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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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Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

I Wasn't Talking to You
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile 2008 via Nonesuch
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Holly Macve

No One Has The Answers
Golden Eagle 2017 via Bella Union
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Wonderful Voice With A Lilting Yodel Reminiscent Of Patsy Cline And Gillian Welch

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Lizzie Higgins

The Forester
Up And Awa' Wi' The Laverock 1975 via Topic
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(REQUESTED)

The Derek Trucks Band

Back Where I Started
Already Free 2009 via RCA VICTOR
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Composers: Derek Trucks And Warren Haynes - Vocals: Susan Tedeschi - Honors: 2010 Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Blues Album, The Band's First

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9:40 am

Roosevelt Diggs

Bad Luck and Hard Times
Better Days 2018 via Independent
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GR Flavor! - Appearance: Old Dog Tavern, 12/8 Kalamazoo

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Texas Tornados

Llevame
Esta Bueno! 2010 via Bismeux Records
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Doug Sahm, Freddie Fender, Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers

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Natacha Atlas

Sweeter Than Any Sweets
Halim 1997 via Beggars Banquet Us
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Founding Member Of Transglobal Underground

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The Chris Barber Jazz Band ft. Ottilie Patterson

New St. Louis Blues
Echoes Of Harlem 1955 via Ulajazz
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In 1954 The Members Of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen Split From Colyer And Became Chris Barber's Jazz Band. They Have Been One Of Europe's Most Successful Traditional Jazz Bands Ever Since

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9:20 am

The Black Keys

I'll Be Your Man
The Big Come Up 2002 via Alive
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Akron, OH; Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney - Used As The Opening Sequence Song For The HBO Series "Hung"

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Lindsay Beaver

What A Fool You've Been
Tough As Love 2018 via Alligator Records
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Classically Trained Vocalist And A Jazz-Trained Drummer

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Earl Hooker

Two Bugs In A Rug [1970]
There's A Fungus Among Us 2006 via Red Lightnin'
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Chicago Bluesman Influenced By T-Bone Walker And Robert Nighthawk

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(REQUESTED)

Ray Price

Crazy Arms [1956]
Crazy Arms 2018 via Capitol
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Published In 1949 - Established Price's Sound; And Redefined Honky-Tonk Music

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The Soul Stirrers

Jesus Gave Me Water [1951]
The 2 Sides Of Sam cooke 1970 via Fantasy
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Pioneer In The Development Of The Jubilee Style Of Gospel, And A Major Influence On Soul, Doo Wop, And Motown, Some Of The Secular Music That Owed Much To Gospel - Sam Cooke Joined the Group From 1950 To 1956 - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1989 As One Of Rock's Early Influences; And Into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame In 2000

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Dellie Norton

Young Emily
Dark Holler: Old Love Songs And Ballads 2005 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Dellie Sang The Old Ballads, Many Passed Down Through Her Family For Several Hundred Years; The Old English And Scottish Ballads That Were Carried To The Southern Appalachians With The First Settlers Of The Region

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9:00 am
UICA - Artist Market (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from UICA. 

 The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year-round. 

Saturday December 1st: Save the Date for UICA's Holiday Artists Market. 

Shop for beautifully crafted gifts and goods from dozens of regional artists, including jewelry, home goods, fine art, accessories, and toys. 

Enjoy Christmas tunes from WYCE and local food and beverage vendors while shopping for friends and family. 

Support regional artists by shopping locally this holiday season. Located at the Steelcase Town Hall, with free admission and free parking. 

Details at uica.org forward slash H-A-M

Dimples Jackson

Love Came Tumbling Down
Follow Me To The Popcorn: The Untold Story Of The Belgium Popcorn Scene 2016 via Jazzman
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Magic Sam Blues Band

I Feel So Good
West Side Soul 1967 via Delmark
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Grenada County, MS - Magic Sam's Breakout Performance Was At The Ann Arbor Blues Festival In 1969

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Bow Thayer

Good Time to Holler
Bottom of the Sky 2011 via Independent
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With Longtime Band "Perfect Trainwreck"

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The Ballroom Thieves

My Backwards Walk
Covers 2018 via Ballroom Thieves
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Callie Peters, Martin Earley And Devin Mauch

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Bettysoo & Doug Cox

Morning Song to Sally
Across The Borderline: More Lies 2012 via Borderline Talent
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Second Collaboration With Canadian Doug Cox: This Time Around Mining The Lost Treasures Of The Texas Troubadours - Jerry Jeff Walker, 1969 (Driftin' Way Of Life)

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8:40 am
Promo - In-Studio Performances (click for more info)

Tune in to WYCE for intimate in-studio interviews - and live performances - from local and touring musicians. We bring you up close to some of our favorite acts as they share brand new songs - often before they're even released - with stories and insights behind the music.

Then, check out "WYCE dot org" for an audio archive of recent in-studio performances. While you're there, browse our calendar of upcoming artist visits!

Gabriel Brown

Hold Me Baby [1949]
Greatest Blues Masters 2010 via Goldenlane
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One Of The Piedmont's Most Idiosyncratic, And Probably Qualifies As A Forgotten Bluesman Was Gabriel Brown. Folk Music Researchers Discovered Him In The 1930's, And Launched A Recording Career That Lasted Several Decades, Including Cutting Several Sides For The Library Of Congress. Record Producer Joe Davis Recorded Brown Extensively Until 1952; Many Of These Not Seeing the Light Of Day Until Recently. Gabriel Brown Passed On In 1972.

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Gabriel Brown

Bad Love [1943]
Down Home Blues; New York, Cincinnati & The North Eastern States 2018 via Weinerwworld
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?/?/1910 Florida - ?/?/1972 Florida

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Red Garland Trio

Bohemian Blues
Red Garland Live 1959 via New Jazz
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Charles "Specs" Wright, Drums...Jimmy Rowser, Bass...Red Garland, Piano

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8:20 am

Nikki Lane

Gone, Gone, Gone
Walk of Shame 2011 via IAMSOUND
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Greenwood, SC - High-Class, Hillbilly Sassiness!

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Left Coast Country

Similar To Stealin'
Left Coast Country 2012 via None
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Roland White & Friends

I Am A Pilgrim
A Tribute To The Kentucky Colonels 2018 via Mountain Home
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Molly Tuttle, Guitar

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Jeremy Pinnell

Cold Cold Wind
Oh/KY 2014 via Sofaburn
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Northern Kentucky Country Man

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Red Tail Ring

Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies
Fall Away Blues 2016 via Earth Work
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Appearances: Bowhunter Dance, Kalamazoo 12/8 & Salt Of The Earth, Fennville 12/9

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8:00 am
UICA - Artist Market (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from UICA. 

 The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year-round. 

Saturday December 1st: Save the Date for UICA's Holiday Artists Market. 

Shop for beautifully crafted gifts and goods from dozens of regional artists, including jewelry, home goods, fine art, accessories, and toys. 

Enjoy Christmas tunes from WYCE and local food and beverage vendors while shopping for friends and family. 

Support regional artists by shopping locally this holiday season. Located at the Steelcase Town Hall, with free admission and free parking. 

Details at uica.org forward slash H-A-M