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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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John Scofield

Carlos
Steady Groovin' 2000 via Blue Note Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Cubs

Why Did You Make Me Cry? [1956]
Stompin' At The Savoy: The Original Indie Label, 1944-1961 2010 via Slg
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Four Teenagers From Brooklyn Signed To Savoy Records, 1956

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The Bellfuries

Just Remembering
Workingman's Bellfuries 2015 via Histyle
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Austin, TX - A Handful Of Cover Songs Learned From Webb Pierce, Dion, And Sam Cooke; This Band Draws Upon A Deep Well Of Musical Styles Telling Much About Their Listening Habits And Inspiration

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Luke Winslow-King

Traveling Myself
Everlasting Arms 2014 via Bloodshot
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Cadillac, MI - On His Maternal Side, Winslow-King's Family Come From The Winslow Descendants Of The Mayflower

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9:40 am

Paul Cebar

I Can't Dance for You
Upstroke For The Downfolk 1996 via Don't Records
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With Long Time Band The Milwaukeans

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Eddie Jefferson

Oh Gee
Body And Soul 1989 via Ojc
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Innovator Of Vocalese Out Of Pittsburgh - Shot And Killed At Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit 1979

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Junior Wells

Mystery Train
Come On In This House 1996 via Telarc
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One Of The True Pioneers Of Amplified Blues Harp, Reworking The Blues Standard Written And Recorded By Junior Parker In 1953, Later Becoming A Rockabilly Song First Covered By Elvis

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9:20 am

The James Hunter Six

Something's Calling
Hold On! 2016 via Daptone
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British R&B Musician - The Latest Album Is Heard Here On 'YCE

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Paul Burch

Marisol
Light Sensitive 2020 via Plow Boy
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Fourteen Releases Since 1996

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(REQUESTED)

Jackie DeShannon

Needles And Pins
Single 1963 via EMI
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Written By Jack Nitzsche And Salvatore Bono - DeShannon Was The First Put The Song To Vinyl, Followed A Year Later By Merseybeat Group The Searchers; Taking The Song To The Top Of The Charts.

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Aine Minogue

Si Do Mhameo l (She Is Your Granny)
Circle Of The Sun 1998 via RCA
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Celtic Harpist Living In Boston The Past Twenty-Years. The Album Is A Musical Journey Through The Seasons With A Focus On The Four Celtic Calendar Festivals

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Texas Gladden

The Devil And the Farmer's Wife [1941]
Portraits: Texas Gladden - The Alan Lomax Collection 2001 via Smithsonian
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Appalachian Ballad Singer Recorded By Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax During The Early 1940's

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9:00 am
WYCE Pitch - Spring 2020 (click for more info)

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Regular community members just like you volunteer their time to play an eclectic blend of underrepresented artists that you won't hear anywhere on commercial radio. 

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Faces

Memphis
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse 1971 via Warner
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Composer: Chuck Berry, 1959 - The Most Successful Album In Faces Swaggering, Bluesy-Rock Canon

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Chicago Farmer

New Used Car
Midwest Side Stories 2016 via Independent
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A Collection Of Ten American Tales From The Independently Release Seventh Album By Bloomington's Cody Diekhoff, Otherwise Known As Chicago Farmer. The New One, "Flyover Country" Which Diekhoff Designates As His 'Golden Child' Is Heard Here On 'YCE

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The Good Luck Thrift Store

My Loves
Old Excuses 2012 via Heckabad
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Forming In Oakdale, CA In 2004 - A Sextet Of Rough-Hewn, Yet Driftwood-Smooth Roots Musicians - Six Of The Best Singer/Songwriters Around

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Sandy Denny

Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Sandy 1972 via Island
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The Pre-Eminent British Folk-Rock Singer Taking Dylan Undercover - After A Brief Stint With The Strawbs, Denny Joined Fairport Convention In 1968 Following The Departure Of Founding Singer Judy Dyble - During Her Time Denny Encouraged The Band To Explore The Traditional British Folk Repertoire - Sandy Denny Is Regarded As A key Figure In The Development Of British Folk Rock

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8:40 am

Memphis Willie B

Mailman Blues
Introducing Memphis Willie B 1994 via Fantasy
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Known For His Work With Jack Kelly's Jug Busters And The Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Willie B Played Around Deep South Circuit With Robert Johnson, Garfield Akers And Sonny Boy The Second. After Discharge From The Service Gigs Were Hard To Come By For A Musician; Willie B Not Return To Performing For Twenty-One Years, Returned For A Few Years In The Mid-60's And Abruptly Stopped Playing Again. Memphis Willie B. Passed On In 1993.

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Memphis Willie B

Highway 61
Introducing Memphis Willie B 1994 via Fantasy
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Blues Spotlight: November 4, 1911 TN - October 5, 1993 TN

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Mary Lou Williams And Brian Torff

A Grand Night For Swinging
Live At The Cookery 1975 via Chiaroscuro
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8:20 am

Nora Jane Struthers

The Turnpike
Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words 2020 via Blue Pig
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With Old Friends "The Party Line"

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Buck Owens & The Buckaroos

Close Up The Honky Tonks (Live)
When Buck Came Back! Live In San Francisco 1989 2015 via MCA
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Wynn Stewart Pioneered The Bakersfield Sound - The Buckarros & The Strangers Defined And Presented It; The First Genre Of Country Music To Be Significantly Influenced By Rock And Roll.

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Western Centuries

Double Or Nothing
Weight of the World 2016 via Free Dirt
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2016 Project For Cahalen Morrison, Ethan Lawton, and Jim Miller - Morrison From The Seattle Roots Duo With Eli West, Lawton, One Of Zoe Muth's High Rollers And Jim Miller, Founding Member Of Donna The Buffalo - A Band's Band

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April Verch

Parker Brown-Possum Run
That's How We Run 2011 via CDBY
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Three-Time Canadian Masters Fiddle Champion - April Is Also A Regular Teaching At Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camps

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The Chenille Sisters

I'd Be Lost Without You
True To Life 1994 via Red House
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The Trio Formed Thirty-Five Years Ago In Ann Arbor, MI

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8:00 am
WYCE Pitch - Spring 2020 (click for more info)

You may have noticed that WYCE sounds different than every other radio station on the dial. That's because we are non-commercial radio "by the people, for the people." 

Regular community members just like you volunteer their time to play an eclectic blend of underrepresented artists that you won't hear anywhere on commercial radio. 

You listen because you love music exploration, but we can't do this without your support. 

Help keep community radio alive and thriving by making your contribution online today at WYCE dot org