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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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Poncho Sanchez

El Tambor Del Mongo
Out Of Sight! 2003 via Jvc Victor
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose. Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Boz Scaggs

Down in Virginia
Out Of The Blues 2018 via Concord
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Undercover: Jimmy Reed (1958)

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The Real Sarahs

Man Who's Got Some Moves
Afternoon With The Dirty Birds 2017 via The Real Sarahs
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Ronny Elliott

Bluer Than You
Poisonville 2001 via Blue Heart Records
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Insurgent Singer/Songwriter In The Vein Of Clark And Van Zandt.

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9:40 am
WYCE @ Wealthy Theatre : Channing and Quinn (click for more info)

Coming up each Monday at 6PM it's WYCE @ Wealthy Theatre

Community Media Center has started a virtual concert series - live from Wealthy Theatre, programmed by WYCE, and streaming live on Facebook. .

This Monday tune in for live music from J Rob & Bedrock : The Foundation

The Grand Rapids Community Media Center will also take online donations with a portion of the proceeds going to the artists or a non-profit of their choosing

More information on this event is available at wyce dot org 

WYCE at Wealthy Theatre Concert Livestream featuring J Rob & Bedrock : The Foundationn - Monday at 6pm! 



JD McPherson

Precious
Let The good Times Roll 2015 via Rpunder
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Broken Arrow, OK - A Master Of The Retrosound Rooted In The Rock And Roll, Rockabilly, And Rhythm And Blues Music Of The 1950's

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Frazey Ford

Golden
U Kin B The Sun 2020 via Arts & Crafts
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Co-Founding Member Of The Be Good Tanyas

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Grand Marquis

Dinah
Hold Onto Me 2010 via Grand Marquis
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Kansas City, MO - First Introduced By Ethel Waters In 1926 - One Singer, Fannye Rose Shore Became So Identified With The Song That DJ Martin Block Called Her "Dinah Shore", Which Then Stuck As Her Stage Name For The Next 50 Years

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Djangophonique

Nuages
Jazz Du Jour [Live EP] 2020 via Independent
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Detroit, MI - Influenced By Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli

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9:20 am
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Markus James

O.M. Boogie
Snakeskin Violin 2008 via Firenze Records
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Heavily Inspired By The Traditional Sounds Of The Wassoulou And Sonrai Peoples Of Mali

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Young-Holt Trio

Wack Wack
Wack Wack 1966 via Brunswick
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Chicago, IL - Redd Holt And Eldee Young Departed The Ramsey Lewis Trio Soon After The Mega-Success Of "The In Crowd" - 'Wack Wack' Was a Modest Hit In 1966; Changing The Groups Name To Young-Holt Unlimited In 1968, 'Soulful Strut' Entered The Top Twenty, Sold A Million Copies And The Group Disbanded Six Years Later

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Doc Watson - Merle Watson

Greenville Trestle High
Riding The Midnight Train 1986 via Sugar Hill
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Sam Bush, Bela Fleck & Mark O'Connor Guesting - Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album, 1987 - Bittersweet: The Last Album Merle Recorded Before The Tragic Tractor Accident

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Kalama's Quartet

Sassy
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics: 1927-1938 1993 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Late 1920's And Into The Early 1930's, Kalama's Quartet Represented A Classic Hawaiian Sound With a Twist. The Quartet Pushed The Musical Boundaries Within The Genre, As They Experimented With Four-Part Vocal Harmonies And Two Acoustic Steel Guitars

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Fisk Jubilee Singers

Wade in the Water
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) 2020 via Curb
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Established In 1871 At Fisk University In Nashville - A Tradition That Has Carried On For 149 Years

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9:00 am

The Jacob's Ferry Stragglers

Beaumont Butler's Blues
The Lane Change 2014 via Red Caimen
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The Five Members Hail From Various Mountain Town In Western Pennsylvania

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Grace Pettis

Edge Of The World
Two Birds 2012 via Pettis Music
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The Eldest Daughter Of Pierce Pettis - A Must See On The South Austin Music Scene

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Taarka

My Angeline
Seed Gathering For A Winter Garden 2009 via Taarka Songs
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Husband/Wife Duo Of David And Enion Tiller Based Out Of Colorado

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Tim Grimm

Perfect Getaway
Heart Land Again 2019 via Tim Grimm
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Southern Indian Homespun

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8:40 am
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No matter where you are, you now have several ways to enjoy your favorite programmers, and a world of music on WYCE!

Driftin Slim

Jackson Blues
Single 1959 via E.M Records
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An Arkansas Bluesman Who Learned His Harp Playing with Both 'Sonny Boy' Williamson's, And Found A Degree Of Local Fame Later On The West Coast As A One-Man Band. He Formed A Band And Played Several Live Gigs On Local Radio Stations Before Making His Recording Debut On The Modern Label In 1951. A Move To Los Angeles Provided Slim The Playing Ground for His One Man Act, Remaining A Popular Attraction Until His Passing In 1977.

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Driftin' Slim

Hoodoo Man Blues [1952]
Somebody Voodooed The Hoodoo Man 1999 via Document
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February 24, 1919 Arkansas - September 15,1977 California

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Hank Mobley Quintet

Thad's Blues
Jazz Message #2 1957 via Savoy
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'820' Jazz Presents: Doug Watkins, Bass...Art Taylor, Drums...Hank Jones, Piano...Lee Morgan, Trumpet...Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - - Co-Founder Of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers In The Early 1950's. Having The Messengers On One's Resume Was A Rite Of Passage In The Jazz World.

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8:20 am

Willie Nelson

Darkness on the Face of the Earth
Teatro 1998 via Island
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The Recording Sessions For The Album Were Held In An Old Movie Theater In Oxnard, California; Produced By Daniel Lanois - Several Of The Songs On The Album Were Written By Willie In The 1960's

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Hot Rize

Money To Burn
Take It Home 1990 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Classic Hot Rize

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Michael Cleveland

Old Time River Man
Tall Fiddler 2019 via Compass
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Bela Fleck And tim O'Brien Guesting

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Joel Mabus

Firelake
Firelake 1990 via Fossil
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GR Music!

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Dave Rawlings Machine

Sweet Tooth
A Friend Of A Friend 2009 via Acony Records
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Debut Album - Dave Plays A 1935 Epiphone Olympic, Scavenged From A Friends Guitar

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8:00 am