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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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Steve Hilger Jazz Quintet

So What
Perspective 2018 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Amadou & Mariam ft. The Blind Boys Of Alabama

Two Cultures, One Beat
Bamako to Birmingham 2019 via Because Music
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Fresh Music Into 'YCE!

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Mary Lane

Leave That Wine Alone
Travelin' Woman 2019 via Women Of The Blues Records
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One Of The Great Chicago Blues Women!

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Dave Van Ronk

See See Rider
Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk 2002 via Fantasy
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Mayor Of MacDougal Street; Important Figure In The 1960's American Folk Music Revival Scene In Greenwich Village

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9:40 am

The Neville Brothers

Mojo Hannah
Brothers From New Orleans 2001 via Yellow Moon
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Remembering Art Neville, Founder Of The Meters And The Neville Brothers, Who Passed Away July 22 At The Age Of 81

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Catfish Keith

Ramblin' Blues
Catfish Crawl 2019 via Catfish Keith
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Cutting-Edge Blues Singer, Songwriter And Bottleneck Slide Guitarist; The Real Deal

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(REQUESTED)

Mark Thornton

Stairway To Heaven
Guitar Gods: A Bluegrass Celebration 2008 via CMH
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Undercover Files: Led Zeppelin, 1971 - Online Suggestion

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9:20 am

Poncho Sanchez Octet

Blue Train
Trane's Delight 2019 via Concord
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Street Date, 9/20 - Sanchez's First Album In Seven Years Celebrates The Life And Music Of The Iconic Saxophonist John Coltrane, With Latin-Tinged Reimaginings In Honor Of The Tenor Titan

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Ella Fitzgerald And Count Basie

Them There eyes
Ella And Basie 1963 via Verve
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Composed In 1930 And First Recorded By Louis Armstrong -this Album Is 41 Minutes Of Wall-To-Wall Excellence From Some Of The Top Musicians In Jazz, And One Of The Finest Ever Released By Either Artist

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The Two Poor Boys

Two White Horses In A Line [1928]
Rags, Breakdowns, Stomps And Blues 2003 via Document
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Joe Evans And Arthur McLain, Known As The Two Poor Boys, Hailed From Eastern Tennessee, A Region Of The State That, Unlike Memphis And The Surrounding Area, Is Geographically And Culturally Part Of Appalachia - The Two Poor Boys Recorded Between 1927 And 1931

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Silver Leaf Quartet

Oh! Glory Glory
Roots And Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 1992 via Sony
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Founded In 1919 In Virginia And Performed For Sixty Years

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9:00 am
Record Sale Fundraiser 19 (click for more info)

WYCE is now taking donations for the upcoming Annual CD & Record Sale Fundraiser! 

Eastown Streetfair takes place Saturday September 7th and the station will display donated collections of tapes, LPs, CDs, and even 8tracks! 

 If your garage sale doesn't go quite how you'd planned - consider the donation alternative. In partnership with Vertigo Music - we now offer 2 locations to drop-off collections:

visit the Community Media Center during business hours at 711 Bridge St NW *OR* Vertigo Music located at 129 South Division Avenue in Grand Rapids

Che Apalache

Maria
Rearrange My Heart 2019 via Free Dirt
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An Amalgamation Of Appalachian And Latin Music Nurtured By From Musicians From Two Different Countries - Appearing On A Mini Three Day Tour Of Michigan..11/14 At The Dogwood Center In Fremont, The Fifteenth In Traverse City At Northwestern Michigan College and 11/17 At The Midland Center For The Arts

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Willie Nelson

Cold, Cold Heart
Willie And The Boys: Willie's Stash Vol. 2 2017 via Nelson Songs
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Family Collaboration Showcasing Willie's Boys, Lukas And Micah - Music From Their Band "The Promise Of The Real" Is Heard Here On 'YCE - Willie Is Appearing With Alison Krauss 8/9 At The Van Andel Arena

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North Mississippi Allstars ft. Mavis Staples

What You Gonna Do?
Up And Rolling 2019 via New West
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A Robb M First Listen: From The Forthcoming Album Due 10/4

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David Broza

Time of Trains
Time Of Trains 1993 via November Records
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Online Suggestion From The West Coast

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Amelia Curran

Lullabies For Barflies
Lullabies For Barflies 2007 via Sandbar
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Curran: Leonard Cohen Being Channeled In A Dusty Saloon By Patsy Cline - Third Release In 2002, Seeing Life Once Again In 2007

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8:40 am
Promo - Submit Music (click for more info)

Are you a Michigan musician or know of a few talented artists?

Submit an album to 88.1 FM WYCE for airplay consideration. 

View a how-to guide by visiting WYCE dot org and then click on the "Connect" tab to see the steps to add a local album to our WYCE music library!

Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Red Hot [1955]
Little Fine Healthy Thing 1996 via Move Records
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December 21, 1925 Florida -

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Billy "The Kid" Emerson

When It Rains It Pours [1958]
The Legendary Sun Classics 2010 via Sun
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Slashing Blues, Infectious R&B, Formulaic Rock & Roll, Moving Gospel - Billy "The Kid" Emerson Played All Those Interrelated Styles During A Lengthy Career That Began In Florida And Later Transported Him Up To Memphis And Chicago. After A Stint With Navy, Emerson Joined Ike Turner's Rhythm Kings; That Collaboration Got Him In the Door Of Sun Records Becoming A Valuable Commodity In The Sun Songwriting Stable. The Rev. William R. Emerson Dedicates His Life Pastoring His Church In Illinois.

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Yusef Lateef

Morning
Jazz Moods 1957 via Savoy
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Doug Watkins, Percussion...Louis Hayes, Drums...Ernie Farrow, Bass...Hugh Lawson, Piano...Curtis Fuller, Trombone...Yusef Lateef, Tenor Saxophone - - - - Jazz Moods Is The Debut Album by Yusef Lateef Recorded In 1957 For Savoy Records. Never Much Caring For The Term "Jazz," Lateef's Inquisitive Spirit Guided Him Beyond A Bop Or Hard Bop Soloist, Creating Music That Stretched And Even Broke Through Boundaries. Lateef's Hand-Picked Musicians Played World Music Before It Had a Name.

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8:20 am

Jack Klatt

Roadrunner
Shadows In The Sunset 2016 via Different Folk

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Tom T.Hall

Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
The Magnificent Music Machine 2010 via Mercury
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Olive Hill, KY - Turned 83 A Few Weeks Ago

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Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Steve Fishell

That's All It Took
The Big E: A Salute To Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons 2013 via MPI
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Mishawaka, IN - A Member Of the Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame, Emmons Is Widely Regarded As The World's Foremost Pedal Steel Guitarist Of His Day

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Michael Cleveland

Me And Helen
Tall Fiddler 2019 via Compass
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Featuring Flamekeeper And Jerry Douglas

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Bryan Sutton

Carroll County Breakdown
Not Too Far From The Tree 2006 via New West
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Came To Prominence In 1997 When Hired By Ricky Scaggs As The Lead Guitarist In Kentucky Thunder

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Mandolin Orange

Suspended in Heaven
Tides of a Teardrop 2019 via Yep Roc
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North Carolina Duo Andrew Marlin And Emily Frantz - Meijer Gardens, 9/4

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8:00 am
Record Sale Fundraiser 19 (click for more info)

WYCE is now taking donations for the upcoming Annual CD & Record Sale Fundraiser! 

Eastown Streetfair takes place Saturday September 7th and the station will display donated collections of tapes, LPs, CDs, and even 8tracks! 

 If your garage sale doesn't go quite how you'd planned - consider the donation alternative. In partnership with Vertigo Music - we now offer 2 locations to drop-off collections:

visit the Community Media Center during business hours at 711 Bridge St NW *OR* Vertigo Music located at 129 South Division Avenue in Grand Rapids