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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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Mark O'Connor

Nomad
Heroes 1993 via Warner Bros. Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough

The Juke
Mockingbird Soul 2017 via Independent
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Fresh Into 'YCE

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Valaida Snow

High Hat, Trumpet And Rhythm [1935]
Valaida Snow 2014 via Doxy
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Chattanooga, Tennessee Trumpeter - Born Into a Show Business Family - Star Attraction Of The Pickaninny Troubadours, 1930's - Nickname: "Little Louis," From Louis Armstrong -

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Lou Rawls

Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 1963 via Verve
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Lou At His Best!

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9:40 am
Perrin Brewing ICE JAM (click for more info)
WYCE and Perrin Brewing Company present ICE JAM - a sneak preview event highlighting artists you'll see at our annual WYCE Jammie Awards celebration!

ICE JAM features headliner - and WYCE Legacy Award winner - MUSTARD PLUG, plus extended sets from I BELIEVE IN JULIO, HEATERS, THE MAINSTAYS, and JESSE RAY AND THE CAROLINA CATFISH.


All ages are welcome to attend this afternoon of live music, local food, winter activities, and barrel-aged brews. 

Perrin Brewing Company's ICE JAM is Saturday, January 28th from 2 to 8pm. Proceeds during event will be donated to Kids' Food Basket!

Tickets and information online at Perrin Brewing dot com - "P-E-R-R-I-N Brewing dot com"


Delbert McClinton

Doin' What You Do
Prick Of The Litter 2017 via Delbert McClinton
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With His Long Time Band, " The Self-Made Men" - A Legend Among Texas Roots Music Aficionados - Harmonica Player Long Before He Recorded As A Singer -

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The Infamous Stringdusters

Black Elk
Laws of Gravity 2017 via Compass Records
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Wednsday's 'YCE Artist Of The Day - The Electric Forest, The Weekends Of 6/22 & 6/29 Rothbury. MI

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Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan

Mademoiselle de Bucharest
Caravan 2011 via Ponticelli
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Chicago, IL - Keeping The 'Hot' Jazz Guitar Of Django Reinhardt Alive And Well

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The Como Mamas

One More River To Cross
Get An Understanding 2103 via Daptone
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The Roots Of Soul - Three Lifelong Gospel Singers From Como, Mississippi

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9:20 am
Ferris Coffee & Nut (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is sponsored by Ferris Coffee & Nut Company. 

The newest Ferris coffee shop is located in Downtown Grand Rapids on the corner of Pearl and Ottawa in the old Michigan Trust Building. The new shop serves specialty coffee and other specialty beverages that anyone can enjoy.

Find more details at "Ferris Coffee dot com" or by following Ferris on social media!

Victoria Spivey

You're My Man
The Blues Is Life 1976 via Smithsonian Folkways
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One Of The Most Highly Influential Blues Women Of The Twentieth Century, Beginning Her Career In 1918 - An Accomplished Pianist/Composer And Record Label Owner Dedicated To Blues, Jazz And Related Music - Spivey's Influence Is Monumental

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Slim & Slam

Tutti Frutti [1938]
Slim & Slam 2010 via Hallmark
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Bulee "Slim" Gaillard And Leroy Elliot "Slam" Stewart - Very Successful Musical Partnership From 1937 To The Early 1940's - Little Richard's Recording Is Loosely Based On This 1938 Version

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The Piedmont Melody Makers

Sweeter Day
Wonderful World Outside 2016 via Independent
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Alice Gerrard, Chris Bashear, Cliff Hale, Jim Watson

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Carolina Chocolate Drops

Trampled Rose
Genuine Negro Jig 2010 via Nonesuch
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Undercover: Tom Waits, 2004 "Real Gone"

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9 O'Clock Doc: Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury

Black Mountain Rag
Mac, Doc & Del 1998 via GrooveGrass
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One Of The Most Popular Fiddle Tunes In Modern History - Popular In The Late 1930's, Composer Unknown

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9 O'Clock Doc: Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury

New Moon Over My Shoulder
Mac, Doc & Del 1998 via GrooveGrass
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Guests Musicians: Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, Rob & Ronnie McCoury

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9:00 am

Kim And Reggie Harris

Freedom Road
Let My People Go! A Jewish & African-American Celebration Of Freedom 2006 via Appleseed
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

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Alice Peacock

Boy in the Backseat
Alice Peacock 2002 via Sony
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White Bear Lake, MN

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Michael Robertson

All My Stories
All My Stories 2017 via My Own Little World Records
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Regional Artist From Mid-Michigan, The Bay City-Saginaw Area

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The Band of Heathens

Road Dust Wheels
Duende 2017 via BOH Records
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The Ark, 2/13 Ann Arbor

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Julius Daniels

Ninety-Nine Years Blues [1927]
Ninety-Nine Year Blues 2015 via Suncoast
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Piedmont Blues Musician - '99 Year Blues' Has Been Covered By Jim Kweskin, Chris Smither, Johnny Winter, Charlie Parr, And Hot Tuna- One Of The First Black Artists To Record In The Southeast

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Spoonful Of Blues: Julius Daniels

Richmond Blues [1927]
Julius Daniels: Best Of 2009 via Suncoast
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November 20,1901 South Carolina - October 18, 1947 South Carolina

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This Is '820' Jazz: Buddy DeFranco Quartet

Buddy's Blues
Mr. Clarinet 1953 via Verve
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Art Blakey, Drums...Milt Hinton, Bass...Kenny Drew, Piano...Buddy DeFranco, Clarinet

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8:20 am
Ferris Coffee & Nut (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is sponsored by Ferris Coffee & Nut Company. 

The newest Ferris coffee shop is located in Downtown Grand Rapids on the corner of Pearl and Ottawa in the old Michigan Trust Building. The new shop serves specialty coffee and other specialty beverages that anyone can enjoy.

Find more details at "Ferris Coffee dot com" or by following Ferris on social media!

Chris Smither

Don't Make Promises
Drive You Home Again 1999 via Hightone Records
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Smither's Music Draws Deeply From The Blues, American Folk Music, And Modern Poets And Philosophers

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Gibson Brothers

Homemade Wine
In The Ground 2017 via Rounder
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From Their Forthcoming Album, 2/17

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Sarah Harmer

I'm a Mountain
I'm a Mountain 2006 via Zoe Records
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Johnny Horton

The Electrified Donkey [1956]
The Essential Johnny Horton 1996 via Columbia
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The Robb M Vintage Rockbilly Pick Of The Week

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Caleb Klauder

Innocent Road
Innocent Road 2016 via Independent
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With Long Time Partner Reeb Willms - Co-Founders Of Portland's 'Foghorn Stringband'

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Jimmy Martin

Sweet Little Maggie
King Of Bluegrass 2006 via Gusto
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Slocan Ramblers

Blakes's March
Shaking Down The Acorns 2012 via Slocan Ramblers
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Canadian Roots Quartet

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8:00 am