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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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Joseph Fire Crow

Into the Sun
Legend Of The Warrior 2003 via MAK
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Steve Earle

Open Your Window
Sidetracks 2002 via Artemis Records
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A Collection Of 'Sidetracks' That Steve Calls His Stray Songs; His Orphans

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VickiKristinaBarcelona

Tango Till They're Sore
Pawn Shop Radio 2020 via StorySound
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The Album CelebrateS The Singular World Of Tom Waits

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Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins

Humming Bird
The Memphis Barbecue Sessions 2002 via M.C.
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Mississippi Bluesman, Regional Hero - Contemporary Mississippi Blues Didn't Get Any Nastier Than In Big Jack's Capable Hands

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The Animals

Bright Lights, Big City
The Animals On Tour 1965 via MGM
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Undercover: Jimmy Reed, 1961 - Eric Burdon Joined The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo In 1962, Completing The Original Line-Up That Would See A Name Change To 'The Animals', Based On Their Wild Stage Antics A Year Later; A Difficult And Tumultuous Rockin' Blues Career That Took Them To The Lake Erie Shoreline, And Cleveland's Rock Hall Forty-Two Years Later

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Darrell Scott

With A Memory Like Mine
Live At the Station Inn 2017 via Full Light
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When It Comes To Harvesting A Wide Swath Of American Music, Few Are More Adept Than Darrell Scott: Assembling A Trio Of Tenacious Pickers In Matt Flinner, Bryn Davies And Shad Cobb

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Sir Charles Thompson

Benson Alley [#][Alternate Take]
Takin' Off 1992 via Delmark
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Recorded During A Late Night Session in 1959, The Once Dubbed "House Pianist Of 52nd Street", Was Instrumental In Bridging The Swing And Bebop Eras While Performing Alongside Luminaries Of Both Disciplines

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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

Rory Block

I Want to Go Home on the Morning Train
Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House 2008 via Stony Plain Music
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Tribute To The Legendary Delta Bluesman Eddie J. "Son" House Jr - Block's Highly Successful Mentor Series Would Continue With Superb Tributes To Robert Johnson, Rev Gary Davis, Bessie Smith, Bukka White, The Delta's Hard Luck Child Skip James, And Mississippi John Hurt - A Tribute To The "Father Of The Delta Blues", Charley Patton Is Currently Under Consideration

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The Dillards

Rainin' Here This Morning
Back Porch Bluegrass 1963 via Electra
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Founded By Doug And Rodney Dillard In Salem, MO - One Of The Leading Lights Of Progressive Bluegrass

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Butch Hancock

Pumpkineater
Eats Away The Night 1994 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Lubbock, TX - Founding Member Of The Flatlanders; One Of The Premier Texas Singer-Songwriters

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Quintet of The Hot Club Of France

Viper'e Dream
Djangologie 1937 1970 via Parlophone
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One Of The Earliest And Most Significant Continental Jazz Groups In Europe, Put Together By Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli In 1934; Remaining Active Until '48

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Clannad

Caislean Oir
Macalla 1985 via RCA
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Translation: Golden Castle -Founded By Three Siblings And Their Two Uncles During 1970 In County Donegal

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9:00 am

New Reformation Band

I Shall Not Be Moved
That Old Time Religion 1997 via NEw Reformation Band
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Forming In Saginaw During A Cold Winter In 1970, Seven Musicians Gathered In The Sanctuary Of The First Congregational Church In A Successful Attempt To Bring Jazz Into The Service

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Lori McKenna

Good Fight
The Balladeer 2020 via CN
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Street Date: July 24 - Three Of The Ten Tracks Were Written In Collaboration With Fellow Revered Songwriters Liz Rose And Hillary Lindsey, Who Together With McKenna Are Known As The Love Junkies

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The Melodians

Sweet Sensation
Rivers Of Babylon 1970 via Trojan
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Rocksteady Quartet Formed In The Greenwich Town Area Of Kingston In 1963, Keeping The Backbeat Steady For Fifty-Years

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The Band of Heathens

This I Know
The Band of Heathens 2008 via BOH Records
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Austin, TX - Produced By Ray Wylie Hubbard; Special Guests Include Patty Griffin And Gurf Morlix - The New Album "Stranger" Is Due In September

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Sheryl Crown And Citizen Cope

Lonely Town, Lonely Street
Lonely Town, Lonely Street 2020 via Crow's Nest
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Crow And Cope Honoring The Late R&B Icon, Bill Withers - Not Released As An Official Single, The Fan-Favorite Cut Served As The Opening Track On Withers' 1972 Release, Still Bill; His Only No. 1 LP, Charting At The Top Of The R&B & Hip-Hop Albums Chart.

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8:40 am
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Little Sam Davis

She's So Good to Me [1953]
Southern Blues Masters 2009 via Goldenlane
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A Bluesman Based In New York's Hudson Valley Whose Career Began In The 1940's, But Not Widely Known Until The Mid-90's. He Toured The Medicine Shows With Pinetop Perkins And Ike Turner; Spent A Decade With Earl Hooker, Including With The Short-Lived Band Of Hooker, Turner, Perkins And Albert King, Which Broke Up When Hooker And King, Two Titans Of Blues Guitar Came To Blows, Afterwards Davis Disappeared. Re-emerging In The 1990's, Davis Recorded Several Albums, Including Being Part Of Levon Helm's Midnight ramble Sessions. Off The Road In 2008 Due To Health Conditions, Little Sammy Davis Passed On Ten Years Later.

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Little Sam Davis

1958 Blues [1953]
Southern Blues Masters 2009 via Goldenlane
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November 28,1958 Mississippi - February 16, 2018 New York

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Charlie Roush Quartet

Blue Monk
Epistrophy (Live At Bimbo's Cafe 365 Club, San Francisco 1988 2003 via Landmark
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'820' Jazz Presents: Jeff Chambers, Bass...Jessica Williams, Piano...Ralph Penland, Drums...Charlie Roush, Tenor Saxophone - - - - Roush Was Monk's Horn Man For A Decade; His Excursions Into Hard-Bop Gave Jazz Its Leading Edge. This Morning's Selection Is "Blue Monk" Recorded During Charlies Final Performance At San Francisco's Bimbo Cafe In 1988; A Fitting Tribute Performance To The Thelonious Monk Quartet. Cancer Took Him Seven Months Later.

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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

Johnny Paycheck

A-11 [1965]
The Essential 2017 via Johnny Paycheck
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Achieved His Greatest Success As A Force In Country Music's Outlaw Movement

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The Steeldrivers

Mama Says No
Bad For You 2020 via Rounder
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A New Pick Into 'YCE

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Sarah Jarosz

Little Satchel
World On The Ground 2020 via Sarah Jarosz
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Fifth Release

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Daisy May

Big Mama Brown
Mother Moon 2007 via Earthwork
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Michigan Musings From May And Seth

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Bryan Sutton

The Water Is Wide
Ready To Go 2000 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Becky Bowman & Sonya Surret, Vocals - The Most Accomplished Acoustic Guitarist Of His Generation, An Innovator Who Bridges The Bluegrass Flatpicking Traditions With The Dynamic Roots Music Scene Of The 21st Century

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