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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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Michael Doucet

Oh Pauline
Cajun Fandango 2016 via Parhelion Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon

Texas Home
It's About Time 2000
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Louisiana - Before Meeting Hollimon, Fran Sang With Guitar Slim, Nappy Brown, Lee Dorsey And Joe Tex

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Heritage Blues Orchestra

Chilly Jordan
And Still I Rise 2012 via Raisin Music
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South Carolina - This Wonderful Band Summons Up The Oldest Of Blues In Every Tune

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B.B. King

Lucille
Lucille 1968 via MCA
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Fifteenth Studio Album By B.B - It Is Named For His Famous Succession Of Gibson Guitars - One Of The "Three Kings Of The Blues Guitar" Along With Albert King And Freddie King

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9:40 am

Gabriela Mendes

Tradicao
Tradicao On Nocturne 2004
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One Of The True Authenic Voices Of Cape Verde

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Buille

Mullacreevie
Buille 2005 via Vertical
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Ben Sollee

Obvious Child
The Hollow Sessions 2013 via Tin Ear Records
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Undercover: Paul Simon, 1980 (Rhythm Of The Saints)

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9:20 am
GR Live (click for more info)

Join us Thursday, July 28th at noon for our next episode of GR Live - broadcasting live from HOME at The BOB in downtown Grand Rapids. 

This week, host Quinn Mathews welcomes performances by J.Rob and Troll for Trout - plus a conversation with Girls Rock Grand Rapids!

Come down to "HOME at the BOB" to be part of the live radio audience - and if you can't make it, tune in to hear the show from noon to 1pm right here on WYCE!

GR Live is a collaboration with Experience Grand Rapids and Gilmore Collection - more information and schedule at "GR Live Radio dot com"

the Haunted Windchimes

Everybody's Talking
Rattle Your Bones 2016 via Western Jubilee

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Mother Maybelle And The Carter Sisters

Root, Hog Or Die [1956]
The Essential Chet Atkins 2007
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Guitar: Chet Atkins & Mother Maybelle - Vocals: June Carter

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Miss Maybell & Slimpickin's

It's All Your Fault
Vol. 1 2016 via Independent
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New England Duo

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Allen Toussaint

Long, Long Journey
The Bright Mississippi 2009 via Nonesuch
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Woody Guthrie / Leadbelly

Skid Row Serenade [1938]
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection 2012 via Smithsonian Folkways
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In Depth Compilation Featuring The Songs Of Two American Originals

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Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli

My Blue Heaven
The Rome Sessions, Vol. 1 1949 - 1950 1993 via Parolphone
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Co-Founders Of The Legendary "Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France," (1934) - Described As One Of The Most Original Bands In The History Of Recorded Jazz

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9:00 am

Frankie Lee

Where Do We Belong
American Dreamer 2016 via Loose Music
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Lee's Full Length Debut - Written During His Early Morning Commutes From St. Paul To The Country Working On A Pig Farm

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Deacon John's Jump Blues Ft. The Zion Harmonizers

Jesus On The Mainline
Deacon John's Jump Blues (Music From The Film) 2003 via Vetter
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The Neville Brothers

My Blood
Yellow Moon 1989 via A&M
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Charles, Aaron, Art & Cyril

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Oh Susanna

Long Black Train
Soon The Birds 2011 via Outside
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Canadian Songstress Susie Ungerleider, A One-Woman Band

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Levi Parham

Steal Me
These American Blues 2016 via Music Road
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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Jimmy Rogers

Walkin' By Myself [1954]
The Complete Chess Recordings 1997 via Chess
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June 3, 1934 Mississippi - December 19, 1997 Illinois

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Spoonful Of Blues: Jimmy Rogers And His Rocking Four

Back Door Friend [1952]
The Complete Chess Recordings 1997 via Chess
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The Rocking Four: J.T. Brown...Eddie Ware... Big Crawford...Elga Edmonds

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This Is '820' Jazz: Acoustic Alchemy

Red Dust And Spanish Lace
Red Dust And Spanish Lace 1986 via MCA
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Mario Argandona, Percussion...Wernel Kopal, Bass..Rainer Bruninhaus, Keyboards...Nick Webb, Steel String Guitar...Greg Carmichael, Nylon String Guitar

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8:20 am

Billy Strings

Red Rocking Chair
Billy Strings - EP 2016 via n/a
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Several In-State Appearances Scheduled Including The Livery, 7/29 Benton Harbor & The Old Dog Tavern, 7/30 Kalamazoo

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Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line

The Other Side
Wake 2015 via Blue Pig Music
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Seven Steps Up, 7/31 Spring Lake, MI

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Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle

Mountain Swing
Aim High 2016 via Rural Rhythm
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No Stranger To Bluegrass - Founding Member Of Both Mountain Heart & Grasstowne And A One-Time Member Of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

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High Bar Gang

Silver Dagger
Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind 2016 via true north
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The Songs Roots Lie In Great Britain, And Has Seen Many Variants - First Known Publication Around 1817 -

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8:00 am