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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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Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers

Gentle John
A Tribute to Big John Patton 2013 via Big O
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"When Music Is Tight, It all Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Dave Bartholomew And His Orchestra ft. The Shrewdsbury Kid

Nobody Cares
Collection 2012 via Acrobat
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Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, And Record Producer; Prominent In The Music Of New Orleans Throughout The Second In His Induction Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Dave Was Cited As A Key Figure In The Transition From Jump Blues And Swing To R&B; A True Pioneer In The Rock And Roll Revolution

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Cuarteto Caney

Carmelina
Carmelina 1936-1939 2012 via Mocking Bird
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A Repertoire Based On The Pure Style Of The Cuban Soneros (Son) The Group Recorded More Than 100 Songs In Six Years Beginning In 1936

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The Carolyn Sills Combo

Catalina Island
Dime Stories, Vol.2 2016 via Carolyn Sills Combo
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Jolie Holland

Darlin' Ukelele
Escondida 2004 via Anti
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Founding Member Of The Be Good Tanyas

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9:40 am
UICA - Yomeddine (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from UICA. 


The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids six days a week, year-round. 

Now Playing "Yomeddine" is the story of Beshay, a man cured of leprosy who has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert until the death of his wife. 

After her passing, Beshay goes out in search of his roots. His quest takes him across Egypt in search of belonging. "Yomeddine" is now playing in The Theater at UICA. 

Find showtimes at uica dot org

Jean-Jacques Milteau

Long Time Gone
Soul Conversation 2008 via Dixiefrog
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French Blues Harmonicist Blowin' Sweet On David Crosby's "Long Time Gone"

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Chuck Mead

There's Love Where I Come From
Close to Home 2019 via Plowboy Records
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Co-Founding Member Of BR549

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Martha Scanlan

Las Cruces
The River And The Light 2018 via Rock Ridge
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Co-Founder Of The Reeltime Travelers - took Home The Coveted Chris Austin Songwriting Award At Merlefest In 2002

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9:20 am
(REQUESTED)

John Lee Hooker

Let's Go Out Tonight
The Real Folk Blues 1966 via UMG
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Son Of A Sharecropper, Rising To Prominence Performing An Electric Guitar-Style Adaptation Of Delta Blues; Incorporating Talking Blues And Early North Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Developing His Own Driving-Rhythm Boogie, Distinct From The 1930's Piano-Derived Boogie-Woogie

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Midnight Serenaders

Hot Lovin'
Hot Lovin' 2011 via ZefEar
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Portland, OR - An Infectious And Irreverent Take On The Raucous And Carefree Music Of "The Jazz Age"

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Joy Williams

Canary
Front Porch 2019 via Sensibility/Thirty Tigers
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She And John Paul White Formed The Four-Time Award Winning The Civils Wars In 2009

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Solas

On a Sea of Fleur de Lis
Waiting for an Echo 2005 via Shanachie
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Currently On An Indefinite Hiatus As The Five Members Of Solas Pursue Other Projects

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9:00 am
Programmers 2019 (click for more info)

Do you dig music? Like- REALLY dig it? 


 WYCE is looking for the mixtape-makers and playlist-stackers of the West Michigan area to join our live radio Volunteer Programmer ranks. 

 Share a World of Music with Listeners around the globe. 

 Apply to volunteer by August 2nd online at W Y C E dot O R G

Satan and Adam

I Want You
Harlem Blues 1991 via Flying Fish Records
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Blues Duo Consisting Of Sterling Magee, Known By His Stage Name "Mister Satan", and Adam Gussow, A Fixture On Harlem's Sidewalks In The Late 1980's And Early 1990's

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The Ditty Bops

Bye Bye Love
Moon Over the Freeway 2006 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Abby DeWald And Amanda Barrett Formed The Ditty Bops In New York City During The Summer Of 2004

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Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys

Why Do You Have to Torture Me
Swingin' West 1995 via Hightone Records
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Duke Robillard

Sweet Nothin's
Ear Worms 2019 via Stony Plain
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An Album Of Songs Duke Heard And Was Attracted To Growing Up; Critically Acclaimed Blues And Jazz Vocalist Sunny Crownover Putting The Sex Appeal On "Sweet Nothin's"

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James Talley

Streamline Flyer
Nashville City Blues 1998 via Cimmaron
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Important Figure In The Birth of Outlaw Country Music, Owing A Great Deal To Jimmie Rodgers And The Oklahoma-Texas String Bands Of The Thirties And Forties

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8:40 am

Maggie Jones

Mama Stayed Out The Whole Night Long
Maggie Jones Vol. 2 (1925-1929) 1995 via Document
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Born In Texas In 1894, Maggie Jones Moved North Around 1920 To Join The Vaudeville Circuit, Landing In New York City And Recording Her First Sides With Fletcher Henderson. A Success Both On Stage And Record, Miss Jones Took Her Act To Europe, Returning To Texas In The Early 1930's Performing In Ft. Worth; Nothing Is Known Of The Life Of Faye Barnes After This Time.

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Maggie Jones

Boxcar Blues
Maggie Jones Vol. 1 (1923-1925) 1995 via Document
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March ? 1894 Texas - ?/?/???? ?

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Herbie Hancock

Oliloqui Valley (Alternate Take)
Empyrean Isles 1964 via Blue Note
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Freddie Hubbard, Cornet...Ron Carter, Bass...Tony Williams, Drums...Herbie Hancock, Piano - - - - - Herbie Returns to Harbop With A Trio Just As Young And Adventurous As He Is - Pushing The Boundaries, Finding An Evocative Balance Between Traditional Bop, Soul-Injected Grooves, And Experimental, Post-Modal Jazz. Herbie Hancock Quartet Is On 820 Jazz

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8:20 am

Audrey Auld ft. Dale Watson

Jackson
The Fallen 2003 via Reckless
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A Fine Re-Working Of Johnny And June's Classic

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Joseph Huber

When The Waters Were One
Moondog 2019 via Joseph Huber
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Milwaukee, WI

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Balsam Range

Tumbleweed Towne
Aeonic 2019 via Balsam Range
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Taking Their Name Where The Smoky Mountains Meet The Blue Ridge, 'The Great Balsam Range

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Robert Earl Keen

T For Texas
Happy Prisoner - The Bluegrass Sessions 2015 via Dualtone
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Covering Jimmy Reed - T For Texas Is One Of The Thirteen "Blue Yodel" Songs Composed And Recorded By Jimmy Reed From 1927 Til His Passing In 1933

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Dead Horses

On And On
My Mother The Moon 2018 via Independent
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Dead Horses Making Their Debut Performance At This Years Wheatland Music Festival The Weekend Of 9/6

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8:00 am
Programmers 2019 (click for more info)

Do you dig music? Like- REALLY dig it? 


 WYCE is looking for the mixtape-makers and playlist-stackers of the West Michigan area to join our live radio Volunteer Programmer ranks. 

 Share a World of Music with Listeners around the globe. 

 Apply to volunteer by August 2nd online at W Y C E dot O R G