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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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Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio

Kalimba
Across The Imaginary Divide 2012 via Rounder
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Balfa Toujours

Nonc Charlot
La Pointe 1998 via Rounder / Umgd
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The Dead South

Crawdaddy Served Cold
Sugar & Joy 2019 via Six Shooter
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Saskatchewan - New Music; A Bauhaus-Via- Bluegrass Stomp
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Rockin' Johnny Burgin & The Chicago Blues Legends

Going Down Slow
Chicago The Blues Legends Today 2018 via West Tone
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Vocals: Mary Lane, Chicago Legend
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9:40 am
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Halden Wofford And The Hi-Beams

Loser
Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk 2013 via Halden Wofford
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Undercover: Jerry Garcia

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Martin, Bogan & Armstrong

Sheik Of Araby
That Old Gang Of Mine 1974 via Document
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Composed In 1921 And Used In The 1926 Film The Sheik, Starring Rudolph Valentino
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Island Chic Steel Band

Is This Love
Romantic Love Songs For A Wedding In Paradise 2011 via Island
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Bob Marley And The Wailers, 1978 (Kaya) - Putting The Steel Pans To A Classic!
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Claudia Schmidt

You Can Call Me Baby
Big Earful 1987 via Red House
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Michigan Muscle! - A Native Of New Baltimore, MI

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9:20 am
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Whitey Johnson

Hold What I Got
More Days Like This 2019 via Blue Corn
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Fresh Blues Into The 'YCE Blues Alley
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Bruce Cockburn

Angels in the Half Light
Crowing Ignites 2019 via True North
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Appearing 9/25 On the Campus Of Calvin College
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Les Filles de Illighadad

Telillite
Eghass Malan 2019 via Sahel Sounds
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Debut Album Bridging The Traditional Rural Folk Of Niger; The Trio Adding A Contemporary Flair To Centuries-Old Nomadic Songs Of Their Native Land

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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

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

Bluejean Bop
Bluejean Bop 1956 via Capitol
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Debut Album - Pioneered The Melding Of Rock And Roll And Rockabilly - Honoree Into Both The Rock And Roll And Rockabilly Halls Of Fame
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Guy Davis

Satisfied
Juba Dance 2013 via M.C. Records
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Fabrizio Poggi On Harmonica
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Lewis & Leigh

Only Fifteen
Hidden Truths 2015 via ALM
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Al Lewis And Alva Leigh; South Wales Meets The Big Muddy - A Really Fine Rootsy Brew Of Celtic Folk And Americana
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The Cerny Brothers

Shaking The Blues
Sleeping Giant 2015 via Krian Music Group
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Recorded At Cowboy Jack Clement's Iconic Studio In Nashville
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David Mallett

The Last Time I Saw Annie
Pennsylvania Sunrise 1978 via Alcazar
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Applying His Craft For More Than Forty Years; One Of America's True Original Troubadours
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8:40 am
Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

Local Spins on WYCE is a 1-hour exploration of the best music from the Grand Rapids area and West Michigan. The program often debuts new songs by seasoned artists as well as emerging acts who merit attention and broader exposure.

The show is hosted by John "SINK-uh-vitch" from LocalSpins.com, the website covering West Michigan's music scene. Each week, John invites local artists into the studio for live music and conversation.

Tune in for "Local Spins on WYCE" every Friday at 11am. And browse every archived episode online at WYCE dot org

Arizona Dranes

I Shall Wear a Crown
Arizona Dranes (1926-1929) 1993 via Document
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Arizona Dranes Was One Of The Earliest Gospel Performers To Bring Sanctified Music To A Wide Audience. Blind From Birth, Miss Dranes Played Piano In a Ragtime And Barrel House Style, Pioneering Her Gospel Infused Blues Throughout the South And Then Chicago, Remaining Very Popular Among Gospel Circles. Ending A Recording Career In 1929, Miss Danes Continued to Perform Through the 1940's. Roberta Martin, Clara Ward And Sister Rosetta Tharpe Were Heavily Influenced By Both Her Piano Playing And Singing Style. Juanita Arizona Dranes Passed In 1963.

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Arizona Dranes And The Southern Sanctified Singers

Soon We'll Gather At The River [1928]
It's All Right Now 2015 via Gospel Songs Music
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May 4 1889 Texas - July 27, 1963 California
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Bud Powell

Comin' Up
The Scene Changes 1959 via Blue Note
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Art Taylor, Drums...Paul Chambers, Bass...Bud Powell, Piano - - - - The Legend Of The Tortured, Tragic Jazz Genius Exists Because Of People Like Charlie Parker And Bud Powell. Both Are Bebop Legends, Among The Greatest Of The Greats, Founding Fathers Of The Genre. Both Were Brought Down By Drugs And Mental Illness - Parker at 34, Powell at 41. Powell Took The Sheer Speed Of Art Tatum And Added Quirks And Flourishes, Writing Many Of His Own Tunes - Creating Most Of His Best Music Early On, Much Of It For Blue Note In The 1950's. This Morning 820 Jazz Presents "Comin' Up," A Latin-ish Rhythm Excursion From The 1959 Album 'The Scene Changes', Perhaps One Of The Final Few Records Showing Powell's Flashes Of Brilliant Exuberance.

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8:20 am
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Hank Locklin

Why Baby Why
The Girls Get Prettier 1966 via Sony
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One Of Country's Early Honky-Tonk Singers And Member Of The Grand Ole Opry For Fifty-Years
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Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

Bacon In My Beans
For The Record 2019 via Mullins Music
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Nominated For Five IBMA Awards; The Ceremony Airs 9/26
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Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

Chief Taghkanic
Cold Spell 2014 via Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
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Frances Mooney & Fontana Sunset

Local Flowers
High Lonesome Love 2008 via Blue Circle
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Rich Mahan

Coffee In The Morning
Hot Chicken Wisdom 2019 via Snortin' Horse
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Enjoy Your Morning Brew With a Side-Order Of Traditions!
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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