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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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Duke Robillard

Take A Little Walk With Me
The Acoustic Blues & Roots Of Duke Robillard 2015 via Stony Plain
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Tasha Taylor

Family Tree
Honey For The Biscuit 2016 via Ruf Records
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Ray Bonneville

Blonde of Mine
Bad Man's Blood 2011 via Red House Records
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A Roaming Blues Musician And Poet In The Truest Sense Of The Word - Has Worn Many Hats Including a Bush Pilot

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Fred Neil

Blues On The Ceiling
Bleecker & McDougal 1965 via Elektra
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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

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Tracy Nelson

Victim of the Blues
Victim of the Blues 2011 via Delta Groove Productions
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She May Be Regenerating Her Career This Year At The Age Of 71

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9:40 am

Sam Doores With Riley Downing And The Tumbleweeds

Depression Blues
Holy Cross Blues 2012 via DollarTone
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A Couple Of Roots Rockers On A Collaboration Reinterpreting A Song Written During The Great Depression

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Tim Flannery

Hillbilly Rain
Outside Lands 2013 via Whalebone
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Has Released A Dozen Albums Since 1997 - Spending Thirty-Four In Professional Baseball, Winning Two World Series With The San Francisco Giants

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Louis Armstrong

All Meat And No Potatoes
Satch Play Fats: The Music Of Fats Waller 1955 via Columbia
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With His All-Stars Featuring Velma Middleton, Vocals

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The Boxcar Boys

Old Tracks
Cicada Ball 2016
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Blissfest, 7/8 Harbor Springs (First Night) - Hot Tuna Headlines

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9:20 am

The Tillers

The Road Neverending
Hand On the Plow 2013 via Muddy Roots
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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

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Hot Buttered Rum

Ramshackle Shack On The Hill
The Kite & The Key, Pt. 2 2016
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Undercover: The Stanley Brothers, 1961

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Tim & Mollie O'Brien

Tragic Romance
Away Out On The Mountain 1994 via Sugarhill
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Composer: Louis Marshall "Grandpa"Jones, 1946 - A Song Of Mistaken Identity

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Lefty Frizzell

She's Gone Gone Gone
The Complete Columbia Recording Session, Vol. 7 1966-1964 2015 via Columbia
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Solid Gold Country! - One Of The Most Definitive Honky-Tonk Singers Of Country Music

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Appalachia Calling: Cousin Emmy & The New Lost City Ramblers

Bowling Green
Cousin Emmy & The New Lost City Ramblers 1968 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Kentucky - Banjo Player - One Of The Pioneering Solo Female Stars In Country Music - Influence To Grandpa Jones

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Appalachia Calling: Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers

White House Blues [1926]
Roots & Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 1992 via Sony
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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"

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9:00 am
Gran Fondo - The BOB (click for more info)

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

Mark Erelli

Long Gone
Milltowns 2014 via Independent
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Continues To Tour With His Bluegrass Project, Barnstar!

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Loggins and Messina

Watching The River Run
Sittin' In Again At the Santa Barbara Bowl...Live 2005
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Old Friends Sounding Better Than Ever

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Ann & Pete Sibley

i Come Calling
Wandering To Be Found 2012 via Ann & Pete Sibley
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Home-Base Is The Monterey Peninsula

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The Honeycutters

Barmaids Blues
On The Ropes 2016 via Organic Records
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Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Elvie Thomas

Pick Robin Clean [1927]
Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935 2006 via Yazoo
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August 7, 1891 Texas - May 20, 1979 Texas

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Spoonful Of Blues: William Harris

Kansas City Blues [1928]
Chronological Works 1927-1928 2006 via Yazoo
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?/?/??? Unknown - ?/?/??? Unknown

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This Is '820' Jazz: "Big" John Patton

Dirty Fingers
That Certain Feeling 1968 via Blue Note
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Jimmy Ponder, Guitar...Clifford Jarvis, Drums...Junior Cook, Tenor Saxophone...Big John Patton, B-3 Organ

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8:20 am

Cyndi Lauper

Walkin' After Midnight
Detour 2016 via Sire
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Undercover: Patsy Cline, 1957

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Band Of Ruhks

Bootleg John
Band Of Ruhks 2015 via Ranch
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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

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Town Mountain

Aint Gonna Worry Me
Southern Crescent 2016 via Lohi Records
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Hard-Drivin' Carolina String Band

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The Spinney Brothers

Louisville Woman
No Borders 2013 via Mountain Fever Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Charlotte Bluegrass Festival, 6/16 & 6/17 (A Thursday & Friday Set)

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Michael Daves

Darling Corey (Bluegrass)
Orchids and Violence 2016 via Nonesuch
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Longtime Collaborator With Chris Thile

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Mac Wiseman

Have A Drink On Me
Bluegrass Favorites 1962 via Marathon
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The Robb M Vintage Pick Of The Week

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Marty Stuart

Busy Bee Cafe
Busy Bee Cafe 1982 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Self Taught Guitarist & Mandolinist - Began His Career With Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass in 1972, Marty Was Fourteen Years Old

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8:00 am
Gran Fondo - The BOB (click for more info)

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