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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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Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7

Suit and Tie
Soul Jazz Fridays 2016 via Sunflower Soul
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore

Beale Street Aint' Beale Street Anymore [1977]
Blues Masters: Gatemouth Moore 2014 via Lionfish
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Topeka, KS - 1930: Joined F. S. Wolcott's Rabbit's Foot Minstrels, And Began Performing With Ida Cox, Ma Rainey And Bertha "Chippie" Hill First Blues Singer To Sing At The Apollo Theater - Survived The Natchez Rhythm Club Fire - Descendant Of Emancipated Slaves - Renowned Religious Leader, Radio Announcer, And Gospel Singer - Launched His Career In Memphis in 1934 As A Blues Shouter - Honored With A Marker On The Mississippi Blues Trail

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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

The Thrill Is Gone
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman 1991 via Acoustic Disc
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Undercover ; B.B.King, 1969 (Completely Well)

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9:40 am
(REQUESTED)

Barbara Lynn

Can I Change My Mind
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Tyrone Davis, 1969

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Marvin Gaye

God Is Love/Mercy Mercy Me
What's Going On 1971 via Motown
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Producer: Marvin Gaye - A Concept Album, A Song Cycle As Told From The Point View Of A Vietnam Veteran Returning To the Country He Had Been Fighting For, And Seeing Only Hate, Suffering And Injustice - The First Album Motown's Records Session Musicians Known As the "Funk Brothers," Received An Official Credit (Gaye's Insistence)

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Ella Fitzgerald

Take The "A" Train [1964]
Ella In Japan: 'S Wonderful 2011 via Verve
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Composer: Billy Strayhorn - Band: The Roy Eldridge Quartet - Many Unreleased Performances From Ella's 1964 Tour Of Japan -

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David Wax Museum

La Cumbia Tica
A La La Rumba 2016 via Mark Of The Leopold
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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9:20 am
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Punch Brothers

Next to the Trash
Antifogmatic 2010 via Nonesuch
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Paul Kowert, Noam Pilkelny, Chris Eldridge, Gabe Witcher & Chris Thile - Thile Rejoins Yo Yo Ma & Edgar Meyer At Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor 4/22

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band

Banjo Frisco
American Legacies 2011 via McCoury Music
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Two Forces In American Music Collide For A One Of A Kind Album

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Hazel Dickens

Beautiful Hills Of Galilee
Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People 1961 via Rounder
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Primitive Baptist Hymn Written In 1855

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Mountain Dew
Doc Watson Live In San Francisco 1964 2016 via Westside
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This Live Recording Did Not See Daylight Until Earlier This Year - Many Of The Songs Were Released Over The Years On Various Compilations

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

My Home In Tennessee
Doc Watson Live In San Francisco 1964 2016 via Westside
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Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, Flatpicker; Deep Gap, NC - 1953: Joined Tennessee Based Country And Western Swing Band, Learning To Play Fiddle Tunes On His Les Paul Electric Guitar - Supplemented His Income As a Piano Tuner

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9:00 am

Pink Martini

Askim bahardi
Je dis oui! 2016 via Heinz
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Portland, Oregon, 1994 - Rufus Wainwright Appears On a Few The Tunes

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Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo

Strange Love
R And B 1991 via Blind Pig
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Debut - Norton Buffalo: Harmonica Virtuoso - Roy Rogers: Slide Guitarist - Established In The San Francisco Bay Area Blues Scene, Pairing In An Acoustic Duo Format for Rare Appearances

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Mimi And Richard Farina

Reno, Nevada
Celebrations For A Grey Day 1965 via Vanguard
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The First Of Two Releases Before Richard's Untimely Demise In 1966

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James Leva, John Doyle & Carol Elizabeth Jones

Boll Weevil/ Raleigh And Spencer
Memory Theater 2003 via Copper Creek
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Bill Staines

Along the Road
Beneath Some Lucky Star 2012 via Red House Records
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Wealthy Theater Annex In a Show For The Grand River Folk Arts Society, 3/25

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8:40 am
Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

Local Spins on WYCE is a 1-hour exploration of the best music from the Grand Rapids area and West Michigan. The program often debuts new songs by seasoned artists as well as emerging acts who merit attention and broader exposure.

The show is hosted by John "SINK-uh-vitch" from LocalSpins.com, the website covering West Michigan's music scene. Each week, John invites local artists into the studio for live music and conversation.

Tune in for "Local Spins on WYCE" every Friday at 11am. And browse every archived episode online at WYCE dot org

Spoonful Of Blues: Merline Johnson

Sold It To The Devil
The Yas Yas Girl: Merline Johnson Vol. 2 1938-1939 1994 via Document
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Blues Reseachers Believe Merline Johnson Was Born In Mississippi Around 1912 - We Know She Migrated to Chicago And Recorded Her First Sides In 1937, Establishing Herself As a Sanquine, Straight-Forward Vocalist Blues Covering The Standard Topical Range Of Chicago Blues - By 1941 She Had Recorded Over Ninety Songs Accompanied From The Likes Of Lonnie Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis And Punch Miller - Johnson's Final Sessions In 1947 Were Not Issued For Another Forty Years; Most Of These Can Be Found On Various Blues Compilations - Little Is Known Of Her Origins, Her Life During A Brief But Productive Heyday, Or Her Eventual Fate

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Spoonful Of Blues: Merline Johnson

Got A Mind To Ramble
The Yas Yas Girl: Merline Johnson Vol. 1 1937-1938 1994 via Document
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?/?/1912 Missouri - ?/?/?? Unknown

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This Is '820' Jazz: Grant Green

On Top Of Old Smokey
Goin' West [1962] 1969 via Blue Note
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Billy Higgins, Drums...Reggie Workman, Bass...Herbie Hancock, Piano...Grant Green, Guitar - (Rudy Van Gelder, Engineering)

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8:20 am

Barbara Lynn

I Love You Babe
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Barbara Lynn

I Love You Babe
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Barbara Lynn

I Love You Babe
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Barbara Lynn

Can I Change My Mind
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Barbara Lynn

Can I Change My Mind
So Good 1994 via Bullseye Blues
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Willie Watson

Mexican Cowboy
Folk Singer Vol. 1 2014 via Acony
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Solo Debut - Co-Founder: Old Crow Medicine Show - "Folk Singer Vol. 1 Produced By David Rawlings

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Caleb Klauder

New Shoes
Innocent Road 2016 via Independent
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Portland, OR - With Reeb Williams, Former The Foghorn Stringband

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Jean Shepard

Sad Singin' Slow Ridin'
Songs Of A Love Affair 1956 via Goldenlane
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Debut Album Produced By Jean - Honky-Tonk Singer/Songwriter - Among The Few Pioneering Women In Country Music

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Greensky Bluegrass

Room Without A Roof
Shouted, Written Down & Quoted 2016 via Big Blue Zoo
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Royal Oak MusicTheater, 12/30 & 12/31, Roy Oak, MI - Special Guests: Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys

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Claire Lynch

Empty Train
North By South 2016 via Compass
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With Jerry Douglas

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Young Grass

Cowgirl In The Sand
Young Grass 2010 via Synergy
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Pickin' On Neil Young, 1969 (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere)

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8:00 am