Arturo O'Farrill
No Way OffRisa Negra 2010 via Zoho Music
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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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week
Featuring Johnny Cash - Highly Acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Revisits Dylan's Pivotal Musical Journeys To Nashville, From 1967 To 1969, Focusing On Previously Unavailable Recordings Made With Johnny Cash And Unreleased Tracks From The John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, And Self Portrait Sessions
Fresh Into 'YCE
Multi-Award Winning Canadian-Born New Zealand Singer-Songwriter
With The Don Costa Orchestra Taking Simon & Garfunkel Undercover
Founded 2002
Sixth Studio Album By The Northern Irish Hall Of Famer (1993) - Morrison's Band Was Constantly Changing At The Time Of Recordings Over Several Sessions Beginning During The Autumn Of 1971. 'St. Dominic's Preview" Charted In The Top Twenty For Morrison, Remaining His Best Ever U.S. Charting Album For Forty-Eight Years Until 2008's 'Keep It Simple' Cracked The Top Ten
Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
One Of The Rare Songs Written By Troy, Coming Two Years After Her Mega Top Ten Hit "Just One Look" - Five Years Later In 1970 The Beatles Signed Her To Apple Records, And Three Short Years After That Received A Phone Call From Roger Waters Asking Her To Be One-Quarter Of The Four Female Backup Singers On "Dark Side Of The Moon"
First Collaboration Between Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson With Studio Band 'The Tennessee Valentines' Which Includes Dominic Davis And Fats Kaplin
Algiers, LA - The Classic Period Of Blues Recording In The 20's Was The Era Of The Blues Diva. Memphis Minnie Shattered That Mould As A Guitarist, Singer And Songwriter As Steeped In Country Blues As Any Delta Songster And When She Moved To Chicago In 1930, She Made A Telling Contribution To The Blues' Urban Transformation.
A Leader Of One Of The So-called "Sweet" Bands Of The Big Band Era, Sammy Kaye Released A Large Number Of Records On Five Major Labels. Began Building His Reputation While A Student At Ohio University, Then Became On Radio In Cincinnati, Moving On To Pittsburgh And Eventually a National Staple; His Radio Show 'Sunday Serenade' A Major Hit During The 40's And 50's. Pop Hits Followed, A Few Adapted For The Broadway Stage.
A Seminal Figure In The Formative Years Of Modern African-American Gospel Music
A Freshwater Scottish Lake Which Crosses The Highland Boundary Fault. Considered The Boundary Between The Lowlands Of Central Scotland And the Highlands
Founding The Bands Name On The Johnny Cash Nugget 'The Wreck Of The Old 97', The Texas Roots-Rockers Are Only A Handful Of Bands In History Who Can Claim To Have An Intact, Unchanged Line-Up As They Approach Twenty-Five Years Together; Earning The Respect And Veneration As One Of The Pioneers Of The Alt-Country Movement
All Proceeds From The Project Will Benefit MusiCares, An Outfit Run By The Grammy Foundation That Offers Critical Assistance To Musicians In Times Of Crisis And Needs
These Eight Cats Know Their Craft And Have Some Heavy Credentials From The "Michigan Rock" Era - Bob Schultz Was The Organist In The Bob Seger System...Remember That Cool Organ Riff In "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"?
The First Nations Legendary Oscar Winning Singer-Songwriter Musician, Visual Artist, Educator, Pacifist, And Social Activist Has Entered Her Eighth Decade Of An Amazing Life, So Far
Swift Current, Saskatchewan - Wall Turning Twenty-Five Yesterday -
Are you a Michigan musician or know of a few talented artists?
Rollee McGill Played Rousing Saxophone On The Silhouettes Early Sessions, Most Notably 'Get A Job'. Rollee And The Rhythm Rockers Had A Major Hit In 1955. A Seriously Overlooked Rhythm And Blues Artist, McGill Moved His Base To Philadelphia Recording For Several Labels During The Mid-1950's. Considered A Popular Regional Artist, Rollee McGill Continued That Part Of His Career For A Decade, Passing On in 2000
Blues Spotlight: December 29, 1931 South Carolina - October 11, 2000 Pennsylvania
'820' Jazz Presents: Jimmy Woode, Bass...Vic Dickerson, Trombone, Roy Eldridge, Trumpet...Billy Strayhorn, Piano..Sam Woodyard, Drums...Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone...Johnny Hodges...Alto Saxophone - - - - - - - Hodges Of Course Is Considered One Of The Definitive Alto Saxophone Players Of The Big Band Era, Well-Known For His Solo Work With Duke Ellington's Big Band. 'Reeling And Rocking' Is From "Blues-A-Plenty", A 1958 Release By The Johnny Hodges Septet. For The Session, Hodges Assembles What Many Consider The Ultimate Small Group, All Masters Of Their Instrument.
Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Will Kimbrough Producing The Sheridan, WY Quartet
A Superb Album By Two Of The All-Time Great Bluegrass Fiddlers With A Mighty Fine Pickin' Session About The Three-Dice Carnival Game 'Chuck-A-Luck
Founded By Lester Flatt In 1969 After The End Of His Partnership With Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys
The Maddox Family Hailed From Alabama, But Rode The Rails And Hitch-Hiked To California During The Great Depression. The Four Siblings Developed Their Musical Ability, And By 1937 Set the Groundwork For A Meteoric And Influential Career. Their Rough And Rowdy Blend Of Hillbilly, Western-Swing And Medicine Show Hokum Was A Powerful Spark Of Inspiration To The First Wave Of Rockabillies And Rock 'N' Rollers - the Maddox Bros & Rose Were Rock Stars Before There Was Such A Thing.
Traditional Gospel Blues Song Alluding To The Parable Of The Ten Virgins (Matthew) - Blind Willie Johnson, 1928; Rev. Gary Davis, 1956; Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1959
A Traditional American Cowboy Song, Collected And Published In 1927 By Carl Sandburg In His 'American Songbag'. Sandburg Found The Song Through Western Poets Margaret Larkin And Linn Riggs.