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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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Eastern Blok

Tricycle
Folk Tales 2007 via none

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Williams, Wayne & Isaak

Sit Down And Write This Letter
Big City Back Country Blues 2017 via Independent
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Written By Big Bill Broonzy

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Peggy Lee

The Best Is Yet To Come
Sugar 'N' Spice 2001 via Capitol
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Original Pressing; 1962

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Sidney Hemphill & Lucius Smith

Come On Boys, Let's Go To the Ball
Sounds Of The South 1993 via Atlantic
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Hemphill's Quill Playing Was Highly Syncopated And Offered The Closest Connection To Traditional African Music - Hemphill, Smith, "Turpentine" Askew & Will Head Established Their Own String Band During The Early Part Of The 20th Century

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Grant-Lee Phillips

History Has Their Number
Widdershins 2018 via Yep Roc
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'Widdershins' Is An Old Word For Turning Anti Clockwise, Spiraling Backwards, It Doesn't Just Describe The Movement; In Folklore It Can Create A Kind Of Magic

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9:40 am

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Pete Fountain

While We Danced At The Mardi Gras
The Best Of Pete Fountain 1972 via Verve
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Mardi Gras: Also Known As Fat Tuesday, Referring To Events Of The Carnival Celebrations, Beginning On Or After The Christian Feasts Of The Epiphany (Three Kings Day) And Culminating On The Day Before Ash Wednesday

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Old 97's

El Paso
Hit By a Train: The Best Of Old 97's 2006 via Old 97's
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Composer: Marty Robbins, 1959

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John Mayall

Congo Square
Three For The Road 2018 via Forty Below
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Composer: Sonny Landreth - Sixty-Sixth Album For The 84 Year Old Iconic Bluesman

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9:20 am

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The Heptones

Heptones Medley: What Am I To Do/Blue Moon/Please Stop Your Lying/Joy In The Morning/Hush Darling/Tammy/Since I Fell For You/Wide Awake In A Dream
Three coins In The Fountain 1997 via Intermusic
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Came Together As The "Hep-Ones," in 1965 Kingston, Playing A Major Role In The Gradual Transition Between Ska And Rocksteady Into Reggae With Their Three-Part Harmonies - The Band Is Still Together, 53 Years On

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Kruger Brothers

Immer Em Hare Nah/Landler Swing/Erinnerugen An Zirk
Single 2018 via Blue Martin
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The Brothers Formed The Band In Switzerland In 1995, Now Calling North Carolina Home - This Album Is A Collaboration With Musical Cohorts Maja & Carlo Brunner

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The Dixie Cups

Iko Iko
Chapel Of Love 1964 via Sun Entertainment
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Written Under The Original Title "Jock-O-Mo," By Sugar Boy & The Cane Cutters In 1953 - Fat Tuesday Is The 13th

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The Fabulous Heftones

Music Box Rag
Music Box Rag 2003 via Independent
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Lansing, MI

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9:00 am

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Fleur De Lys
South 2014 via FU:M
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Came Together In 1996 After What Was Supposed To Be a One-Off Tribute Album To Canadian Songwriter Willie P. Bennett - The Band Continues To Evolve Into One Of The Finest Roots-Oriented Bands In North America

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Peter Karp

From Where I Stand
Blue Flame 2018 via Rose Cottage
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Guest Musicians On The Album Include Kim Wilson And Mick Taylor - I Really Dig The Sound Of Karp's National Steel Slide Guitar

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Emmylou Harris

My Baby Needs a Shepherd
Red Dirt Girl 2000 via Nonesuch
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Twelve-Time Grammy Award Honoree Including The Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award

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Odetta

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Odetta Sings Dylan 1965 via BMG
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An Important Figure In The American Folk Music Revival, Influencing Many Of The Key Figures Of The Folk-Revival Of That Time; Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, And Janis Joplin

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8:40 am

Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

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

Robert Lockwood

Black Spider Blues [1941]
Mississippi blues (1935-1951) 1997 via Wolf
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March 27, 1915 Arkansas - November 21, 2006 Ohio

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Robert Lockwood

Kindhearted Woman Blues
I Got To Find Me A Woman 1997 via Chess
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The Only Guitarist To Have Learned To Play Directly From Robert Johnson; Wandered The Delta Towns Playing Juke-Joints With Johnny Shines And Rice Miller, Who Would Later Find Fame As Sonny Boy Williamson ll. Lockwood Played The Circuit To St. Louis And Memphis Before Turning Up In Chicago In 1941. Over The Next Sixty Years, Robert "Jr." Lockwood And His Twelve-String Guitar Would Leave An Indelible Mark On Blues History; One Of The Last Of The Mississippi Delta Bluesmen. Lockwood Passed On In 2006 At The Age Of 91

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