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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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Steve Hilger Jazz Quintet

Summertime
Perspective 2018 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Leyla McCalla

Manman Mwen
Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute To Langston Hughes 2104 via Dixiefrog
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Formerly Of The Carolina Chocolate Drops - The Song Is About A Girl Who Gets Sent To The River By Her Mother To Catch Crawfish, And Throughout The Song The Crawfish Is Used As A Metaphor For Catching A Man
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Ry Cooder

Nobody's Fault But Mine
The Prodigal Son 2018 via Fantasy/Concord
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Blind Willie Johnson, 1927 - A Blistering Portrayal Of A Man Looking For Deliverance From His Misdeeds And Perceived Sins
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9:40 am
The Rapidian - Storytelling Benefit (click for more info)

The Rapidian invites you to "Celebrating One Another: A Storytelling Benefit for The Rapidian" at Wealthy Theatre, Monday, May 7th.

The event includes short stories told by a diverse group of community members on stage and interactive opportunities for attendees to tell their own stories. There will also be a silent auction and cash bar.

The Rapidian is a service of Grand Rapids Community Media Center.

Kim Robertson

Molly On The Shore
The Spiral Gate 1999 via Kim Robertson

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Sera Cahoone

Deer Creek Canyon
The Flora String Sessions 2018 via Lady Muleskinner Records
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The Charlie Daniels Band

Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp 1973 via Sony
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Classic Album! - The Story Of Nomadic Cowboy
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9:20 am
GR Live: Michigander + Watching for Foxes (click for more info)

Tune in every Thursday at noon for our next episode of GR Live! We'll be broadcasting live from HOME at The BOB in downtown Grand Rapids.

Tomorrow on GR Live, host Quinn Mathews welcomes performances by "Michigander" and "Watching for Foxes".

Each live show features ticket giveaways, conversations with local nonprofits making a difference, plus food and drink from Bobarino's in The BOB! If you can't make it, tune in to hear the show from noon to 1pm right here on WYCE!

GR Live is made possible by Experience Grand Rapids, Downtown Grand Rapids, INC. and Founders Brewing - more information and schedule at "GR Live Radio dot com"

Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers

Dead Man's Blues
Jelly Roll Morton: Original Recordings 1926-1929 2015 via Columbia
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Recognized As The First Great Composer And Piano Player Of Jazz; An Important Transitional Figure Between Ragtime And Jazz Piano Styles

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Hedy West

Pretty Saro
Pretty Saro And Other Appalachian Ballads 1968 via Topic
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English Folk Ballad Originating In The Early 1700's. The Song Died Out In England By The Mid Eighteenth Century But Was Rediscovered In North America In The Early Twentieth Century Where It Had Been Preserved In The Appalachian Mountains Through Oral Traditions
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Hubby Jenkins

Mean Ol' Frisco
Live On Location: The Fayetteville Roots Festival 2016 via Courtesy Of The Bluegrass Situation
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(BS) Brooklyn, NY - His Years Of Busking On the Streets Of North America Led Him To The Carolina Chocolate Drops In 2010
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Black Mountain Rag
The Bottom Line Archive Series: 2002 2015 via Bottom Line Theater Cabaret
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

T For Texas
The Bottom Line Archive Series: 2002 2015 via Bottom Line Theater Cabaret
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9:00 am
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Marcia Ball

Too Much for Me
Shine Bright 2018 via Alligator Records
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Little Miss Dynamite!
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Ramones

Needles And Pins
Road To Ruin 1978 via WB
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Written In 1963 By Jack Nitzsche & Sonny Bono
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Levon Helm

Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Dirt Farmer 2007 via Vanguard Records
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Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album, 2007

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The Accidentals

Mangrove
Bittersweet 2014 via Savage Kittens
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Traverse City, MI - Appearing: Buttermilk Jamboree, 6/16 (Delton, MI)

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Louis Armstrong

Go Down Moses
Louis And The Good Book 1958 via Verve
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With The Sy Oliver Chorus
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8:40 am
Promo - Vibrations Radio (click for more info)

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Lorraine Walton

Whiskey Blues [1935]
The Best Of The Blues Women 2014 via Photoplay
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One Of A Handful Of Pioneering Blues Singers Defining The Classic Blues Style From Time Spent On The Vaudeville Stages, Barrelhouses, Cabarets And Tent Shows. Miss Walton Ranks Alongside Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith And Ida Cox; Groundbreaking Women Whose Stylistic Progression Ran The Gamut From The Gritty And Provocative To A More Emotive And Sophisticated Approach, Cutting A Path For Those That Followed. Not Much Is Known Of Miss Walton After 1940
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Joachim Cooder

Country Blues
Fuchsia Machu Picchu 2018 via Temple Of Leaves
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Ry's Son
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'820' Jazz Presents: Bud Powell

all The Things You Are
A Tribute To Cannonball 1961 via Columbia
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Don Byas, Tenor Sax...Idrees Sullieman, Trumpet...Pierre Michelot, Bass...Kenny Clarke, Drums...Bud Powell, Piano

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8:20 am
GR Live: Michigander + Watching for Foxes (click for more info)

Tune in every Thursday at noon for our next episode of GR Live! We'll be broadcasting live from HOME at The BOB in downtown Grand Rapids.

Tomorrow on GR Live, host Quinn Mathews welcomes performances by "Michigander" and "Watching for Foxes".

Each live show features ticket giveaways, conversations with local nonprofits making a difference, plus food and drink from Bobarino's in The BOB! If you can't make it, tune in to hear the show from noon to 1pm right here on WYCE!

GR Live is made possible by Experience Grand Rapids, Downtown Grand Rapids, INC. and Founders Brewing - more information and schedule at "GR Live Radio dot com"

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

Love, The Magician
Drum Hat Buddha 2001 via Signature Records
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Red White & His Dixie Blue Grass Band

Coo Coo Bird
Essential Bluegrass Mountain Music: 25 Classics 2017 via Rural Rhythmn
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It Doesn't Get Much Better!
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The Del McCoury Band

Deep Dark Hollow Road
Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass 2018 via McCoury Music
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Fresh Into 'Yce
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Caitlin Canty

Onto You
Motel Bouquet 2018 via Tone Tree
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Clark Kessinger

Wednesday Night Waltz
Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways 2003 via Smithsonian Folkways
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After Releasing Nearly One Hundred Sides In The 1920's, Clark Kessinger Lost His Recording Career During The Great Depression, ButContinued A Sporadic Live Performance Schedule Into The Late 1930's

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Charley Crockett

I Wanna Cry
Lonesome As A Shadow 2018 via Thirty Tigers
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San Benito, TX - Honed His Multiple Talents On The Soulful Side Of Traditional Roots Busking The Street Corners In The French Quarter
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8:00 am
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