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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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Alison Brown

The Red Earth
Look Left 1994 via Vanguard Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Candye Kane

We're Long Ago and Far Away
Guitar'd And Feathered 2007 via Ruf (Idn)
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Ana Popovic, Junior Washington And Popa Chubby Join Candye And Add Their Own Trademark Styles And Inspire Her Vocal Majesty.

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Langhorne Slim

Land of Dreams
Be Set Free 2009 via Kemado
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With Longtime Compatriots "The Law" - One Of The Greatest Live Acts Around

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Fink, Marxer, Gleaves

Brother, You Ought To Been There
Shout And Shine 2018 via Community Music
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New Music Into 'YCE - Traditional Arrangement By Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer

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Lydia Mendoza

Mal Hombre (1934)
The Very Best Of Lydia Mendoza 2010 via Goldenlane
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Called The "Lark Of The Border" - Lydia Mendoza Was The First Star Of Recorded Tejano And Norteno Music. Thanks To Her 12-String Guitar And Clear, Heartfelt Voice, She Became A Sensation Throughout Latin America In The 1940's And 1950's. She Passed On In 2007 After A Career Spanning Eight Decades

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9:40 am

The Monkees

Daddy's Song
Head 1968 via Rhino
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The Rays

Daddy Cool
Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 - Original Hit Recordings 2005 via Cameo
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The Vipers Skiffle Group

Don't You Rock Me Daddy O
Maggie May (EP) 2015 via Vipers
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Will Bradley

Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar [1940]
Big Ban Jazz For Beginners 2012 via X5
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Ruth Brown

Daddy Daddy
Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And more 2005 via Atlantic
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Louis Armstrong

I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Vol. 6 St. Louis Blues 1991 via Sony
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Johnny Cash

Daddy Sang Bass
The Holy Land 1968 via Columbia
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9:20 am

Seamus Egan

Bach Gravottes (From Suite No. 6)
Traditional Music Of Ireland 2005 via Shanachie
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Founding Member Of Solas - 2018 Finds Egan Touring As A Solo Performer, Bringing Along Friends And Musical Guests As the Seamus Egan Project, And Making The Music That Points Towards The Origins Of Solas During The 1990's

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Motel Mirrors

Remember When You Gave A Damn
In The Meantime 2018 via Last Chance Records
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Amy LaVere's Latest Project

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Jo Ann Kelly

Black Rat Swing
Do It & More 2009 via Manhatten
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Composer: Minnie Lawton - The Late British Blues Singer Played The Blues As Hard And Deep As Any Man; A Strong Voice And Authentic Acoustic Slide Conveyed Her Blues Like a Delta Original. Highly Respected On Both Sides Of the Atlantic, Canned Heat And Johnny Winter Tried To Recruit Her; Kelly Opted To Form "The Blues Band." With Brother Dave And Founding Bassist For Fleetwood Mac Bob Brunning. Illness Struck Down Miss Kelly At The Age Of 46

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Ernest Rogers

Mythological blues
Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music 2013 via Tompkins Square
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Composed By Rogers In 1919 And Recorded Nine Years Later - One Of The First Announcers And Regular Performers On Atlanta's WSB; Hitting The Air In 1922

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Jake Blount & Tatiana Hargreaves

Wiley Lawes
Reparations 2018 via Independent
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Composer: Manco Sneed, Legendary Old-Time Blue Ridge Fiddler, Early 1920's

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Luther Dickinson

Ain't No Grave [w/Mavis Staples]
Blues & Ballads (A Folksingers Songbook) Volumes I & II 2016 via New West
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Vocals; Mavis Staples - Traditional Gospel Song Written By Pentecostal Preacher Claude Ely, 1934

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Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Shorty Falls In Love
Original Recordings 1969 via Epic
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Hicks Joined Seminal Bay Area Band "The Charlatans," In 1965; Staying For A Couple Of Years Before Joining With David LaFlamme And Forming The Hot Licks, Referred to As The Classic Hot Licks Lineup. LaFlamme Departed And Formed "It's A Beautiful Day," In 1967

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The Brothers Comatose

These Ways
Ink, Dust & Luck 2018 via AntiFragile
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San Francisco Based 'Grassy Quintet Utilizing A High-Energy, Foot-Stompin', "Rowdy" Folk-Rock String Band Discipline

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Tracy Grammer

Hole
Low Tide 2018 via Tracy Grammar Music
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Tracy's Eleventh Release; Showcasing Her Emergence As A Songwriter Extraordinaire

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John Craigie

Tumbling Dice
No Rain, No Rose 2017 via Independent
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Undercover: The Rolling Stones, 1972 (Exile On Mainstreet); Joined On The Track By Shook Twins & Jay Cobb Anderson

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8:40 am

JD McPherson

I Wish You Would
Warm Covers EP 2014 via Rounder
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Roots & Roll Out Of Broken Arrow, OK - JD Covering Chicago Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold (1955)

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John Henry Barbee

I Heard My Baby [1964]
Blues Masters, Vol. 3 1991 via Document
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A Strong Storyteller And Good Slide Guitarist, Barbee Learned His Trade Growning Up In Tennessee, Worked A Short Time With Sonny Boy The First During The Early 1930's and then Began Playing With Sunnyland Slim With Appearances Throughout The Delta. In Chicago Barbee Joined The Moody Jones Group In The 40's, But Then Left The Music Business For Several Years.The American Folk-Blues Revival Brought Him Back To The Recording Studio And The Festival Stages. John Henry Barbee Passed On In 1964; Forty-Six Years Later, West Michigan's Killer Blues Society Placed A Headstone On The Bluesman's Unmarked Grave

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Al Di Meola

Casino
Casino 1978 via Columbia
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Appearing: June 23, 20 Monroe Live (G.R.) - Steve Gadd, Drums...Anthony Jackson, Bass...Mingo Lewis, Congas...Barry Miles, Keyboards...Eddie Colon, Timbales...Al Di Meola, Guitar

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8:20 am

Seamus Egan

Bach Gravottes (From Suite No. 6)
Traditional Music Of Ireland 2005 via Shanachie
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Ry Cooder

Filipino Dancehall Girl
I, Flathead 2008 via Nonesuch
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Cooder's Third Release In His "California Trilogy, " A Concept Album That Began With Chavez Ravine in 2005 and My Name Is Buddy In '07

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The Rouse Brothers

Orange Blossom Special [1939]
The Bluegrass Roots 2014 via Doxy
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Seventy-Nine Years Ago This Weekend The Original Version Of The "Orange Blossom Special," Was Recorded In Jacksonville By The Rouse Brothers. Ervin Wrote It Three Years Prior But The Song's Authorship Was Claimed By Chubby Wise, Bill Monroe's Fiddler; That Scenario Was Eventually Worked Out

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Del McCoury Band

Joe
Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass 2018 via McCoury Music
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Duck Baker

That Rhythm Man
Les Blues Du Richmond (Demos & Outtakes 1973-1979) 2018 via Tompkins Square
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Dom Flemons

Home on the Range
Black Cowboys 2018 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Composed By Dr. Brewster Higley In 1872; One Of The Top 100 Western Songs Of All Time

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8:00 am
GRTV - General (click for more info)

GRTV, a service of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, is an asistive organization, enabling our community's individuals, groups, nonprofit organizations and institutions, to better realize their goals through understanding an effective use of communication tools.


Community television programming offered daily on Comcast cable channel 25, GRTV also provides training classes and equipment for rent with membership.

For more information visit G-R-T-V dot ORG