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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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Debbie Davies

Down at the Honky Shack
Holdin' Court 2009 via Little Dipper
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Deacon John's Jump Blues Ft. Henry Butler

Jumpin' In The Morning
Jumpin' John' Blues: Music From The Film 2003 via Vertter
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This Album Spotlights The Music, The Food, And The Joie De Vivre Of New Orleans' Diverse Population And Its Creole And African American Roots

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John Primer and Bob Corritore

When I Get Lonely
Knockin' Around These Blues 2013 via Delta Groove Productions
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Veteran Chicago Guitarist John Primer Teams Up With Arizona's Beloved Emissary Of The Blues, Bob Corritore, For A Knock-Out Session Of Classic Windy City Blues
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Ilana Katz Katz

Sweet to Mama
Movin' On 2016
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Undercover: Big Bill Broonzy, 1935

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Little Boys Blue

Health Insurance Blues
Tennissippi 2016 via Vizztone
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Recorded At F.A.M.E. Studios, Muscle Shoals, Al
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Tex Rubinowitz

Red Cadillac and A Black Moustache [1978]
The Best Of Ripsaw Records, Vol. 2 2013 via Part Records
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A Road Warrior For Forty-Years - His Current Band Still Boasts a Few Members From His First Band, "The Cassaloma Cowboys"
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Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

Diaraby
Talking Timbuktu 1994 via Hannibal
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Two Guitar Greats Of Two Continents - Groundbreaking Collaboration That Crosses Cultural Boundaries From Delta Blues To Malian Dialects.
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Asleep At The Wheel

Basin Street Blues
It's A Good Day 2010 via BISMEAUX PRODUCTIONS
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Basin Street Referring To The Main Street Of Storyville, The Notorious Red-Light Of Early Twentieth Century New Orleans - Traditions Appearance Alert: The Wheatland Music Festival, 9/10 & 9/11, Remus, MI

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Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore

Losers
Saints & Sinners 2010 via Remington Road Records
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9:20 am
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Michael Doucet

L'Amour Perdu
Cajun Fandango 2016 via Parhelion Records
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Hank, Pattie & The Current

Losing My Mind
In Session: Somewhere In Raleigh, NC 2016 via Courtesy Of Bluegrass Situation
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Hank Smith & Pattie Kinlow, Formerly Of The Kickin' Grass Band

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Chance McCoy & The Appalachian String Band

Gospel Plow
Debut 2008 via Appalachian Music Group
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Based On Luke 9:62
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Kaia Kater

Fine Times at Our House
Nine Pin 2016 via Kingswood
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Along The Road
Red Rocking Chair 1981 via Flying Fish
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Composer: Dan Fogelberg, 1979 (Phoenix) - Guest Musicians Include: T. Michael Coleman...Herb Pederson...Al Perkins...Charlie Musselwhite...
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Black Pine Waltz
Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album 1982 via Flying Fish
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First Recording: Gwen Foster, 1927 - This Songs Composition Dates To The First Decade Of The Twentieth Century

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Chris Smither

Steel Guitar
Drive You Home Again 1999 via Hightone Records
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Cornerstone Influences: Mississippi John Hurt And Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins - Recorded Over Fifteen Days In December 1998

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Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins

Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Unearthed 2003 via American Recordings
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With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Michigan Mafia String Band

Use Me
Michigan Mafia String Band 2016 via Dekkm Records
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Motor City Flavorings! Undercover: Bill Withers, 1972
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Kelley McRae

Hard Night
The Wayside 2016 via Independent
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Ben Bullington

Cheyenne Range
Satisfaction Garage 2010 via Ben Bullington
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Montana - Formerly A Small Town Family Doctor

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Spoonful Of Blues: Pinetop Burks

Sun Down Blues
San Antonio Blues 1937 1994 via Document
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?/?/1899 Texas - ?/?/1938 Texas

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Spoonful Of Blues: Moanin' Bernice Edwards

Mean Mama Blues [1928]
Roots Of Piano Blues, Vol. 1 2012 via Document
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?/?/1910 Texas - ?/?/????

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This Is '820' Jazz: The Oliver Nelson Septet

Yearnin'
The Blues And The Abstract Trutu 1961 via GRP
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Paul Chambers, Bass...Roy Haynes, Drums...George Barrow, Baritone Sax...Bill Evans, Piano...Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet...Eric Dolphy, Alto Sax...Oliver Nelson, Tenor Sax

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Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - Caroline or Change (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes From Civic theatre presenting 'Caroline, or Change'.

Showing the bittersweet world of a black maid emotionally caught between the values of the family she works for and her community's shifting hope in the 1963 Era of JFK, Martin Luther King, and Vietnam.   Inspired by the sounds of Motown, delta blues, Gospel and Broadway;

'Caroline, or Change' at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, June 3 through 19

Tickets available at G R C T dot O-R-G

Wayne Hancock

Why Don't You Leave Me Alone
Thunderstorms and Neon Signs 1995 via Ark 21
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Traditions Appearance Alert: With Dale Watson At the Majestic Cafe, 7/2 Detroit, MI
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Nefresh Mountain

Run Mountain
Nefresh Mountain 2016 via Nefresh Mountain
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Doni Zasloff And Husband Eric Lindberg Reworking A Traditional Appalachian Mountain Song From The Early Part of The Twentieth Century

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Chris Thile

Brakeman's Blues
How To Grow A Woman From The Ground 2006 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Co-Founding Member Of Nickel Creek And The Punch Brothers - In October He'll Become The Host Of "A Prairie Home Companion." Garrison Keillor Has Chosen to Retire
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Unspoken Tradition

Miles Between Them
Miles Between 2015 via Unspoken Tradition
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Quintet Of Pickers Out Of Cherryville, NC

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The Misty Mountain String Band

Red Horizon
Red Horizon 2016 via Independent
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Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week
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Chris Jones And The Night Drivers

Swine Flu In Union County
Lonely Comes Easy 2013 via Rebel Records
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Civic Park Center, 9/10 Auburn Hills - The Band Delivers An Earthy "Low, Lonesome Sound" -

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