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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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JV's Boogaloo Squad

Forty Filth
Going To Market 2019 via Flat Car Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Big Joe & The Dynaflows

I'm a County Boy
Rockhouse Party 2019 via Severn Records
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Odetta

If I Had Wings
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' 1962 via Capitol
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Odetta Is The 'YCE Feature Artist Of The Day Thursday

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Our Native Daughters

You're Not Alone
Songs Of Our Native Daughters 2019 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell

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9:40 am

Greg Ruby & The Rhythm Runners

Valse Queen Ann
Syncopated Classic 2019 via Cascade Records
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This Album Compiles The Lost And Nearly Forgotten Compositions Of 1920's Seattle Jazz Musician Frank D. Waldron

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The Mississippi Sheiks

Jake Leg Blues
Mississippi Sheiks, Vol. 1 (1929-1930) 1991 via Document
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Vintage! Sheiks

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Jesse Colin Young

Grey Day
Lightshine 1974 via Warner Bros
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Born Perry Miller In Queens Seventy-Two Years Ago; Founding Member Of The Youngbloods; Prolific Solo Artist; Coffee Plantation Farmer

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9:20 am

Rotondi

Polka Changed My Life Today
Play On 1988 via Rom
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Rotondi Formed In 1984 From The Collective Talents Of A Septet L.A. Roots Musicians

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Poncho Sanchez

Mary Ann
Out Of Sight! 2003 via Jvc Victor
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Guest Vocals: Ray Charles

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Bloodshot Bill

Know Myself
Come Get Your Love Right Now 2019 via Goner
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Has Been A One-Man Band Since 1998, Beginning With Just A Guitar And A Stomp Board

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(REQUESTED)

Dale Watson

A Real Country Song
Blackjack 2017 via Dale Watson
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Austin, Tx - Hear New Tunes From Watson's Latest Album Here On 'YCE

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Small Potatoes

Woodcutter's Song-Star of Munster
Time Flies 1996 via Folk Era Records
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The Chicago Based Award-Winning Folk Duo Of Jacquie Manning And Rich Prezioso Describe Their Repertoire As "Celtic To Cowboy"

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9:00 am
Business Day: Sam Cooper (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Sam Cooper Photography: 

Sam Cooper is a locally based photographer who is dedicated to helping local businesses grow with event photography, professional headshots and more. 

Sam also offers a variety of photography services to the community. 

You can find out more about Sam Cooper Photography including links to social media and contact information at the photos cooper dot com 

Great examples of Sam's work can also be found in the official Jammies photo galleries at WYCE dot ORG

Buckwheat Zydeco

Tee Nah Nah
Waiting For My Ya-Ya 1985 via Rounder
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Lafayette, LA - One Of A Handful Of Zydeco Artists To Achieve Mainstream Success

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Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson

Crazy Arms
Amour 2019 via Stony Plain
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With The Tennessee Valentines - Reworking The Career-Making Hit For Ray Price, 1956 - Both Rachael & Dominic Davis Appear On The Album

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Peter Tork

Higher Higher
Stranger Things Have Happened 2009 via Tork Music
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Peter Halsten Thorkelson, February 12, 1942 Washington D.C.- February 21, 2019 Connecticut (77)

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Rising Appalachia

Harmonize
Leylines 2019 via Rising Appalachia
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Street Date: 5/3

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8:40 am
Promo - Concert Calendar (click for more info)

Check out "WYCE dot org" to stay in tune with Grand Rapids area concerts. 

Our online concerts and events calendar lets you know the best local spots to hear live music by WYCE-approved musicians.

Please send concert listings to calendars@wyce.org

Concert Calendar is a free service of Grand Rapids Community Media Center.

Josh White

Did You Ever Love A Woman [1945]
100 Best 2018 via Smithsonian Folkways
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The Blues Spotlight: Josh White Overcame Seemingly Insurmountable Obstacles In The Course Of His Lifetime. A Child Prodigy, Who By Age Twenty Significantly Influenced The Piedmont Blues Musical Scene, Was Also A Versatile Actor, Cabaret Star, And A Ground-Breaking Performer Of Powerful Protest Songs. A Confidant To The Roosevelts, White Learned His Skills From Blind Blake And Blind Joe Taggart. Resettling In New York City By 1936, White Reinvented Himself As A Folk Singer, Recording And Performing For The Next 33 Years, Passing On In 1969

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Josh White

Cryin' Blues [1932]
The Red Hot Blues, 1925-1945 1993 via Document
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The Blues Spotlight: February 11, 1914 South Carolina - September 5, 1969 New York

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Charlie Christian

Swing To Bop
Live At Minton's Playhouse 1941 via Columbia
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'820' Jazz Presents: Kenny Clarke, Drums...Thelonious Monk, Piano...Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet...Charlie Christian, Guitar - - - - This Morning's '820' Jazz Selection Was Recorded After-Hours, Live At Minton's Playhouse in 1941; Featuring An All-Star Jam Session Led By One Of The Founding Fathers Of Bebop, Guitarist Charlie Christian. Christian's Single-String Technique, Combined With Amplification, Helped Bring The Guitar Out Of The Rhythm Section And Into The Forefront As A Solo Instrument. This Is "Swing To Bop," On '820' Jazz

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8:20 am

Turnpike Troubadours

Kansas City Southern
Diamonds And Gasoline 2010 via Turnpike Troubadours
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Appearing At The Blue Gate Theater In Shipshewana, IN 3/7

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(REQUESTED)

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Come Back Darling [1950]
The Best Of Flatt And Scruggs 2013 via Capitol
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Timeless Music From Two Bluegrass Pioneers

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The Fabulous Heftones

St. Louis Tickle
Music Box Rag 2003 via Independent
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Lansing, MI

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Hasee Ciaccio & Kalia Yeagle

Omie Wise
Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition 2017 via Various Artists
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The Classic Early 19th Century Appalachian Ballad Based On The True Life Murder Of Naomi Wise

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William Elliott Whitmore

Everything Gets Gone
Field Songs 2011 via Anti
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One Man Band From Lee County, IA

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8:00 am
Business Day: Sam Cooper (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Sam Cooper Photography: 

Sam Cooper is a locally based photographer who is dedicated to helping local businesses grow with event photography, professional headshots and more. 

Sam also offers a variety of photography services to the community. 

You can find out more about Sam Cooper Photography including links to social media and contact information at the photos cooper dot com 

Great examples of Sam's work can also be found in the official Jammies photo galleries at WYCE dot ORG