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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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Bruce Cockburn

Down to the Delta
Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu 1999 via Rykodisc
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week; Music Born Upon American Soil

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M. Ward

Green River
Benefit For Mercy Corps 2006 via Merge
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Ward's Solo Work Is A Mixture Of Folk And Blues-Inspired Americana Analog Recordings - Side Projects: She & Him And Monsters Of Folk

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Charles Brown

I Stepped in Quicksand
One More For The Road 1989 via Alligator Records
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Composer: Charles Brown - Remained At The Absolute Top Of His Game After More Than A Half-Century Of Performing; This Performance Of "I Stepped In Quicksand," Is Reminiscent Of A T-Bone Walker Inspired Shuffle

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John Gorka

Blues with a Rising Sun
True In Time 2018 via Blue Chalk
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John's Tip Of The Hat To the Great Son House

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9:40 am

Brother Roy

Carolina
Last Man Standing 2017 via Independent
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NYC"S Rock & Roll Missionary

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Sarah King and The Smoke Rings

Caravan
Sarah King & The Smoke Rings 2016 via Alex Levin Music
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Duke Ellington, 1936

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Indian Calling, Uqualla

Indian War Dance
Drums And Chants Of Natives 2015 via Maxy Sound
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Havasupi Tribe Shaman & Medicine Man

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Warren Zevon

The Rosarita Beach Cafe
Preludes: Rare And Unreleased Recordings 2007 via New West
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'YCE Artist Of the Day Wednesday Celebrating What Would Have Been Warren's 71st Birthday

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9:20 am
(REQUESTED)

Joan Baez

Before The Deluge
Honest Lullaby 1979 via Sony
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Composer: Jackson Browne, 1974 (Late For The Sky) - Joan's Last Studio Recording For Eight Years

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Barrelhouse Shake-Down
Works Vol. 2 1977 via BMG
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Composer: The Late Keith Emerson - Emerson's Original Composition And Arrangement With A Big Band Feel Enhancing Honky Tonk's Jazz Ancestry

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Doc Watson

Moody River
Memories 1975 via Sugarhill
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Singer Chase Webster Wrote The Song In 1966; Pat Boone Took It To The Top Of The Charts Later That Same Year

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The Famous Davis Sisters

Twelve Gates Of The City [1955]
The Best Of The Davis Sisters 1978 via Savoy
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Composer: Rev. Gary Davis

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COMPILATIONS

Aguis Mahasnik Biman
Women of Spirit 1998 via Putumayo World Music
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Vocals: Rasha, Khartoum, Sudan

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9:00 am

Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager

You Got To Move
Rough Cut 2018 via Alligator Records
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Salgado: Back In Full Swing Following A Quadruple Bypass - Laying Down The Blues Together For Fifteen Years - "Rough Cut," Was Recorded In One Live Unrehearsed Take - Multi-Award Recipients

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The Wild Reeds

Of All The Dreams
Blind And Brave 2014 via The Wild Reeds
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Los Angeles Based Quintet Appearing In G.R. At The Pyramid Scheme, 4/7 - For The 'YCE Listeners Near Ferndale, The Band Plays The Night Before In Parliament Room Inside Otus Supply

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David Grisman And Jerry Garcia

Freight Train
Not For Kids Only 1993 via Acoustic Disc
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Composer: Elizabeth Cotton - The Song Is Included On The Current Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Independent Film "American Folk"

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Amber Rubarth

Don't You
Sessions From The 17th Ward 2012 via Chesky
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California Native - Major Player On New York City's Indie Folk Scene

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Joe Pug

Black-Eyed Susan
In the Meantime - EP 2010 via Joe Pug
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Appearing For A Two Night Show At The Ann Arbor Folk Festival, 1/26 & 1/27

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8:40 am
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Billie (Willie Mae) McKenzie

I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water [1934]
Billie (Willie Mae) McKenzie 2015 via Suncoast
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Julia Lee

If You Hadn't Gone [1948}
The Very Best Of 2009 via Capitol
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October 31, 1902 Missouri - December 8, 1958 Missouri

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Ron Carter

Ah, Rio
Patrao 1981 via Milestone
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Kenny Barron, Piano...Nana Vasconcelos, Percussion...Edison Machado, Dums...amaury Tristao, Guitar...Chet Baker, Trumpet...Ron Carter, Bass - After A Few Years Playing Bass In Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, And Further Recording Sessions With Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter Few solo In 1973. This Morning's Presentation Is Patrao, A 1981 Outing, Largely Overlooked and Very Much Worth Rediscovering. Recorded In Two Days With Two Different Lineups, Carter Gives This One A Brazilian Vibe

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8:20 am

Western Centuries

The Long Game
Weight of the World 2016 via Free Dirt
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Quintet From The Diverse Seattle Roots Scene Having The Good Fortune With Three First-Rate Lead Singers, Each Of Whom Writes Solid Songs - You May Know Them; Cahalen Morrison From His Collaborations with Eli West - Ethan Lawton From Zoe Muth & The High Rollers - Jim Miller, Founding Member Of Donna The Buffalo

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Steve Earle And the Del McCoury Band

Texas Eagle
The Mountain 1999 via Warner
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Streamlined Passenger Train Operating Between 1948-1971 From St. Louis to Multiple Destinations In Texas

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Tracy Nelson

Oh Lonesome Me
You'll Never Be a Stranger at my Door 2007 via Memphis Int'l
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Undercover: Don Gibson, 1957 (Written With Chet Atkins)

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Victor Furtado

Chilly Winds
Victor Furtado 2014 via Patuxent
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Eighteen Year-Old Improvisational Banjo Prodigy

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Dick Justice

Muskrat Rag
Old time Music From West Virginia 1927-1929 1997 via Document
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Vintage Appalachian

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Steep Canyon Rangers

Can't Get Home
Out In The Open 2018 via Ramseur
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FreshGrass Into 'YCE - Appearing 5/20 At DeVos Performance Hall

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8:00 am