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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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Ron Levy

Wes Side West
Voodoo Boogaloo 2005 via Levtron
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Big Jack Reynolds

Mean Old People
That's A Good Way To Get To Heaven 2019 via Third Cigar Records
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Toledo Bluesman
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Dirk Powell

Rollin' Round This Town
Walking Through Clay 2014 via Sugar Hill
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Has Expanded On The Deeply Rooted Sounds Of His Appalachian Heritage To Become One Of The Preeminent Traditional American Musicians Of His Generation
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Jose Feliciano

Eleanor Rigby
The Genius Of Jose Feliciano 2010 via Feliciano
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Lares, Puerto Rico - Thus Far, Has Released Over Fifty Albums

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9:40 am
Glimpse of Africa Fest (click for more info)

A Glimpse of Africa is the very first African Cultural Festival in Grand Rapids. 

This is a Free-Family Friendly one-day event that takes place in Rosa Parks Circle Saturday August 10th from 10AM to 10PM

This festival will showcase the rich, diverse, and beautiful cultures from different African countries, through fashion, art, food, dance, music, poetry, Art and Craft. 

A Glimpse of Africa takes place August 10th in Rosa Parks Circle.

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Diamond In The Rough/You Can't Always Get What You Want
Live At Grey Eagle 2019 via Amanda Anne Platt
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Norman Blake

Six White Horses
Whiskey Before Breakfast 1976 via Rounder
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Chattanooga, TN - Made A Name For Himself In The Recording Studios Of Nashville In The Early Days - Influenced By Roy Acuff And The Monroe Brothers
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Boubacar Traore

Senekela
Kongo Magni 2005 via World Village
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Kayes, Mali
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9:20 am
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Susannah McCorkle

The Lady Is a Tramp
From Bessie To Brazil 1993 via Concord
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1937 Show Tune From The 1937 Rodgers And Hart Musical "Babes In Arms"
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Hammie Nixon

You're Gonna Miss Me While I'm Gone
Tappin' That Thing 1998 via Hightone
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Final Recording - Began His Music Career With Jug Bands In The 1920's - Longtime Compatriot To Sleepy John Estes

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Old Salt Union

Where The Dogs Don't Bite
Where The Dogs Don't Bite 2019 via Compass
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Title Track From The Forthcoming Album; Street Date Is 8/16

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Alan Lomax

Jumpin' Judy
Negro Prison Blues And Songs: Recorded Live At The Mississippi Penitentiaries And Louisiana State Penne 1990 via Smithsonian Folkways
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1947 Recordings Of Prisoners Working The Chain Gang At Parchman Farm By Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax
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9:00 am
GLMC (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Great Lakes Music Camp: Great Lakes Music Camp is right around the corner! 

Aside from a full weekend of lessons and workshops, Great Lakes Music Camp will be hosting a benefit concert on Saturday October 5 at Camp Blodgett in West Olive Michigan. 

The concert kicks off at 8pm and features performances from camp instructors, including grammy-award winners, John Reischman, Tim Stafford, Darol Anger and more. 

Visit greatlakesmusic dot org for more information

Lucinda Williams

Bitter Memory
The Ghosts of Highway 20 2016 via Highway 20
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Twelfth Studio Album And A Robb M Top Ten For 2016
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Bow Thayer

Morning Glory
Single 2019 via Bow Thayer
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Latest From Thayer - No Plans On Touring These Parts Of The Woods, Hanging Tight In His Beloved NE
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The Hollering Pines

Out Of Dodge
Moments In Between 2019 via The Hollering Pines
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Third Release For The Salt Lake City Quintet
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Trampled Rose
Raising Sand 2007 via Rounder
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Produced By T Bone Burnett - Alison Joins Willie Nelson At The Van Andel 8/9
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Eilen Jewell

Gypsy
Gypsy 2019 via Signature Sounds
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Fresh!
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8:40 am
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Hop Wilson

My Woman Has a Black Cat Bone (Take 1)
Houston Ghetto Blues 1988
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Lap-Steel Guitar Player Hop Wilson Was Texas Born And Bred, And Almost Unknown Outside His Home State, But Through His influence On Johnny Winter And Jimmie Vaughan, His Sound Still Echoes To This Day; Hop Could Also Play A Mean Slide On A Conventional Guitar; Did Not Go On To World Fame, But His Licks Turn Up All Over Texas Roadhouse Blues. Hop Wilson Continued To Play The Houston Clubs Until His Passing In 1975
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Hop Wilson

I Done Got Over
Houston Ghetto Blues 1988
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April 27, 1921 Texas - August 27, 1975 Texas
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Tom Harrell

Sei In Sei
The Auditorium Session 2008 via Cube Music
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Maurizio Giammarco Tenor Sax... Fabio Zeppetella, Guitar... Dario Deidda, Bass.. Fabrizio Sferra, Drums...Tom Harrell, Trumpet - - - A Alumnus Of Stan Kenton,The Woody Herman Orchestra And the Horace Silver Quintet. An In Demand Session Player And Top Notch Leader in Numerous Solo Projects, Harrell Sounds Quite Comfy At Home In Italy Recording The Auditorium Sessions, A 2008 Release Featuring A Trio Of Young Lions With A Solid Groove
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8:20 am
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Ranch Romance

Babydoll
Blue Blazes 1991 via Sugarhill [Country]
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No Longer Together, The Band Took It's Name A Western Pulp Fiction Magazine Published In The U.S. During The 1930's
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Kitty Wells

It Wasn't God That Made Honky Tonk Angels [1952]
20 All-Time Greatest Hits 2005 via Golden
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Vintage Country From One Of Country Music's Pioneering Legends
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Michael Cleveland

Mountain Heartache
Tall Fiddler 2019 via Compass
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Guests Include: Dan Tyminski And Jerry Douglas
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Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer

Cascabel Valley
The Flower Of Muscle Shoals 2014 via Trade Root
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Morrison And Eli West Finding Time Once Again Getting Back To The Studio

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The Steel Wheels

Waiting In The Dark
Over The Trees 2019 via Big Ring
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The Ark, Ann Arbor 10/18
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8:00 am
GLMC (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Great Lakes Music Camp: Great Lakes Music Camp is right around the corner! 

Aside from a full weekend of lessons and workshops, Great Lakes Music Camp will be hosting a benefit concert on Saturday October 5 at Camp Blodgett in West Olive Michigan. 

The concert kicks off at 8pm and features performances from camp instructors, including grammy-award winners, John Reischman, Tim Stafford, Darol Anger and more. 

Visit greatlakesmusic dot org for more information