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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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Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Y Todavia La Quiero
Stay Good 2020 via Dorado
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Monsters Of Folk

The Right Place
Monsters Of Folk 2009 via Shangri-La
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Formed In 2004; Disbanding In 2010 - Jim James, Conor Oberst, M Ward, Mike Kogis & Will Johnson

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This Is The Kit

Jack-A-Roe
Day Of The Dead 2016 via Red Hot
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A Staple Of The Folk Rock Repertoire, Jack-A-Roe Is A Traditional Ballad Of Uncertain Origin, Probably British - Found Twice In England As "The Maid Of Chatham", Collected Seventeen Times In Scotland Under "Jack Monroe". American Broadsides Of The Song Date Back To 1830.

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Royal Southern Brotherhood

Left My Heart In Memphis
Royal Southern Brotherhood 2012 via Ruf Records
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New Orleans, LA - Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Yonrico Scott, Chalie Wooten

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9:40 am

Frank Bey

Never No More
All My Dues Are Paid 2020 via Nola Blue
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Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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Hiss Golden Messenger

Back to the River Again
Virgo Fool 2018 via Merge
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MC Taylor And Crew From Durham, NC

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Mickey Hart

Magnificent Sevens
Diga Rhythm Band 1976 via Shout Factory
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The Diga Rhythm Band Is A Percussion-Based Music Ensemble Led By Mickey Hart And Zakir Hussain; Originally Released On Vinyl In 1976. Recorded At Hart's Studio The Barn In Novato, California, The Ensemble Effectively Introduced Percussion-Driven, Globally Minded Grooves To An Entirely New Audience

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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

Washington Phillips

I've Got The Keys To The Kingdom [1929]
Washington Phillips And His Manzarene Dreams 2016 via Dust To Digital
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Texas Gospel And Blues Singer With Eighteen Late 1920's Recording To His Credit, Described As a Jack-Leg Preacher; Addressing Spontaneous Gatherings On The Street

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Loretta Lynn

Walking After Midnight
I Remember Patsy 1977 via MCA
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Vintage Vinyl Spin: Loretta's Twenty-Ninth Solo Studio Album, Recorded During Three Sessions In December 1976 at Bradley's Barn In Mount Juliet, Tennessee. With Producer Owen Bradley, Loretta Revisits the Music Of Her Good Friend, The Late Patsy Cline

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Erroll Garner

Latin Digs
Ready Take One 2016 via Octave/Legacy
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Jazz Legend!

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COMPILATIONS

Du Nord Au Sud
Cuisine Non-Stop (An Introduction To The French Nouvelle Generation) 2002 via Luaka Bop
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Compiled And Produced By David Byrne

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9:00 am

Coteau

Mardi Gras

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Before Beausoleil, There Was Coteau: One Common Thread, Michael Doucet

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Steve Goodman

The Auctioneer
Somebody Else's Troubles 1972 via Buddha
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Mentor To John Prine - Opening Act For Kris Kristofferson, Impressed With Steve's Talent Introduced Him To Paul Anka, Who Brought Him To New York to Record A Few Demos, Resulting In Goodman signing His First Record Contact For Buddha Records

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Salamander Crossing

Shotgun Down The Avalanche
Henry St. 2000 via Gear Music
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Reworking Shawn Colvin - Deriving Their Name From A Pair Of Tunnels In Amherst, Massachusetts That Salamanders Use In Order To Cross The Road To Mate In Their Vernal Ponds

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8:40 am

Tommy McClennan

Deep Blue Sea Blues
Tommy McClennan: 1932-1942 1997 via RCA
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One Of America's Most Successful Down-Home Blues Recording Artists, Recording 20 Singles For Lester Melrose's Bluebird Label,1932-1942. One Of The Most Ferocious Blues Singers To Get Near A Microphone, McClennan Unleashed His Gruff, Unbridled Blues In The Studio, Sometimes Further Energizing The Recordings With Lively Comments Urging Himself On. The Last Time Honeyboy Edwards Saw Him, McClennan Was Drinking Heavily And Living In A Hobo Jungle. Tommy McClennan Passed On In 1961.

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Tommy McClennan

Travelin' Highway Man
Tommy McClennan: 1932-1942 1997 via Bluebird
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January 4, 1905 MS - May 9, 1961 IL

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The Tom Tallitch Quintet

Medicine Man
Medicine Man 2008 via Tallitch Tunes
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'820' Jazz : A Mainstay In Philadelphia Jazz Clubs, Tom Tallitsch Expands From His Usual Duo Setting To A Quintet Configuration, Conjuring Up The Vibe Reminiscent Of Gary Burton's Groups Of The 1970's. This Morning's '820' Jazz Presentation Is "Medicine Man," Title Track From The First Outing As A Quintet, Released In 2008. - - - - - Tony Miceli, Vibraphone...Victor Baker, Guitar..Paul Gehman, Bass...Don Monaghan, Drums...Tom Tallitsch, Tenor Saxophone

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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

COMPILATIONS

Toast That Lie - The Western Elstons
Too Late To Pray_Defiant Chicago Roots 2019 via Bloodshot Records
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One Of Chicago's Best Kept Secrets

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COMPILATIONS

Teardrops in My Eyes
Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways 2002 via Smithsonian Folkways
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The Friendly City Playboys : This Mornings Vintage Pick

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Full Cord

Leadfoot
Choreomania 2019 via Independent
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GR Pickin'!

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Black Twig Pickers

Warming By the Devil's Fire
Rough Carpenters 2013 via Black Twig Music
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Quartet Of Appalachian Musicians Hailing From Greenbrier, West Virginia

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The Dead South

Broken Cowboy
Sugar & Joy 2019 via Six Shooter
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Quartet Of Canadian Pickers Based In Saskatchewan

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Emmylou Harris

Old Five and Dimers Like Me
All I Intended to Be 2008 via Nonesuch
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Undercover: Billy Joe Shaver

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8:00 am