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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 Roots Music: Early Influences - Pioneering Legends - Roots Revivalists - Indigenous Cultures. Thanks For Joining Us!

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Willie and Lobo

Caravan Of Camels
Manana 2003 via Narada
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Incredibly Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers

Big Road
Big Road 2017 via VizzTone
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Composer: Tommy Johnson, 1928 (Big Road Blues)

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Jack Johnson

Is One Moon Enough?
All The Light Above It Too 2017 via Brushfire Records
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(REQUESTED)

Billie Holiday

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Songs For Distingue Lovers 1957 via Verve
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Vintage! - Online Suggestion

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9:40 am
Local Spins Live - Blue Water Ramblers (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 Blue Water Ramblers with special guest Pete Bardolph. The Blue Water Ramblers write and sing traditional music with modern themes - the songs of Michigan, America, and YOUR life.

Speak EZ Lounge is located at 600 Monroe Avenue NorthWest

Ages "21 plus" welcome after 9pm.

Yonder Mountain String Band

Years With Rose/Winds Of Wyoming/Traffic Jam
Mountain Tracks, Vol. 3 2004 via Frog Pad
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Appearing Tonight At Bell's Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo

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9:20 am

Fats Domino

She's My Baby [1950]
The Complete Imperial Singles 2017 via Imperial
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During His Career Domino Sold Over 65 Millions Records

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Fats Domino

Don't Lie To Me [1951]
The Complete Imperial Singles 2017 via Imperial
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Antoine Dominique Domino, Jr - February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017 (89)

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Duke Robillard

What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasi
And His Dames Of Rhythm 2017 via M.C. Records
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New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers

Milwaukee Blues [1928]
The Legend Of Charlie Poole 1998 via Country Records
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Highly Influential String Band From Randolph Country, NC With A Short-Lived Five-Year Recording Career Beginning In 1925 - The Band's Music Re-Energized During The 1960's Folk Revival

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Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band

Marie La Veau [1954]
Papa Celestin's New Orleans Band 1994 via Okeh
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New Orleans Cornetist Considered A Major Player In The Development Of Jazz - Founder Of The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, 1910 - Final Recordings, 1954

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9:00 am

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet

Lila Bambo
Ladilikan 2017 via World Circuit
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Catfish Keith

Please Baby
Mississippi River Blues 2017 via Fish Tail
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East Chicago, IN; Catfish's 16th Album

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Old Time Country And Blues Revue

Goodbye, Liza Jane
'Nuff Said 2005 via Old Timers
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DK Kolars And Pete Norman, Known Collectively As The Old Time Country And Blues Revue Playing A Spot Reworking Of The 1916 Perennial Classic

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Birds Of Chicago

Lodestar
Fayetteville Roots Sessions: Birds Of Chicago 2017 via Courtesy Of Bluegrass Situation
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Appearing: The Ann Arbor Folk Festival, 1/27 And To Grand Rapids On February 14th Supporting Valerie June At The Ladies Literary club

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Tom Waits

Blind Love
Rain Dogs 1985 via Island
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Turning 67 In a Few Weeks - One Critic Describes Wait's Voice As Though "It Was Soaked In A Vat Of Bourbon, Left Hanging In The Smokehouse For A Few Months, And Then Taken Outside And Run Over With A Car"

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8:40 am

Wanda Jackson

Rockabilly Fever
Heart Trouble 2009 via Cmh Records
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With Dave Alvin

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Charley Patton

Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues [1929]
Rough Guide To Charley Patton 2012 via World Music Network
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May 1,1891 Mississippi - April 28, 1934 Mississippi - The Most Important Figure In The Pioneering Era Of Delta Blues, Charley Patton Blazed A Trail As The Music's Preeminent Entertainer And Recording Artist During The First Third Of The 20th Century. An Accomplished And Inventive Guitarist And Lyricist, Patton Was Born In 1891 Mississippi And Over The Course Of Just Five Years Recorded A Profound Body Of Work. He Is Known As The First Great Delta Blues Man, And His Influence On Those Who Followed Is Immense. Charley Patton Passed On In 1934.

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Bob Brookmeyer And Zoot Sims Octet

Jumpin' At The Woodside
Stretchin Out 1958 via United Artists
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Al Cohn, Baritone Sax...Hank Jones, Piano...Freddie Green, Guitar...Charlie Persip, Drums...Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet...Zoot Sims, Tenor Sax...Bob Brookmeyer, Valve Trombone

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8:20 am

Calexico

El Picador
Hot Rail 2000 via Quarter Stick
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Tucson, AZ

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The Sacred Shakers

Are You Walking & A' Talking with the Lord
The Sacred Shakers 2008 via Signature Records
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First Time Spin On 'YCE

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Wild Ponies

Jackknife
Galax 2017 via Gearbox Records
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Currently On An Extensive European Tour

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Malcolm Holcombe

Goin' Home
The RCA Sessions 2015 via Proper
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Son Of The Blue Ridge Mountains Carries On The Tradition Of Bardic Singer-Songwriters; A Poet Troubadour Of Barrooms, Ragged Towns And Coal Miner Shacks

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Ruth & Max Bloomquist

The Tapestry
On A Canvas Painted Blue 2017 via Ruby Records
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Appearing: Norton Shores Branch Library, 11/9...Felt Mansion Holland, 12/23

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8:00 am