dead

Slow Train
Dylan & The Dead 1989 via Columbia
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This Track Recorded In Foxborough, Massachusetts July 4, 1987...Jerry Garcia Producing

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Ana & Milton Popovic

Catfish Blues
Blue Room 2015 via ArtisteXclusive Records
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New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley...Appearing At The Ark In Ann Arbor June 6/29, First Set 8 PM

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Malcolm Holcombe

Mister in Morgantown
The RCA Sessions 2015 via Proper
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Underground Folk Legend...The New Album Celebrates Twenty Years In The Business

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9:40 am
The Rapidian - Fund Drive 2015 (click for more info)

The Rapidian Fund Drive, May 15-22

http://therapidian.org/donate

Jimmy LaFave

Trying To Get Back To You
The Night Tribe 2015 via Music Road Records
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"Red Dirt Music"

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B.B.King

Why I Sing The Blues
Complete Collection 1983 via MCA
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Passing On Peacefully Thursday Night At The Age Of 89...One Of My Favorite BB Facts: Playing 342 Shows Consecutively In 1956. 9/16/1925-5/14/2015

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Maria Muldaur

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Love Wants to Dance 2004 via Telarc
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Began Her Career In 1963 With The Even Dozen Jug Band... Forty Solo Albums In Her Canon Exploring Various Strains Of American Roots Music

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9:20 am
Live at Wealthy: Ryley Walker (click for more info)

WYCE and Community Media Center present RYLEY WALKER - Live at Wealthy Theatre! - tonight at 8pm.

Chicago's Ryley Walker is a folk singer whose unique brand of musicianship is a melding of styles, from the finger-picking schools of Bert Yansch and Pentangle- to the soul of Van Morrison and John Martyn - to the free-jazz guitar of Sonny Sharrock.

RYLEY WALKER with special guest The Riley Brothers - live at Wealthy Theatre.

Tickets are just $14 for members / $16 general admission and available tonight at the door.

Wood & Wire

Setting the World on Fire
Wood & Wire 2013 via Independent
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Austin Based Roots Quartet

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Roosevelt Diggs

Paul Bunyan
American Folklore 2012 via Independent
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Appearing Next Weekend During The "Bus Benefit" At Camp Blodgett On The Shores of Lake Michigan Supporting GR'S Phoenix Society For Burn Survivors.

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Rising Appalachia

Cumberland Gap
Filthy Dirty South 2012 via Rising Appalachia
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Louisiana Based Twin Sisters Leah & Chloe Smith...This Is Their Fourth Independent Release..."Cumberland Gap," Is An Appalachian Folk Song Dating Back To the Latter Half Of the 19th Century. Appalachian Mountains Pass At The Juncture Of Tennessee, Virginia & Kentucky

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Goin' Across The Mountain: David, Bill & Billie Ray Johnson

Rueben
Old Time North Carolina Mountain Music 1985 via Smithsonian Folkways
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North Carolina: Three Generations Of Mountain Musicians..."Rueben," Is An Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tune Composed In The Late 19th Century.

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Doc Watson

Froggy Went A Courtin'
Sings Songs For Little Pickers 1990 via Sugar Hill
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An Album Of Songs Doc Learned As A Child. The Oldest Known Musical Version Is In Thomas Ravenscroft's "Melismata" In 1611.

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Doc Watson

Somebody Touched Me
Songs From The Southern Mountains 1994 via Sugar Hill Records
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9 O'Clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat-Picker - Deep Gap, NC

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9:00 am
Buses By the Beach 2015 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Buses by the Beach, presenting its annual Memorial weekend "Bus Benefit." Buses by the Beach is a nonprofit that rallies Volkswagen enthusiasts in support of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, the world's largest Burn Support Organization, based in Grand Rapids, MI.  This weekend's event is a family camp-out and music festival at Camp Blodgett, on the shore of Lake Michigan. There will be numerous family-oriented activities including a large raffle, climbing wall and ropes course, Tie dying, Hula Hoop workshop and disc golf course.  Live music throughout the weekend, including performances by Rootstand, The Accidentals, Roosevelt Diggs, Fauxgrass, Nicholas James and the Bandwagon and several more local acts.  Directions, prices and ticket information at BUSES-BY-THE-BEACH-DOT-O-R-G.

Brooks Williams

Love in Vain
Blues & Ballads 2005 via Red Guitar Blue Music
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Composed By Robert Johnson As "Love In Vain Blues." (1937)... Brooks Is Scheduled To Appear At The Livery Brew In Benton Harbor On 10/24

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The Civil Wars

From This Valley (Acoustic)
Bare Bones EP 2013 via Sensibility Records
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Joy Williams & John Paul White: Six Song Extended Play Giving Us A Peek Into The Duo's Rawer & Organic Process

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The Grahams

Biscuits
Rattle the Hocks 2015 via Giant the Dog
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Companion Documentary Recorded In Oklahoma & Produced By Cody Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars). The Film Focuses On the Relationship The Railroad & American Roots Music

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8:40 am
Live Lunch - Heather Maloney (click for more info)

WYCE's Live Lunch returns to Koning MicroCinema of Wealthy Theatre with a free performance by Heather Maloney, Monday, June 29th

"Live Lunch" features intimate performances - during lunchtime - with a nationally-touring artist.  Lunch is catered by Taco Bar Company and the performance will be aired live on WYCE.

Heather is touring in support of her third album 'Making Me Break.'

"Live Lunch" with Heather Maloney is Monday, June 29. Doors open at 11am, with lunch served promptly.

Reservations are limited to 60 seats and may be made now at wealthy theatre dot org

Spoonful Of Blues: K.C. Douglas

Hen House Blues
K.C.'S Blues 1961 via OBC
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California: One Of The Last Great Rural Blues Guitarists Of The West Coast Blues Scene....Composer Of Mercury Blues... Influenced By The Legendary Delta Bluesman Tommy Johnson...A Central Figure On The Sn Francisco/Oakland Blues Scene Forming His First Band the "Lumberjacks," In 1947...11/21/1913-10/18/1975 (72)

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Spoonful Of Blues: Blind (Willie) Joe Reynolds

Married Man Blues (1930)
Son House & Great Delta Singers 1928-1930 1994
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Arkansas: An Associate Of Charley Patton... Lost His Sight As A Result Of A Shotgun Blast To The Face. Blind Joe Became Known For His Distinctive Bottleneck Style...Cream Recorded His "Outside Woman Blues," On Disraeli Gears (1967). Recorded Eight Sides, Two Are Lost Forever. ?/?/1900 - 3/10/1968 (68)

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8:30 am

Take Another Five
Grover Live (1999) 2010 via Lightyear
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Adam Holzman, Keyboards...Donald Robinson, Synthesizers...Gerald Veasley, Bass...Richard Lee, Guitar...Pablo Batista, Percussion...Steven Wolf, Drums...Grover Washington, Jr. Saxophone

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8:20 am
Direct Trade Coffee Club (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Direct Trade Coffee Club. This locally owned and operated company offers coffee subscriptions that deliver coffee to your home or business. With a focus on quality and sustainability, Direct Trade works with farmers directly and brings those coffee beans to your door.

To find out more visit D-T-Coffee-Club-DOT-COM

Jack Cooke

I'm Walkin the Dog
Sittin' on Top of the World 2006 via Pinecastle
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Former Guitarist For Bill Monroe & Ralph Stanley

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The Roys

Ramblin' Fever
Gypsy Runaway Train 2013 via Rural Rhythm
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Brother Sister Duo From Massachusetts Reinterpreting Merle Haggard (1977)

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Rhythm Billies

You Ain't Talking to Me
North of North Carolina 2004 via n/a
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Composed By Charlie Poole (1927), Leader Of The North Carolina Ramblers, An Old-Time String Band Recording Between 1925 & 1930.

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Mountain Faith

Lonesome Road
Blue 2014 via Mountain Fever Records
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Milan Bluegrass Festival The Weekend Of Aug. 6. North Of Dundee Off US 23

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Songs From The Road Band

Silk And Lace
Traveling Show 2015 via Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
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Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week

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Nickel Creek

21st of May
A Dotted Line 2014 via Nonesuch
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Forming In Southern California In 1989, Nickel Creek Is Entering Their 26th Year Together

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8:00 am
Buses By the Beach 2015 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Buses by the Beach, presenting its annual Memorial weekend "Bus Benefit." Buses by the Beach is a nonprofit that rallies Volkswagen enthusiasts in support of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, the world's largest Burn Support Organization, based in Grand Rapids, MI.  This weekend's event is a family camp-out and music festival at Camp Blodgett, on the shore of Lake Michigan. There will be numerous family-oriented activities including a large raffle, climbing wall and ropes course, Tie dying, Hula Hoop workshop and disc golf course.  Live music throughout the weekend, including performances by Rootstand, The Accidentals, Roosevelt Diggs, Fauxgrass, Nicholas James and the Bandwagon and several more local acts.  Directions, prices and ticket information at BUSES-BY-THE-BEACH-DOT-O-R-G.