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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Nest Week"
Career Start: 1920 At Age Twelve Playing Piano In A Houston Movie Theater - Moved On to Saloons And Whorehouses, Modeling Her Career After Ida Cox - Composed Her Own Tunes, Recording With The Jazz Greats Of That Era (1929) - Continued A Successful Show Business Into The Early 1960's, Forming Spivey Records In 1962; Her First Record On The Label Featured Bob Dylan
Reaching Into The Robb M Bag Of Gems And Pulling Out A Dylan Diamond
Founding Member Of Milwaukee's The .357 String Band
Multi-Juno Award Winner
Durante First Performed This Song On the Vaudeville Stage In 1927
1927, The Down Home Boys
Rayna Gellert: Founding Member Of Uncle Earl - Kieran Kane: Upper Echelon Songwriter/Performer, Welch-Kane-Kaplin
Circa 1800's From An Old Scottish Ballad With Many Variants - Although AP Carter Claimed Authorship Of The Song, The Verses Can Be Traced To A Centuries-Old Ballad Collected by Francis James
Support for WYCE comes from UICA.
The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year round.
Now screening: Franz- In the aftermath of World War One, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Details at uica.org
Fagan & Becker's Tip Of The Hat To Duke Ellington (1926); Duke's First Charting Single
Undercover: Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1957
Appearing With Duet Partner Heather Horton Tonight For The Pin Drop Concert Series At Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake 7:00 PM
Raleigh, NC - Pioneering Roots Revivalists Reforming After Sixteen Years And Currently Playing Limited Engagements - No Word On A New Album
Boston, MA Folk Troubadour
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
August 13, 1921 AR - December 20, 2012 CA
Les Spann, Guitar...Sam Jones, Bass...Les Humphries, Drums...Junior Mance, Piano...Dizzy gillespie, Trumpet
A Couple Of Texas Guitar Slingers Out Of Snook, TX
Monroe, NC - Pickin' Banjo For Over Fifty Years, Fourth & Goal Is The Latest Album
Pickin' On Hank Sr. (1949)
Leigh & Eric - Multiple IBMA Award Recipients
Written By Jimmie Rodgers, 1930
Chester Burton Atkins - Known As Mr. Guitar, The Country Gentleman: I Prefer Just Plain Ol' Chet - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll, Country & Musicians Hall Of Fame
Support for WYCE comes from UICA.
The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year round.
Now screening: Franz- In the aftermath of World War One, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Details at uica.org
