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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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Joel Mabus

Days of '49
Western Passage 1996 via Fossil
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Larissa Tandy

The River
The Grip 2017 via Thalassophile Records
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Hailing From Rural Australia, Larissa Came Up Through Melbourne's World Class Music Scene

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Ike & Tina Turner

My Babe
Her Man...His Woman 1970 via Capitol
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Written For Little Walter By Willie Dixon In 1955

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Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

Taxman
Just For A Thrill 2005 via Fuel 2000
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The Ten-Piece Band That Bill Put Together After Leaving The Rolling Stones In 1992, Reworking The First Cut From 'Revolver', The Seventh Album Released by the Beatles In 1966

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9:40 am
(REQUESTED)

Van Morrison

Have I Told You Lately
The Essential Van Morrison 2015 via Sony/Legacy
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Online Suggestion!

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COMPILATIONS

Tower Of Song - The Handsome Family
Too Late To Pray_Defiant Chicago Roots 2019 via Bloodshot Records
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Delicious Reworking Of Leonard Cohen

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COMPILATIONS

Não Se Apavore
Putumayo Presents- Women of the World - Acoustic 2007 via Putumayo World Music
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Luca Mundaca - Chilean Singer-Songwriter Creates A Glorious Stew, Mining The Deep Melodic Roots Of Her Native South America With A Touch Of Downtown New York City Sass

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Darol Anger

Polska Upstairs
Generation Nation 2006 via Compass Records
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American Violinist And Founding Member Of The David Grisman Quintet

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9:20 am
Ferris Coffee (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Ferris is a family owned and operated company with a mission to build thriving relationships through specialty coffee and nuts. 

You can find more information about their coffee and the people behind it at ferriscoffee.com

Don Byron

Tally-Ho
Do The Boomerang- The Music Of Junior Walker 2006 via Blue Note Records
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Reworking Junior Walker & All Stars

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COMPILATIONS

Willie Dale - Let Your Light Shine
World Spirituality Classics 2 - The Time For Peace Is Now 2019 via Luaka Bop
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New Collection Of Mostly-Obscure Spiritual Soul Music, Almost All Dating To The 1970's - Wonderful!

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Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas

My Autobiography
The Unforgettable Cowboy Copas 1962 via Stardust
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Vintage Vinyl Spin - "Cowboy" Was Born On the Kentucky State Line In Adams County, Ohio. Copas Became A Big Star In the 1940's, Alongside Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb And Roy Acuff, Hit A Dry Spell For a Few Years, And Made Something Of A Comeback In The Early '60's; Before Dying In The Crash Of A Piper PA-24 Comanche Aircraft, That Also Took The Lives Of Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins And Pilot Randy Hughes

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Rev. Blind Gary Davis

Cross And Evil Woman Blues [1935]
Rev. Blind Gary Davis 1935-1949 2003 via Document
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Laurens, SC 1896

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Kiran Ahluwalia

Saaqiya (Wine Bearer)
Beyond Boundaries 2003 via Outside Music
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A Modern Exponent Of The Great Vocal Traditions Of India And Pakistan, Fusing African Desert Blues Western Musical Styles.

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9:00 am

Big Band Of Brothers

Hot 'Lanta
A Jazz Celebration Of The Allman Brothers Band 2019 via New West
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Undercover: The Allman Brothers Band, 1971 (At Fillmore East)

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Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

John Barleycorn
The Fox 2016 via Ear Trumpet
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Debut Album Explores The Relationship Between Fiddle, Guitar And Voice, Using The Fertile Ground Of The Traditional Music Of The British Isles; John Barleycorn Links Back To A Sixteenth-Century Scottish Poem

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Jack Broadbent

Tonight
Moonshine Blue 2019 via Crows Feet
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The British Troubadour's Fifth Release

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Barbara Dane

Turkey Reveille (Original Mix)
Greensleeves 2019 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Child Ballad 286

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8:40 am

Mississippi Jook Band

Barbeque Bust [1936]
Blues Roots, Vol. 13 2018 via Milestone
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The Mississippi Jook Band Were A Trio Forming And Staying Close To Their Hometown Of Hattiesburg For Most Of Their Career. The First Recordings Took Place In 1929 For Paramount Records, And Over The Next Seven Years, Their Music Developed A Sound Which Some Critics Described As Fully Formed Rock & Roll Guitar Riffs And A Stomping Rock & Roll Beat. The Mississippi Jook Band Dissolved In 1936.

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COMPILATIONS

Dangerous Woman
The Story of the Blues 2003 via Sony
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Mississippi Jook Band

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Wynton Kelly

Kelly Blue
Kelly Blue 1959 via Riverside
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'820 Jazz - Bobby Jasper, Flute...Nat Adderley, Cornet...Benny Golson, Tenor Sax...Paul Chambers, Bass...Jimmy Cobb, Drums...Wynton Kelly, Piano - - - - - - - -We Feature The Title Track From 'Kelly Blue," The Second Solo Release By Wynton Kelly. Recorded Over Two Days In Two Separate Sessions In 1959, Kelly Assembles A Stable Of Seasoned Veterans, Each No Stranger To One Another, Laying Down A Groove Suited To The Blues Concept On Which The Album Is Based.

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8:20 am
Ferris Coffee (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Ferris is a family owned and operated company with a mission to build thriving relationships through specialty coffee and nuts. 

You can find more information about their coffee and the people behind it at ferriscoffee.com

David Naiditch, Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull & Jake Workman

All Of Me
Bluegrass That Swings 2017 via David Naiditch
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Pickin' On The 1931 Jazz Standard First Came To Public Awareness When a Performance By Belle Baker Was Broadcast Over The Radio In 1931.

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Carolina Chocolate Drops

Tom Dula
Dona Got a Ramblin Mind 2007 via Music Maker
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A Confederate Soldier Who Was Convicted And Executed For The Murder Of Laura Foster. A Folk Song Was Written, And Many Oral Traditions Were Passed Down Regarding The Sensational Occurrences Surrounding The Murder. The Kingston Trio Recorded A Hit Version Of The Murder Ballad In 1958.

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Colter Wall & The Sacry Prarie Boys

Happy Reunion
Colter Wall And the Scary Prairie Boys 2019 via Thirty Tigers
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Seven-Inch 45 RPM Release

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Tarbox Ramblers

Jack Of Diamonds
Tarbox Ramblers 2000 via Rounder Select
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Originally A Cambridge-Area Bar Band, The Tarbox Ramblers Formed In 1994 And Signed By Rounder Records In 1998.

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Ashton Lane

Right Back To You
Watch The World 2019 via OC Records
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Composers: Esther O'Connor, Michael Kaiser, Tim O'Connor, Graeme Duffin - Formed After Singer-Songwriter Esther Duffin Met Her Now Husband Tim O'Connor At One Of Her Solo Gigs Down A Cobbled West End Glasgow Street, 'Ashton Lane' - Part Of A New Wave Of Homegrown Modern Country Music Originating In The UK.

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