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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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The New Mastersounds

Cigar Time
Made for Pleasure 2015 via The Royal Potato Family
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week, 8 AM
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Jimmy Witherspoon & His Gal Friday

There Ain't Nothing Better
Blowin' In From Kansas City 1993
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From Arkansas, Jimmy Is A Highly Respected Jump Blues Singer. Here He By Is Joined By Mickey Champion
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Sonny Boy Williamson

Got The Bottle Up And Gone
The Bluebird Recordings: 1937-1938 2003 via Bluebird
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Regarded As the Pioneer Of The Blues Harp
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John Mayall

Drifting Blues
Find A Way To Care 2015 via Forty Below
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New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley. John Is Turning 82 Years Old In November
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9:40 am
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The Black Lillies

Dancin'
Hard to Please 2015 via Thirty Tigers
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The Band's Fourth Album Without Two Of Its' Founding Members. They Are Appearing At The Ark In Ann Arbor, 10/13

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The Mavericks

Stories We Could Tell
Mono 2015 via The Valory Music Co
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2015 Americana Music Awards Winners

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Marty Grosz Meets the Fat Babies

A Jazz Holiday
Diga Diga Doo 2015 via Delmark
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Gregory Porter

Liquid Spirit
Liquid Spirit 2013 via Blue Note
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Taking Care Of An Online Request From Last Week
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9:20 am
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Otis Taylor

Live Your Life
Recapturing The Banjo 2008 via Telarc
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Kaia Kater

Oh Darlin'
Sorrow Bound 2015 via Kingswood Recordings
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Twenty-Two Year Old Appalachian Roots Musician That No Depression Magazine Describes Her As "The Ola Belle Reed Of The 21st Century."
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Slocan Ramblers

Angeline
Coffee Creek 2015 via Independent
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2015 Canadian Emerging Artist Award Winner
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Mountain Jam: Mustard And Gravy

The Whale Did, I Know He Did [1938]
Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music 2013 via Thompkins Square
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Recorded May 17, 1938 In North Carolina. This Is A Retelling Of The Jonah Legend By Frank Rice And Ernest L. Stokes, Performing Partners For Twenty Years Beginning In 1933.

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Doc Watson

The Old Home
Riding The Midnight Train 1986 via Sugar Hill
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The Final Album With Merle Before His Tragic Farm Accident In 1985. Merle Is Widely Recognized As One Of The Best Flat-Picking And Slide Guitarists Of His Generation, Playing Beside Doc For Twenty Years.
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Doc Watson

Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Riding The Midnight Train 1986 via Sugar Hill
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9 O'Clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute Toe Arthel "Doc" Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC
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Pyramid Scheme | Toro y Moi (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Pyramid Scheme presenting Toro y Moi with special guests Astronauts tomorrow evening in downtown Grand Rapids. Recording under the monicker, 'Toro y Moi' since 2001, Chaz Bundick has created an eclectic mix of original music that continues to distance himself from his contemporaries with each new release. 2015's release 'What For?' has driven the live show to new levels. Tickets are available now for Toro y Moi tomorrow night at Pyramid Scheme with special guests Astronauts - Available at Ticketweb dot com or at the Pyramid Scheme Box office.

Donna The Buffalo

All the Time
Rockin' In The Weary Land 1998 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Founded In Central New York State In 1989, The Band Is Celebrating Twenty-Five Years Together. "The Herd" Is Extremely Happy.

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The Chieftains

The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Further Down the Old Plank Road- The Nashville Sessions 2003 via RCA
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Special Guest: Nickel Creek
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Roomful Of Blues

I'm Just Your Fool
The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too 2000 via Rounder / Pgd
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Founded In 1967 By Duke Robillard & Al Copely In Westerly, Rhode Island, The Band Continues Forty Eight Years On.
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Jason Isbell

Flagship
Something More Than Free 2015 via Southeastern Records
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Back On Tour With The 400 Unit In 2016 Stopping Into The oyal Oak Music Theater 3/1.
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Alison Krauss & Union Station

Lie Awake
Paper Airplane 2011 via Rounder
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Composed By Alison's Brother Viktor, It Is Her Fourteenth Album And The First With the Union Station Since 2004's 'Lonely Runs both Ways.'
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8:40 am
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Allen Shaw

Moanin' The Blues [1934]
Memphis Blues, Vol. 1 (1928-1935) 2000 via Document
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?/?/? - ?/?/?...Tennessee: Bottleneck Guitarist

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Spoonful Of Blues: Luther Magby

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit
Storefront & Street Corner Gospel (1927-1929) 1994 via Docuiment
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6/5/1896 - 11/10/1966...South Carolina: Harmonium, Tambourine

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Not So Dukish
No So Dukish 1958 via Verve
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Jimmy Woode, Bass...Billy Strayhorn, Piano...Sam Woodyard, Drums...Ben Webster, Tenor Sax...Lawrence Brown, Trombone...Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet...Ray Nance & Roy Eldridge, Trumpet & Johnny Hodges, Alto Sax
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Grand Ole Opry Song
Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1972 via Capitol
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Founded In Long Beach, CA In 1966.
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Benny Martin

Wabash Cannonball
The Essential Bluegrass Collection 2008 via CMH
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World Renowned Fiddler Who Invented The Eight String Banjo. Played With John Hartford For Many Years
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Donna Ulisse

It Could Have Been The Mandolin
Hard Cry Moon 2015 via Independent
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Donna's Ninth Release
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Steep Canyon Rangers

Simple Is Me
Radio 2015 via Rounder
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Multi-Award Bluegrass Band From Brevard, NC
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Dave Rawlings Machine

Candy
Nashville Obsolete 2015 via Acony
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The Band's Wonderful Sophomore Release.. Appearing At The Royal Oak Music Theater, 11/1
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8:00 am
Pyramid Scheme | Toro y Moi (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Pyramid Scheme presenting Toro y Moi with special guests Astronauts tomorrow evening in downtown Grand Rapids. Recording under the monicker, 'Toro y Moi' since 2001, Chaz Bundick has created an eclectic mix of original music that continues to distance himself from his contemporaries with each new release. 2015's release 'What For?' has driven the live show to new levels. Tickets are available now for Toro y Moi tomorrow night at Pyramid Scheme with special guests Astronauts - Available at Ticketweb dot com or at the Pyramid Scheme Box office.