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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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Robin Nolan Trio

Bar del Pi
Mediterranean Blues 2001 via Refined Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Shinyribs

Savannah Chanelle
Fog & Bling 2019 via Independent
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If It's New And Good; It Is On 'YCE

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Sonny Boy Williamson ll

Help Me
More Real Folk Blues 1966 via UMG
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Blues Standard!

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Barbara Dane With Earl "Fatha' Hines & His Orchestra

Mama Don't Allow No Twistin'
Livin' With the Blues 2013 via Fresh Sounds
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Miss Dane Turned 92 A Few Weeks Ago

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Fela Kuti

Bonfo
Highlife-Jazz And Afro-Soul (1963-1969) 2016 via Knitting Factory Records
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Nigerian Multi-Instrumentalist, Musician, composer, Pioneer Of The Afrobeat Music Genre And Human Rights Activist; One Of Africa's Most "Challenging And Charismatic Music Performers."

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9:40 am
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COMPILATIONS

Go Where You Wanna Go
Echo In The Canyon 2019 via BMG
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Online Suggestion - Jakob Dylan Featuring Jade Castrinos

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Henhouse Prowlers

Fool's Carnival Song
Still On That Ride 2015 via Henhouse Prowlers
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Appearing 6/29 On The Buchanan Common; Buchanan, MI

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Asamu Johnson

Got to Go
Got to Go 2012 via Independent
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And The Associates Of The Blues - A Tasty Tracking Of GR Blues From The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Reggie Young

Memphis Grease
Forever Young 2017 via Ace
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Time To Get Our Hands Dirty

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9:20 am

The Edsels

Rama Lama Ding Dong
Rama Lama Ding Dong 1958 via Document
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One The Great Doo-Wop Groups Of The 1950's - Formed As The Essos, After the Oil Company, But Was Changed To Match The New Ford Automobile At The Time, The Edsel

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Gene Krupa With Anita O'Day

Thanks For The Boogie Ride [1942
Jumpin' Jive 1999 via Nelson Records
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Roy Eldridge, Trumpet

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Shovels & Rope

Johnny 99
7" Single 2013 via Third Man Record
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Piano Heavy Take On Springsteen's "Johnny 99"; The Flip Is A Slinky Hip Shaking Version Of Tom Waits' "Bad As Me"

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Doc Watson And David Grisman

EMD
Doc & Dawg Live At Acoustic Stage 1997 1997 via Acoustic Disc
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Accompanied By Guitarist Jack Lawrence Who Accompanied Doc For Many Years

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Doc Watson

Doc's Talkin' Blues
Live At Club 47 2018 via Yep Roc
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Recorded May 1963

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9:00 am

The Texas Horns

Feelin' No Pain
Get Here Quick 2019 via Severn Records
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Fresh Slice Of Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Carolina & Her Rhythm Rockets

Back Home
Long Gone Baby 2016 via Rhythm Bomb
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Make Their On Home Raucous Records - Major Proponents Of Europe's Rockin' Roots Scene

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Martin Simpson

Blues Run The Game
Trails & Tribulations 2017 via Topic Records
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British Folk Singer, Guitarist/Songwriter Martin Simpson Turned Sixty-Six On May 5

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Amy LaVere

Red Banks (Featuring Will Sexton)
Hallelujah I'm a Dreamer (Featuring Will Sexton) 2015 via Archer
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Appearing Tip Top Deluxe Here In GR 8/24 - Amy's New Release, "Painting Blue," Is Due In A Few Weeks

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8:40 am

Willie Nix

Lonesome Bedroom Blues [1951]
Best Of Blues: Postwar Chicago 2011 via Hland
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Willie Nix Was An Innovative Drummer And Gifted Lyricist As Well As Vocalist, And Was An Integral Part Of Memphis's Beale Street Blues Scene During The Late Forties And Early Fifties. Beginning As A Tap-Dancer, Nix Recorded With The Legendary Bluesman In Both Chicago And Memphis, Continuing To Be An In-Demand Local Fixture In That Cities Blues Scene Until His Passing In 1991

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Willie Nix

Riding In The Moonlight
The Sun Blues Box 1950-1958 1993 via Sun
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August 6, 1922 Tennessee - July 8, 1991 Mississippi

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Stan Getz

Blues
Getz At The Gate 2019 via Verve
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Steve Kuhn, Piano...John Neves, Bass...Roy Haynes, Drums,,,Stan Getz...Saxophone - - - - - - - The Show Was Professionally Recorded With A View To Possible Commercial Release, but After Those Plans Were Forgotten, The Tape Sat In The Vaults Of Verve Records For 58 Years.

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8:20 am

Chuck Mead

Tap into Your Misery
Close to Home 2019 via Plowboy Records
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Co-Founding Member Of The 1990's Alt. Country Quintet BR5-49

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Jim & Jesse McReynolds

Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Essential Bluegrass 2008 via CMH
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Vintage 'Grass By Two Pioneering Legends

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Nanci Griffith

High On a Mountain Top
Intersection 2012 via Hello No Records
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Pete & Maura Kennedy, Former Members Of Nanci's Blue Moon Orchestra

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Chris Jones & The Night Drivers

Shelby 8
Run Away Night 2015 via Crossroads Music
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Red Tail Ring

A Wolf & A Man
August Roads EP 2009 via Independent
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For The 'YCE Family Listening Up Around Traverse City, Red Tail Ring Is Appearing 7/8 At Lake Ann Brewing

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8:00 am