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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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Sultans Of String

Snake Charmer
Subcontinental Drift 2016 via SOCAN
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week. 8 AM - The Roots Live Here
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Jimmie Stagger

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Graveyard Of My Own 2015 via Independent
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From The 'YCE Blues Alley - 2016 Jammie Winner

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Happy Traum

Careless Love
Just For The Love Of it 2015 via Happy Traum Records
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Guest Musicians: Jerry Marotta, Bryon Isaacs, John Sebastion
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Candye Kane

I'm Not Gonna Cry Today
Guitar'd And Feathered 2007 via Ruf (Idn)
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Guitar'd And Feathered: Each Track Pairs The Blues Diva With A Different Guitarist.

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Al Cook

Mississippi River Blues
Victrola Blues 2015 via Wolf Records
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Blues Singers Have Recorded Many Songs In Response To Natural Disasters, None More Dramatic Than Those About The Great Flood Of the Mississippi River That Inundated Much Of The Delta After The Levee Broke April 21, 1927.
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COMPILATIONS

Let Your Light Shine On Me
God Don't Never Change - The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson 2016 via Alligator Records
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Composer: Blind Willie Johnson, 1927 - Vocals: Maria McKee

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The Amazing Rhythm Aces

Dancing The Night Away
Too Stuffed To Jump 1976 via Columbia
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Origin: Knoxville, TN - Founded As "Fatback" - Grammy Winner: Best Vocal Performance By a Group, 1977
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Willie Nelson

What Was I You Wanted
Across The Borderline 1993 via Sony
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Undercover: Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy 1989
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Harry James & His Orchestra

Cornet Chop Suey
Verve Jazz Masters 55 1996 via Verve
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Composer: Louis Armstrong, 1924 - Harry's Tip Of The Hat To Armstrong And His Hot Five

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The Puppini Sisters

I Got Rhythm
Hollywood 2011
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From The Motion Picture "An American In Paris," 1951 Starring Gene Kelly And Leslie Caron - The Album Was Recorded With The Sisters Standing Around One Microphone, Re-Arranging Their Favorite Songs From American Film And Musicals

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9:20 am
Restaurant Partners - Sundance Grill (click for more info)

"Support for WYCE comes from Sundance Grill and Bar

with two Grand Rapids locations, one on 28th Street in the Esplanade Plaza

and the other Downtown Grand Rapids at the corner of Pearl and Ottawa,

more information at sundance grill dot com"

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Siera Rose Mills
From Dust to Steel 2010 via Independent
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GR Flavor - Traditions Appearance Alert: Rockford Brewing For A Two Night Stand, 3/31 & 4/1

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The Iron Mountain String Band

Sugar Hill
Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways 1974 via Smithsonian
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Mountain Jam: This Album Presents Material Learned From Field Recordings From Southwestern Virginia And The Adjacent Parts Of North Carolina

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John Hartford

Shiloh
Songs Of The Civil War 1991 via Sony
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Civil War: 1861-1865
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Eli West

Lonesome Valley
The Both 2016
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Fresh Into 'YCE - The Jenkins Family (1925) - Carter Family (1933)
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Freight Train
The bottom Line Archive Series (2002) 2015 via Bottom Line
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Richard Watson Joins His Grandfather On This Historic Occasion.
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Hannah
The Bottom Line Archive Series (2002) 2015 via Bottom Line
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These Live Recordings Capture Doc On The Heels Of His Sixth Grammy Win. This Is His Final Performance In Greenwich Village
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The Be Good Tanyas

A Little Blues
Hello Love 2006 via Nettwerk Records
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Malcolm Holcombe

Sweet Georgia
Another Black Hole 2016 via Gypsy Eyes Music
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Pump House Concerts, East Lansing On 6/25
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The Whiskey Charmers

Elevator
The Whiskey Charmers 2016 via Independent
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Detroit Flavor - Traditions Appearance Alert: Riviera Theater In Three Rivers, 3/18
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Dave Alvin

Delia
Public Domain - Songs from the Wild Land 2000 via Hightone
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Composer: Unknown, Early 20th Century - Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album, 2001

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Quiles & Cloud

Deep Ellum Blues
Beyond The Rain 2016 via Slow Hunt
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Maria Quiles & Rory Cloud - Found In 2011, San Francisco - "Deep Ellum Blues," First Recorded In 1933 - Deep Ellum Refers To A Dallas Neighborhood Home To Music Legends Blind Lemon, Lead Belly & Blind Willie Johnson
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Diana Jones

Pretty Girl
My Remembrance Of You 2006 via New Song
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This Album Earned Her A Nomination For Best Emerging Artist At The Folk Alliance Awards, 2006 -

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8:40 am
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Spoonful Of Blues: Lottie Kimbrough

Lost Lover Blues [1928]
Kansas City Blues 1924-1929 2012
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?/?/1900 Missouri - ?/?/???? Unknown

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Spoonful Of Blues: The Back Porch Boys

Friday The Thirteenth Blues [1952]
The Back Porch Boys 2002 via Appollo
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Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward March 16, 1902 Virginia - May 11, 1972 New York.....Louis "Jelly Belly" Hayes ?/?/?? South Carolina-?/?/?? ?

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This Is '820' Jazz: Bud Powell

Coming Up [Remaster]
The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell 1959 via Blue Note
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Art Taylor, Drums...Paul Chambers, Bass...Bud Powell, Piano

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Restaurant Partners - Sundance Grill (click for more info)

"Support for WYCE comes from Sundance Grill and Bar

with two Grand Rapids locations, one on 28th Street in the Esplanade Plaza

and the other Downtown Grand Rapids at the corner of Pearl and Ottawa,

more information at sundance grill dot com"

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

Road That Leads To You
Sidelong 2016 via Self-released
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Chapel Hill, NC
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The Infamous Stringdusters

Big River
Undercover 2015 via Lumenhouse
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Pickin' On Johnny Cash (1958)

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The Earls of Leicester

On My Mind
The Earls Of Leicester 2014 via Rounder
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Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (2014) - Jerry Douglas Formed The Group In 2013 As A Tribute To The Music Of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (1956)
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Kenny And Amanda Smith Band

I'd Jump The Mississippi
Live And Learn 2008 via Rebel Records
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2014 Female Vocalist Of The Year: International Bluegrass Association (IBMA)
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Larry Keel

Memories
Experienced 2016 via Independent
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With His Band 'Experience' - Founding Member Of 'Natural Bridge' - An In-Demand Festival Favorite
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