Tom Rigney
House of the Rising SunA Blue Thing 2004 via Parhelion
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The Songs Roots Has It's Origin In The Sixteenth Century - Oldest Known Recording, 1933
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view other shifts on 04/16/2017Traditions!
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!
A Blue Thing 2004 via Parhelion
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The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Hey MamaBrothers John 1976 via Mango
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Formed By George Landry In The Early 1970's - Landry's Nephews The Neville Brothers Appear On The Album
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Naomi Shelton
What More Can I DoWhat Have You Done My Brother 2009 via Daptone
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Frank Sinatra
Learnin' The Blues [1955]Ultimate Sinatra 2015 via Universal
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Frank With The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - Initially Published As A B Side On The EP, "Session With Sinatra"
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30th Anniversary Fund Drive (click for more info)
WYCE's Spring Fund Drive is on its way - Friday, April 21st through 28th! - as we take a look back in celebration of 30 years of listener-powered music radio in West Michigan!
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Rising Appalachia
Cluck Ol' HenFilthy Dirty South 2012 via Rising Appalachia
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Leah & Chloe Smith Melding Southern Appalachia And New Orleans Working With An Array Of International Musicians Creating A Full Mix Of Fertile Sounds
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Shari Kane and Dave Steele
Can't Keep A SecretFour Hand Blues 2011 via Big Bones Music
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Appearing 6/17 At The Buttermilk Jamboree, Circle Pines Center Delton, MI
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Malcolm Holcombe
South Hampton StreetPretty Little Troubles 2017 via Singular Recordings
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Asheville, NC - Belongs To A Tradition Of Bardic Singer-Songwriters; A Latter Day Elizabethan Poet Troubadour Of Barrooms, Ragged Towns And Coal Miner Shacks - "This Is A Very Good Album," Robb M
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Caroline Dahl
Swanee River BoogieNight Music 2003 via Caroline Dahl
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Louisville, KY - Based In San Francisco the Past Thirty Years - An Occasional Pianist For Tom Rigney And Flambeau
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COMPILATIONS
What's That Tastes Like GravyRough Guide to Jug Band Blues 2017 via World Music Network
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King David's Jug Band Recorded This In 1930; The Second Of Only Two Songs Known To Exist Recorded During One Session - On This Song, The Sound Of The Kazoo Is Actually Played Through a Stovepipe
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Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
The One I Love Is Gone [1973]Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass 1996 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Composer: Bill Monroe, 1954 Never Recorded It But Taught The Melody To Alice & Hazel - This Album Is a Re-Issue Of A Mid 1960's Session
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The Flatlanders
Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown [1972]More a Legend Than A Band 1991 via Rounder
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely & Butch Hancock - Originally Only A Few Copies Released On 8-Track Tape; Shelved Until 1991 - These Guys Were Outside The Nashville Norm
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson
Slidin' DeltaDown South 1984 via Flying Fish
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Producer: Merle Watson - Doc & Merle Reworking Mississippi John Hurt
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson
What A Friend We Have In JesusDown South 1984 via Flying Fish
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Written As a Poem By Joseph M. Schriven, 1855; The Tune To The Hymn Composed By Charles Crozat Converse, 1868
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Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi
Sonny & Brownie's Last TrainSonny & Brownie's Last Train 2017 via M.C. records
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Mining The Gems From The Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Songbook
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Bill Miller
You Are the RainSpirit Rain 2002 via Paras Recording
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Miller's Mohican Name Is Fush-Ya Heay Aka (Meaning "Bird Song")
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Milagro Saints
Roadside MadonnaSunday 2003 via Milagro saints
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Gretchen Peters, Suzy Boggus And Matraca Berg
Hammer And NailFolk Alley Sessions At 30A: Wine, Women & Song 2017 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley & Beehive Productions
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Suzy Boggus, Gretchen Peters & Matraca Berg - Suzy, Lead Vocal; Gretchen, Mandolin; Matraca, Harmonica
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Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Fats Kaplin
Highland MaryKane Welch Kaplin 2007 via Compass
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Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
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8:40 am
Promo - Concert Calendar (click for more info)
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Our online concerts and events calendar lets you know the best local spots to hear live music by WYCE-approved musicians.
Please send concert listings to calendars@wyce.org
Concert Calendar is a free service of Grand Rapids Community Media Center.
Spoonful Of Blues: Robert Johnson
Stop Breaking Down Blues [Take 1, 1936]King Of The Delta Blues 1997 via Sony
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May 8, 1911 Mississippi - August 16, 1938 Missippi
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Spoonful Of Blues: Robert Johnson
Travelin' Riverside Blues [Alternate Take, 1937]King Of The Delta Blues Singers 1961 via Sony
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Little Commercial Success Or Recognition during His Lifetime - An Itinerant Performer, His Influence Resonates To This Day
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'820 Jazz Presents: The Sonny Rollins Quintet
The House I Live InRollins Plays For Bird (RVG Remaster) 1956 via Prestige
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George Morrow, Bass...Wade Legge, Piano...Kenny Dorham, Trumpet...Max Roach, Drums...Sonny Rollins, Tenor Sax
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8:20 am
Tim O'Brien
High Flying BirdWhere The River Meets The Road 2017 via Howdy Skies Records
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Stuart Duncan, Noam Pilkeny & Chris Stapelton On The Track
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Becky Buller
Speakin' To That MountainCrepe Paper Heart 2017 via Dark Shadow Recording
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Appearance: Milan Bluegrass Festival 8/3 Milan, MI
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Lawson & Williams
I'll Still Write Your Name In TheChapter 3 2017 via Mountain Home Music Co.
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J.D. Crowe Has Retired From The Trio; Doyle & Paul Continue On
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Jim & Jesse And The Virginia Boys
ParadiseThe Jim & Jesse Story 2007 via CMH
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Years Active; 1945-2002 - Upon Jim's Passing In 2002, The Had Brothers Performed Together For 55 Years - At Age 89, Jesse Still Plays The Occasional Music Festivals
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The Ephemeral Stringband ft. Tatiana Hargreaves
Ruby RidgeLand Of Rest 2014 via Ephemeral Stringband
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Eleven-Day Seige In 1992 Near Naples, ID
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Mandolin Orange
Gospel ShoesBlindfaller 2016 via Yep Roc
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Philosophical Renderings From Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz
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