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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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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

Another Lonesome Day
Groovin' In Greaseland 2017 via Alligator Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week (sundaytraditions@gmail.com)

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Aretha Franklin

The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
Spirit In The Dark 1970 via Atlantic
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Miss Franklin's Nineteenth Album

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Roy Book Binder

St. Pete Blues
In Concert_Road Songs & Stories 2017 via Peg Leg
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Roy Book Binder

(Spoken Intro)
In Concert_Road Songs & Stories 2017 via Peg Leg
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9:40 am
Local Spins Live - Deep Greens & Blues (click for more info)

WYCE presents Local Spins Live at Speak EZ Lounge - every Wednesday night at 8pm! This series features a wide array of the best musicians in the West Michigan area, performing in a casual setting with no cover charge. 

This Wednesday, Local Spins Live welcomes Deep Greens & Blues, a Grand Rapids Americana combo who blend striking harmonies, rhythmic lyrical style, and contagious melodies into a captivating sound.

Speak EZ Lounge is located at 600 Monroe Avenue NorthWest

Ages "21 plus" welcome after 9pm.

Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear

Whole Lotta Problems
Skeleton Crew 2015 via Glassnote
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Leon Russell and the Shelter People

It's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Leon Russell And The Shelter People 1971 via Shelter
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Leon's Second Solo Release Over The Course Of A Sixty-Year Career - We Lost Leon Last November

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Madeleine Peyroux

Hello Babe
Secular Hymns 2016 via Impulse
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Started Singing At Age Fifteen And Performed With Street Musicians In The Latin Quarter Of Paris

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Eli Cook

Month Of Sundays
High-Dollar Gospel 2017 via C.R.8 Records
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Thirty-One Year Bluesman From Virginia Giving Cudos To John Lee, Muddy, Soundgarden & Rage Against The machine As His Main Influences

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Punch Brothers

Patchwork Girlfriend
Who's Feeling Young Now 2012 via Nonesuch
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Appearing As Part Of The American Acoustic Tour Tonight At Meijer Gardens

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9:20 am
Local Spins - The Accidentals (click for more info)

Tune in every Friday at 11am for Local Spins on WYCE, a one-hour exploration of the best in local and regional music, hosted by veteran music journalist John "Sink-uh-vitch", publisher of Local Spins.com.

This week, John welcomes The Accidentals on the occasion of the release of their new album, Odyssey!

Plus we'll spin some of the best new local and regional recordings, often heard for the first time anywhere on the radio!

Local Spins on WYCE - coming up at 11am - right here on WYCE!

Samba Toure

Tamani
Songhai Blues: Homage to Ali Farka Toure 2009 via Riverboat
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Malian Guitarist

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The Brain Cloud

Sugar Moon
The Brain Cloud 2011 via The Brain Cloud
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One Of New York City's Highly Respected & Charming Retro Acts

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Shady Grove
Doc Watson In Nashville: Good Deal! 1968 via Vanguard
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9 O'Clock Doc: Louise Stoneman

A Rose In Grandma's Garden
The Stoneman Family - Sutphin, Foreacre And Dickens: Old-Times Of The South 1957 via Smithsonian Folkways
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9:00 am

The Jerry Douglas Band

Battle Stick
What If 2017 via Rounder
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Bonnie Raitt

You Got to Know How
Give It Up 1972 via Rhino / Wea
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Composer: Sippie Wallace...Currently On Tour With Anders Osborne; Not Scheduled To Stop In Michigan, However, You Can Catch It In Bayfield, Wi On The Western Shore Of Lake Superior

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North Mississippi Allstars

Jellyrollin' All Over Heaven
Keys To The Kingdom 2011 via RED GENERAL CATALOG
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Luther & Cody Dickinson; Hernando, MS

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McDougall

48 Reasons
McDougall 2014 via McDougall
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Scott McDougall Portland, OR - One Of Those Bardic-Like Troubadours That Arrives To A Gig With A Bass Drum On His Back And A Guitar In Hand Singing Songs And Spinning Tales - A One-Man Band

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Uqualla

The Ancestors Call
Spiritual Native Chants 2016 via Maxy
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Medicine Man, Wisdom-Keeper For The Havasupi Tribe, Arizona

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Buddy Moss

When The Hearse Roll Me From My Door
Buddy Moss Vol. 2, 1933-1934 1992 via Document
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January 16, 1914 Georgia - October 19, 1984 Georgia

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Spoonful Of Blues: Buddy Moss

Oh Lordy Mama [1934]
Essential Blues Masters 2009 via Goldenlane
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Influential Exponent Of Piedmont Blues - One Of Two Finger-Style Guitarists To Record Between 1932 And 1934, Bridging The Gap Between Blind Blake's Final Sessions And Blind Boy Fuller's Debut - Career Halted In The Mid-30's By A Six Year Prison Term; His Career Never Fully Recovered - Lived Long Enough To Be Rediscovered During The Folk/Blues Revival, His Talent Preserved Through The Years

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'820' Jazz Presents: Elvin Jones

Ray-El
Elvin! 1962 via Riverside
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Thad Jones, Cornet...Frank Wess, Flute...Hank Jones, Piano...Frank Foster, Tenor Sax...Art Davis, Bass...Elvin Jones, Drums

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8:20 am
Local Spins - The Accidentals (click for more info)

Tune in every Friday at 11am for Local Spins on WYCE, a one-hour exploration of the best in local and regional music, hosted by veteran music journalist John "Sink-uh-vitch", publisher of Local Spins.com.

This week, John welcomes The Accidentals on the occasion of the release of their new album, Odyssey!

Plus we'll spin some of the best new local and regional recordings, often heard for the first time anywhere on the radio!

Local Spins on WYCE - coming up at 11am - right here on WYCE!

Amber Cross

Pack Of Lies
SAVAGE ON THE DOWNHILL 2017 via Independent
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Raw And Powerful Old-Mountain Vocal Alchemy - Ray Bonneville Sitting In On Guitar

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Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers

Half as Much
At The Ryman 1992 via Warner Brothers
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Composer: Curley Williams, Hall Of Fame Songwriter/Fiddler - Nash Ramblers: Sam Bush, Roy Huskey, Jr., Al Perkins & John Randall Stewart

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Carl Story & His Rambling Mountaineers

Heaven Bound Train
The Bluegrass Gospel Collection 2008 via CMH
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Father Of Bluegrass Gospel

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The Early Mays

Martin's Breakdown
Chase The Sun 2017 via Bird On The Wing Records
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Emily Pinkerton, Ellen Gozlon & Rachel Eddy

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The Lonesome Sisters With Rayna Gellert

Goin' Across The Mountain
Follow Me Down 2006 via Tin Halo
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Sarah Hawker And Debra Clifford

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David Grisman, John Hartford, & Mike Seeger

When I'm Sixty-Four
Retrograss 1999 via Acoustic Disc
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Undercover: The Beatles, 1967 (Yellow Submarine)

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Nobody's Darlin'

Thanks A Lot
Kitchen Girls 2010 via Independent
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GR Flavor

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8:00 am