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

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Buena Vista Social Club

Bruca Manigua Featuring Ibrahim Ferrer
Lost and Found 2015 via World Circuit
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Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series, 8/27
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COMPILATIONS

Listen My Son
Putumayo Presents- Blues Around the World 2006 via Putumayo World Music
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The Unseen Guest: Collaborative Effort By Irish Musician Declan McMurray & Indian Musician Amith Narayan.

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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Le Danse de la Joie
The Traveling Kind 2015 via Nonesuch
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The New Basement Tapes

Kansas City
Lost On The River 2014 via Harvest
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Conceived & Produced By T-Bone Burnett
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9:40 am
Temples (click for more info)

Support for WYCE come from Fusion Shows, presenting british neo-pyshedelic rock group TEMPLES.

On Tuesday, June 2nd the band that brought you the album 'sun structures' will invade Grand Rapids and perform live at Pyramid Scheme with their trippy baroque pop experimentation and classic Beatlesque craftsmanship. .

Tickets for this show are available at the Pyramid Scheme and online at ticketweb dot com.

TEMPLES live in Downtown Grand Rapids at Pyramid Scheme -Tuesday Night- June 2nd.

Hans Theessink & Terry Evans

Maybelline (Live)
True & Blue 2015 via Blue Groove
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Recorded Live In Vienna, Austria
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Sugarcane Collins

One Wing Frank
Way Down The River 2006 via Australian Sun Records
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Australian Disciple Of The Delta Blues.. A Robb M Recommendation!
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Eliane Elias

That Old Feeling
I Thought About You 2013 via Concord
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Brazilian Born Jazz Pianist
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Louis Armstrong

There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (1958)
Take The A Train - New York Jazz via U-5
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Posthumously Awarded The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award In 1972..Eleven Recordings Inducted Into The Grammy Hall of Fame & One Song "West End Blues" (1928) Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame On The List Of The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll
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9:20 am
Local First | Street Party (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Local First and the Local First Street Party.
Get ready to drink beer, eat food, listen to music, create art, kick off the summer and have fun!
This free, family-friendly event is happening on Saturday, June 6 from 3pm - midnight outside Bistro Bella Vita.

Entertainment by Audacious Hoops, DJ Colin Clive, 61Syx Teknique, Hannah Rose Graves, The Accidentals, Seth and May, The Concussions, Molly Bouwsma-Schultz and Friends, The Lippies, and Heaters.

The 12th annual Local First Street Party happening Saturday, June 6.

Songs From The Road Band

Virginia Lee
Traveling Show 2015 via Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
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Side Project For Members Of Leftover Salmon, Town Mountain, Steep Canyon Rangers & Mandolin Orange
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April Verch & Cody Walters

Bring Your Clothes Back Home
In Session: May 26, 2015 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley
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April Taking John Hartford Undercover Live. You Can John's Original On "Down On The River." (1989)

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Goin' Across The Mountain: Bruce Molsky & The Big Hoedown

Rocky Mountain
Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown 1997 via Silver Spring
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Perry County, Ky...Cumberland Mountains: Roscoe Holcomb Composed The Lyrics And The Melody Is Based On A Traditional Ballad From The Late 19th Century
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Doc Watson

My Wandering Boy
Songs From The Southern Mountains 1994 via Sugar Hill Records
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This Album Contains Previously Unreleased Material.The Liner Notes Are By Watson's Daughter Nancy, Recalling Memories Of Grandpa Gaither Carlton,The First Watson Family Recording Session, And The April Night Merle Began Playing Guitar.
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Doc Watson

When The Work's All Done This Fall
Doc Watson On Stage 1990 via Vanguard
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9 O'clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC....Written As A Poem By D.J. O'Malley And First Published In 1893. The Lyrics & Melody Were Collected From Tradition And Published By John Lomax In 1910.
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9:00 am
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Eilen Jewell

Rio Grande
Sundown Over Ghost Town 2015 via Signature Sounds
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Eilen's Latest
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(REQUESTED)

Jimmy LaFave

Never Came Back To Memphis
The Night Tribe 2015 via Music Road Records
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The Seekers

I'll Never Find Another You (1964)
Ultimate Collection 2007 via Rhino
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It Is Wonderful Hearing The Vibes Of The 1960's Folk Era Chiming In. The Seekers Were The First Australian Pop Group To Achieve Major Success In The United States & The United Kingdom. This Song Simultaneously Placed Top Five Across Four Charts.

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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Mixed Blessings
Exploration 2005 via New West Records
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Husband & Wife Duo Since 1999..Sarah Lee Is Arlo's Youngest Daughter & Johnny Is The Great Nephew Of John Steinbeck

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Gillian Welch

One More Dollar
Revival 1996 via Acony Records
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With Musical Partner Dave Rawlings...Produced By T-Bone Burnett With Guest Musicians James Burton, Roy Huskey,Jr. & Jim Keltner. Lost The '97 Grammy To "The Ghost Of Tom Joad."
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Rachel & Alex

Without Your Love
Nights Like These 2015 via Independent
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Lansing Duo Rachel Curtis & Alex Mendenall...Catch Them Live At Rosa Parks Circle 6/4 (Thursday). Part Of The Rosa Parks Concert Series

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8:40 am
House Concert Auction 2015 (click for more info)

Support community radio and treat yourself to a concert in your own living room or backyard during WYCE's Spring 2015 House Concert Auction!

10 area bands have volunteered to share their talents at your special event in support of WYCE. Bidding on each of these amazing regional artists is now open on eBay. Visit WYCE dot org for more details!

Listen live to WYCE on the afternoon of Friday, June 12th between 11am and 6pm as we auction off house concerts from The Accidentals, Vox Vidorra, The Go Rounds, Rick Chyme, Hannah Rose Graves, Hank Mowery, Cabildo, The Muteflutes, Roosevelt Diggs, and Big Doodee Roo. 

All proceeds benefit community radio!

Spoonful Of Blues: Eugene "Sonny Boy" Nelson

Street Walkin' (1936)
Lonesome Road Blues: 15 Years In The Mississippi Delta (1926-1941) via Yazoo
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A Versatile Multi-Instrumentalist Raised On a Plantation, Nelson Learned His Craft From Henderson Chatmon (Mississippi Sheiks). Renowned Throughout The Delta, He Often Modified His Guitars To Seven & Nine Strings & Played The Laptop Using A Knife For A Slide. Three Of His Recordings Done Before 1941 Are Forever Forged In Blues History. Nelson Recorded Sporadically Till The 1990's But Sadly The Interest In His Music Waned. 12/23/1908 - 11/4/1998 (89)

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Spoonful Of Blues: Lil Johnson

Evil Man Blues (1935)
Barrellhouse Mamas: Born In The Alley, Raised In The Slum via Yazoo
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Johnson's Early Life & Origins Are Unknown. First Recordings Were In Chicago In 1929. Not Recording Again Till 1935, She Chose To Record Bawdy Blues & Hokum Making Use Of The One Thing That Sells Music; Sex. All Her Recordings Fell Into Copyright Limbo & Eventually Public Domain. No Record Of What Became Of Johnson Can Be Found After Her Final Recordings In 1937. ?/?/? - ?/?/?

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8:30 am
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Gerry Mulligan

Curtains
Lonesome Boulevard 1990 via A&M
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Bill Charlap, Piano...Ritchie De Rosa, Drums...Dean Johnson, Bass...Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Sax
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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

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Little Liza Jane
So Long So Wrong 1997 via Rounder / Pgd
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First Published In 1916...The Song's Origin Predates The Civil War
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Town Mountain

The Race Is On (Live)
Live At the Isis 2015
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Hard-Drivin' Carolina String Band Recorded At Asheville's (NC) Hottest Pickin' Venue
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The Railsplitters

Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (Bonus Track)
The Faster It Goes 2015 via Independent
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Bonus Track
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Uncle Earl

How Long
She Waits For Night 2005 via Rounder / Pgd
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Founding Member Abigail Washburn Appears On All Three Of The Band's Releases Leaving Uncle Earl In 2010. She, Bela & The Del McCoury Band Appear At Meijer Gardens On 6/29
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Westbound Rangers

Rise When the Rooster Crows
Gone for Way Too Long 2013 via Self
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Nashville Based Roots Quintet Forming In 2008
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8:00 am
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