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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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Peter Buffett

Hidden Heritage
Spirit 1999 via Hollywood Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Cas Haley

Crazy Good Woman
La Si Dah 2013 via Easy Star
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Paris, TX - Grew Up Immersed In Ska/Punk/Skateboard Culture - Haley's Reggae-Inflected Soul-Inspired Music Paints A Simplistic Mosaic Shining Brightly On An Ebb And Flow Career That's Been Both Full Of Challenges And Mightily Blessed - Catch Tunes From Haley's Latest Album "All the Right People" Here On 'YCE

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COMPILATIONS

Come on in My Kitchen
Dealin' With The Devil- Songs of Robert Johnson 2000 via Cannonball Records
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Josh White Jr. - The Son Of Blues Legend/Civil Rights Activist Josh White - Reinterpretation Of Robert Johnson's Unquestionable Masterpiece (1937)

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Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, & Jon Randall

Waxahachie
The Marfa Tapes 2021 via RCA Nashville
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The Second Collaboration From Three Highly-Respected Singer/Songwriters Heading To A West Texas Ranch In The Desert, Documenting Sprawling, Individual Travelogues Mostly Recorded In First Takes, Trading Lead Vocals, And Figuring Out Harmonies - Refreshing Album!

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9:40 am
WYCE @ Wealthy Theatre : KJ & The Good Time Family Band (click for more info)

WYCE @ Wealthy Theatre is back!

Community Media Center's virtual concert series is live from Wealthy Theatre, programmed by WYCE, streamed online, and on GRTV..

Coming up this Sunday it's KJ & The Good Time Family Band at 6pm!

More information is available at wyce dot org 

WYCE at Wealthy Theatre featuring KJ & The Good Time Family Band - this Sunday at 6pm. Sponsored by Vertigo Music! 


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Pops Staples

Glory, Glory
Father, Father 1994 via Virgin Records
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Online Suggestion This Morning - American Spiritual Published In 1926 - First Recorded By The Elders Sanctified Singers Two Years Later (Public Domain)

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The Cardinals

She Rocks [1952]
Golden Selection (Remastered) 2020 via Master Tape
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Sharing a Legacy With The'Orioles', The Cardinals Are Remembered As One Of The Best R&B/Doo-Wop Acts To Come Out Of Baltimore

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Woody Guthrie

So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh
Live at the Kennedy Center 2013 via Sony/Legacy
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The Del McCoury Band And Tim O'Brien Among The Faithful Paying Tribute To The Observance Of The One-Hundred Birthday Celebration For The Great Woody Guthrie

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Innov Gnawa

El Bouhala
Lila 2021 via Daptone
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NYC Based Group Of Moroccan Expatriots - Gnawa Music Is A Spiritual Tradition Rooted In Morocco's Ancient History - Gnawa Is Revered Throughout Morocco As Treasured Indigenous Soul Music

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9:20 am

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Cotton Tail [With the Ike Isaacs Trio]
Everybody's Boppin 1989 via Columbia
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Fine Vocal Acrobatics Reinterpreting The 1940 Composition By Duke Ellington

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Tony Joe White

Del Rio, You're Making Me Cry
Smoke From The Chimney 2021 via Easy Eye Sound
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The Midas Touch Of Dan Auerbach Brings To Life Previously An Unforeseen Treasure Trove Of Home Demo Recordings Tony Joe Left Behind, Capturing Tony Joe's Signature Style; A Living Testimony To One Of The Most Gifted Lyricists And Storytellers Music Has Ever Known - We Lost Tony Joe Three Years Ago

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COMPILATIONS

Shame On You
Deep Blues 1992 via Atlantic
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Jesse Mae Hemphill - One Of The Few Female Performers Of Country Blues - Performed In Local Fife And Drum Bands - Her Grandfather, Sid Hemphill, Was A Leading Musician And Bandleader Mainly In Mississippi; Hill Country Blues

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Scott H. Biram

Can't Stay Long
Fever Dreams 2020 via Bloodshot
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Joined By The Dirty Old One Man Band - New Music Into 'YCE

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The Seldom Scene

Stompin' at the Savoy
After Midnight 1981 via Sugar Hill Records
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Bethesda, MD 1971 - 1933 Jazz Standard Named After The Famed Harlem Nightspot, The Savoy Ballroom - Both The Benny Goodman And Chick Webb Versions Hit The Top Of The Hit Parade

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9:00 am

Cajun Roosters

Route 66
Double Shot 2008 via Whoopee
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Multi-Award Winning International Band, Boasting The Finest Cajun And Zydeco Musicians In Europe

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Debra Farris Band

Mustang Sally
Gotcha Covered 2006 via CDBY
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Undercover: Wilson Pickett

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Bowerbirds

The Party
becalmyounglovers 2021 via Psychic Hotline
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Raleigh, NC - Nine Years In The Making

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Aztec Two-Step

Highway Song
Highway Signs- The 25th Anniversary Concerts 1996 via 1-800 Prime CD
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Debut Album "Aztec Two-Step" 1972 - Rex Fowler And Neal Shulman Formed The Duo In 1971 After A Chance Meeting At Open Stage Night Courtesy Of A Boston Coffee House

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8:40 am
Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

Local Spins on WYCE is a 1-hour exploration of the best music from the Grand Rapids area and West Michigan. The program often debuts new songs by seasoned artists as well as emerging acts who merit attention and broader exposure.

The show is hosted by John "SINK-uh-vitch" from LocalSpins.com, the website covering West Michigan's music scene. Each week, John invites local artists into the studio for live music and conversation.

Tune in for "Local Spins on WYCE" every Friday at 11am. And browse every archived episode online at WYCE dot org

Lottie Kimbrough & The Pruitt Twins

Honey Blues [1924] Take 1
Kansas City Blues (1924-1929) 1992 via Document
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Lottie Kimbrough Enjoyed A Short Five-Year Recording Career Beginning In 1924. Nicknamed "The Kansas City Butterball", Miss Kimbrough Emerged As A Central Figure From The Musically Rich West Bottoms Area Of Kansas City, Sharing Her First Recording Sessions With Ma Rainey, The Pruitt Twins, And Papa Charlie Jackson; Reaching Her Greatest Level Of Sophistication And Creativity With Kansas City Label Owner Winston Holmes. This Short Stint Would Be Her Most Prolific Recording Period; By 1930 Lottie Kimbrough Had Disappeared From The Kansas City Music Scene - Whereabouts Unknown

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COMPILATIONS

Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues (1928)
Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes of Country Blues 2015 via World Music Network
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?/?/1900 MO - ?/?/?? ?

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Clark Terry and Max Roach

Makin' Whoopee
Friendship 2002 via Sony
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'820'Jazz Presents: Don Friedman, Piano...Marcus McLaurine, Bass...Max Roach, Drums...Clark Terry, Trumpet - - - - - - - Considering Their Long Parallel Careers, There Have Been Few Studio Encounters Between Clark Terry And Max Roach. They Were Fellow Sidemen To Mingus, Monk And Duke Ellington. Pioneers Of Bebop, Careers Spanning Seventy-Plus Years, Both Having A Lasting Influence On The Jazz Idiom. In 2002, These Elder Statesman Recorded 'Friendship", A Quartet Outing Of Fresh, Swinging Dialog

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8:20 am

Kim Lenz and The Jaguars

Deejay
Follow Me 2014 via Riley
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Arrived On The Scene In A Big Way During The Great Roots Revival Of The 90's

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Dick Curless

Juke Box Man
Doggin' It 1971 via Capitol
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Fort Fairfield, ME - Cemented His Rightful Place In Country Music History Singing Truckin' Songs

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Dick Burnett & Leonard Rutherford

Ladies On The Steamboat [1928]
Playing Old Time Music 2015 via Suncoast
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Mountain Shout: Well-Known String Band Duo In South Central Kentucky During The 1920's And '30's - Burnette Composed 'Man Of Constant Sorrow' In 1913

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Danny Burns

Trouble (Featuring Aubrie Sellers, Dan Tyminski, & Jerry Douglas)
Hurricane 2021 via Bonfire
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Irish-Born, Louisiana Based Tunesmith

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The Blackberry Bushes

Cotton Skies
Little Bit of Grace 2010 via Independent
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Sunday Morning Mitten Music

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Bill & The Belles

That'll Be Just Fine
Happy Again 2021 via Ditty Boom
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A Quartet Of Ramblin' Musicians Busking Across America And Finding Each Other In Johnson City, TN - Mining The Deep Musical Vein The Blue Ridge Mountains

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8:00 am