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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM
A Roaming Blues Musician And Poet In The Truest Sense Of The Word - Has Worn Many Hats Including a Bush Pilot
Did Not Achieve Commercial Success As A Performer - Mainly Known Through Other People's Recordings Of His Material, "Everybody's Talkin'", By Harry Nilsson And Used In The Film Midnight Cowboy In 1969 - Highly Regarded By Contemporary Folk Singers - Rarely Toured, Spening Much Of The Last 30 years Of His Life Assisting With The Preservation Of Dolphins
She May Be Regenerating Her Career This Year At The Age Of 71
A Couple Of Roots Rockers On A Collaboration Reinterpreting A Song Written During The Great Depression
Has Released A Dozen Albums Since 1997 - Spending Thirty-Four In Professional Baseball, Winning Two World Series With The San Francisco Giants
With His All-Stars Featuring Velma Middleton, Vocals
Traditions Appearance Alert: Blissfest, 7/8 Harbor Springs (First Night) - Hot Tuna Headlines
Cincinnati - A Trio Of Recovering Punk Rockers With A Fondness For The Songs Of Woody Guthrie, Southern Blues Laments And Anonymous Relics Of The Appalachian Woods, Churches, Riverboats, Railroads, Prairies, And Coal Mines
Undercover: The Stanley Brothers, 1961
Composer: Louis Marshall "Grandpa"Jones, 1946 - A Song Of Mistaken Identity
Solid Gold Country! - One Of The Most Definitive Honky-Tonk Singers Of Country Music
Kentucky - Banjo Player - One Of The Pioneering Solo Female Stars In Country Music - Influence To Grandpa Jones
North Carolina - Banjoist - Leader Of The North Carolina Ramblers, Highly Influential Old Time String Band Between 1925-1930 - Composer Of "Don't Let The Deal Go Down"
Support for WYCE comes from The BOB, presenting Gran Fondo. Thursday May 5 from 7-9pm learn about the ways you can get involved as a volunteer to help Michigan State University College of Human Medicine fight skin cancer. There will be a buffet, live music from the B-Side Growlers and a release of Brewer John's Mango Chipotle Ale. More information available at t-h-e-b-o-b dot com
Continues To Tour With His Bluegrass Project, Barnstar!
Old Friends Sounding Better Than Ever
Home-Base Is The Monterey Peninsula
Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week
August 7, 1891 Texas - May 20, 1979 Texas
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Jimmy Ponder, Guitar...Clifford Jarvis, Drums...Junior Cook, Tenor Saxophone...Big John Patton, B-3 Organ
Undercover: Patsy Cline, 1957
Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby And Kenny Smith - These Three Made Music Together In The 1990’s As Members Of The Critically Acclaimed The Lonesome River Band
Hard-Drivin' Carolina String Band
Traditions Appearance Alert: Charlotte Bluegrass Festival, 6/16 & 6/17 (A Thursday & Friday Set)
Longtime Collaborator With Chris Thile
The Robb M Vintage Pick Of The Week
Self Taught Guitarist & Mandolinist - Began His Career With Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass in 1972, Marty Was Fourteen Years Old
Support for WYCE comes from The BOB, presenting Gran Fondo. Thursday May 5 from 7-9pm learn about the ways you can get involved as a volunteer to help Michigan State University College of Human Medicine fight skin cancer. There will be a buffet, live music from the B-Side Growlers and a release of Brewer John's Mango Chipotle Ale. More information available at t-h-e-b-o-b dot com
