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!
Ann Arbor, MI - Diana Ladio And Alison Lynn - Appearing At The Michigan Irish Festival The Fourteenth & Fifteenth Of September In Muskegon And Kalamazoo State Theater 10/5
Centerville, Texas - One Of The Great Country Blues Singers And Perhaps The Greatest Single Influence On Rock Guitar Players; Learned The Blues From Blind Lemon Jefferson
Composer: Ray Charles, 1954 - Released As A Single With come Back Baby As The B-Side - Both Songs Later Appeared On The 1957 Album 'Ray Charles'
Coming up this week at Wealthy Theatre:
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Rob Baskerville And Penny Zamagni
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Singer-Songwriter, Painter & Author Celebrating Number Seventy-One A Few Days Ago
A Group Of Semi-Professional Musicians Playing Jug Music On The Streets Of Memphis With A Recording Career Of Only Three Years - The Grroups Music And Influence Lived Into The Folk And Rock Eras
Amy LaVere On Upright Bass And Sharde Thomas On Drums - Mojo, Mojo Pays Tribute To Thomas's Grandfather, Groundbreaking Blues Fife Player Otha Turner
The Greatest Trombone Player In The Early Years Of Jazz - For a Seven Year Stretch Beginning In 1912 He Led One Of The Most Popular Bands In New Orleans, Featuring Many Of The Great Musicians Who Would Go On To Define The Hot Jazz Style; Armstrong, Dodds, Bechet & Noone
First Collaboration Between Kaitlin Raitz And Ben Plotnick
WYCE is taking donations for the upcoming Annual CD & Record Sale Fundraiser!
Garage Sextet From Boone, NC - Started Their Career Playing Naked Parties In A Boone, North Carolina College House
Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 - March 4, 1986): Founding Member, The Band - Richard's Singing Alternated Between A Soul-Influenced Baritone And A Delicate Falsetto - Though The Band Had Three Vocalists Sharing Lead And Harmony Parts, Manuel Was Often Seen As The Group's Primary Vocals
Another Fine Release From Chicago-Based Alligator Records, This Time Around Paying Tribute To Blind Willie Johnson; Gospel Blues Singer, Street Evangelist And Influential Slide Guitarist
Recorded In Nashville & London, It Is Knopfler's Third Solo Release, And Written From The Point Of View Of Poor But Dignified Itinerant Men Dealing With The Struggles Of Life And A Few Small Triumphs - Knopfler Gives A Folk Imprint To The Album Without Relying Too Heavily On The Acoustic Guitar
Boston ,MA
John Lee Hooker's Career Is An Exact Replica Of The Story Of The Blues Itself. Born In The Delta, He Moved To The City And Enjoyed A Golden Age Of Success In The Post-War Years.When Popularity Began To Wane In America, John Lee Was Taken Up By British Musicians. As A Young Man Gospel Was His Calling Singing With The Fairfield Four; Playing On The Streets Took Him To Detroit In 1943, Playing A One Chord Boogie That Captures A Dark, Edgy Urban Feel That Built Up His Reputation As A Unique Stylist Of Crossover Country/Urban Blues. John Lee Hooker Was Still Gigging Until The Day Before Passed In 2001
August 22, 1917 Mississippi - June 21, 2001 California
Tony Mann, Drums...John Horler, Piano...Jim Richardson, Bass...Chet Baker, Trumpet
Current Seldom Scene Dobro Player Fred Travers Taking Lead Vocal Duties On This Old John Duffey Song From The Second Seldom Scene Album Back In '73
Vintage Pickin' by Earl Taylor & Jim McCall Revisiting Jimmy Martin's Classic
Quartet Of Canadian 'Grassers
Covering The Delmore Brothers
Third Release For The Boston Quintet Which Featured Two New Faces In The Band, Cellist Tristan Clarridge And 5-String Fiddler Brittany Haas, Both Musicians Coming Over From darol Anger's Republic Of Strings
WYCE is taking donations for the upcoming Annual CD & Record Sale Fundraiser!
