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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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Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn

Sally in the Garden-Big Country
Echo In The Valley 2017 via Rouder
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Marie Knight

I Belong To The Band
Let Us Get Together, A Tribute To The Rev. Gary Davis 2007 via MC
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Toured With Sister Rosetta Tharp, 1940's

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Claudia Schmidt

Five Kinds Of Snow
Hark The Dark 2017 via Independent
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Claudia Reworking Joel Mabus

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Jim Kweskin

Spike Driver Blues
Unjugged 2017 via Hornbeam
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Wonderful Reworking Of Mississippi John Hurt's Classic
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9:40 am
Local Spins Live - Kerosene Stars + Eric Engblade (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, November 15th, Local Spins Live welcomes Chicago rock band Kerosene Stars and Grand Rapids string band the Eric Engblade Trio.

Speak EZ Lounge is located at 600 Monroe Avenue NorthWest

Ages "21 plus" welcome after 9pm.

Johnny & the Motones

Nothin' To Lose
Nothin' To Lose 2011 via Altenburgh
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Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing

Sweet Suzanne
Hot Swing 2001 via Omac
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With Jon Burr & Frank Vignola
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Peggy Lee

Happy With The Blues
Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs By Harold Arlen 1993 via EMI Angel
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Recorded During Sessions With The Keith Ingham Octet, August & September 1988
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Henry Townsend

Heartbroken Man Blues
St. Louis Blues Ace 1996 via Swingmaster
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Shelby, MS - The Only Blues Musician To Have Recorded During Every Decade From The 1920's To the 2006 - Received A Prestigious National Heritage Fellowship From The National Endowment For The Arts In 1985 - December 4, 2009: A Marker Commemorating Townsend Was Added To The Mississippi Blues Trail
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Johnny Cash

Ballad of a Teenage Queen
The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Vol. 2 2006 via Universal
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In Studio Phone

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Bessie Jones

O Day (Yonder Come Day)
Get In Union 2015 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Kansas City
A Boy Named Sue 1973 via Columbia
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Composers: Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller, 1952
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The Elders

Appallachian Paddy
Wanderin' Life & Times 2011 via Pub Tone
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Fiddler Diane Ladio Joined The Elders In 2015; Pulling Double Duty With Ann Arbor's Moxie Strings
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9:00 am
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BoDeans

Flyaway
American Made 2012 via F & A
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Waukesha, WI 1983 - Long Known As One Of The Best Live Acts In The Business - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Museum Has Them Permanently Displayed As Part Of Their Midwest Artists Exhibit -

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Les Hobeaux

Mama Don't Allow
As Good As It Gets: Skiffle 2000 via disky
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Amy Helm

Roll the Stone
Didn't It Rain 2015 via Eone
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From The Online Stream
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Bob Dylan

Caribbean Wind (Rehearsal With Pedal Steel)
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series, Vol 13/1979-1981 2017 via Columbia
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Latest Installment Of Bob Dylan's Acclaimed Bootleg Series Excavating Live Recordings And Demos From His Infamous And Perhaps Most Polarizing Era As A Musician, 1979-1981
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Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton

Biding My Time
Wildflower Blues 2017 via Cinquefoil Records
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Co-Founders Of "The Be Good Tanyas," And The First Duet Collaborations Away From The Band
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8:40 am
Promo - In-Studio Performances (click for more info)

Tune in to WYCE for intimate in-studio interviews - and live performances - from local and touring musicians. We bring you up close to some of our favorite acts as they share brand new songs - often before they're even released - with stories and insights behind the music.

Then, check out "WYCE dot org" for an audio archive of recent in-studio performances. While you're there, browse our calendar of upcoming artist visits!

Blind Willie Johnson

You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson 1993 via Sony
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Kenny Drew

Funk-Cosity
Undercurrent 1960 via Blue Note
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Sam Jones, Bass...Louis Hayes, Drums...Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone...Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet...Kenny Drew, Piano

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8:20 am
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Amy Helm

Roll the Stone
Didn't It Rain 2015 via Eone
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Amy Helm

Roll the Stone
Didn't It Rain 2015 via Eone
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Harpeth Rising

Well, Hell
Shifted 2015 via Independent
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The Band's Music Is classified As Chamberfolk
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The Marcus King Band

This Old Cowboy
Due North (EP) 2017 via Concord
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Warren Haynes Producing And Getting In A Few Good Licks
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Johnny Gimble

Fort Worth Hambone Blues
The Essential Bluegrass Collection 2008 via CMH
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Influential Western Swing Fiddler; Member Of Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys
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J.B. Beverly And The Wayward Drifters

Wayward Drifter
Dark Bar And A Jukebox 2006 via Rebel Roots
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Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii

Escoutas (Diga Diga Diga)
Luminescent Orchestrii EP 2010 via Nonesuch
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8:00 am
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