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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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Nduduzo Makhathini

Omnyama
In The Spirit Of Ntu 2022 via Blue Note
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Mannish Boys

Troubles
Wrapped Up And Ready 2014 via Delta Groove
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All-Star Veteran Members Of The West Coast Blues Scene Naming The Band After Muddy's Standard

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Waylon Jennings

America
Nashville Rebel 2006 via RCA
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Enjoy Your Independence Day Weekend

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John Doe

Destroying Angels
Fables in a Foreign Land 2022 via Fat Possum
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Debut Release Under The Moniker "The John Doe Trio" - Another Cool Long-Player From The Rockin' Roots Legend

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9:40 am

COMPILATIONS

I Hope It Rains at My Funeral
Real- The Tom T. Hall Project 1998 via Sire / London/Rhino
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Whiskeytown: Undercover: Tom T. Hall, 1971

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The Bluerunners

Au Festival
To the Country 1998 via Rounder / Pgd
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Lafayette, LA 1991 - Named After A Louisiana Swamp Fish

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Daniel McBrearty

Jitterbug Waltz
Clarinet Swing 2012 via Independent
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Reinterpretation Of The 1942 Composition By Fats Waller; Inspired By Some Piano Exercises That Waller's Son Maurice Had Been Practicing

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9:20 am

Madcat & Kane

You Got To Move
Up Against The Wall 1999 via Hit
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Ann Arbor, MI - Peter "Madcat" Ruth & Shari Kane - "Madcat" Is Appearing With Jordan Hamilton And Seth Bernard Today At The Smiling Acres Music Festival; Hitting The Stage At 5

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Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves

Dead and Gone (Hen Cackle)
Hurricane Clarice 2022 via Free Dirt
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Stringband Revolutionaries Continue The Spirited Old-Time Journey Paying Homage To Their Matriarchal Influences And Inspirations

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COMPILATIONS

Togo
The Makoche Masters 2005 via Makoche Records
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Andrew Vasquez

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La Bottine Souriante

Au rang d'aimer
Appellation d'Origine Controlee 2011 via Borealis
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Formed In 1976, The Group Specializes In Traditional French Canadian Folk Music

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9:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.

Robert Earl Keen

Fourth of July
Picnic 1997 via Arista
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Composer: Dave Alvin, 1986 - Celebrate America's Birthday With Family And Friends

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Mark Erelli

Hartfordtown 1944
Hope & Other Casualties 2006 via Signature Sounds
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Co-Founder Of Barnstar!; Heard Here On 'YCE

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Garrett Lebeau

Eyes On You
Rise To The Grind 2013 via Music Road
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Austin, TX

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Nicki Bluhm

Juniper Woodsmoke
Avondale Drive 2022 via Compass
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Michigan Appearance: 8/14 The Garden Theater Frankfort, MI

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8:40 am
Promo - Submit Music (click for more info)

Are you a Michigan musician or know of a few talented artists?

Submit an album to 88.1 FM WYCE for airplay consideration. 

View a how-to guide by visiting WYCE dot org and then click on the "Connect" tab to see the steps to add a local album to our WYCE music library!

COMPILATIONS

He May Be Your Man
Wild About That Thing- Ladies Sing the Blues 2003 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight: Edith Wilson - Among The First Group Of African-American Women Referred To As Vaudeville Or Cabaret Blues Singers That In The Early '20s Followed Mamie Smith Into The Recording Studios, Edith Wilson Entered Show Business At Louisville's Park Theater In 1919 Prior to Joining Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds Two Years Later For A Series Seventeen Records; Making Few Recordings In Subsequent Years Until She Made Her Comeback In The 1970s. Wilson Was A Recognized Actress, Winning Critical Mention In A Bogart/Bacall Film, And Active In Early Network Television Prior To Retiring In 1963. A Decade Later Eubie Blake And Little Brother Montgomery Coaxed Her Out Of Retirement To Join Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Synchopators. Edith Wilson's Last Appearance Was the Newport Jazz Festival In 1980; Passing On One Later After An Accomplished Sixty-Two Year Career. West Michigan Killer Blues Headstone Project Placed A Headstone On Edith Wilson's Unmarked Grave In 2020.

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COMPILATIONS

Mistreatin' Blues
Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues 1993 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight: Edith Wilson; September 2, 1896 KY - March 31, 1981 IL

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Cuba
Bop Lives! (Delmark 50th Anniversary Collection) 2003 via Delmark
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Cecil Payne - '820' Jazz Presents:John Ore, Bass...Eric Alexander, Tenor Saxophone...Harold Mabern, Piano...Marcus Belgrave, Trumpet...Joe Farnsworth, Drums...Cecil Payne, Baritone Saxophone - - - An Alumnus Of The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Leading His Own Groups After 1950, In The Hard-Bop Arena - Performed Into His Late 70s

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8:20 am

Myron Elkins & The Dying Breed

Leave Me Alone
Just Another Asshole With A Guitar 2020 via Kill Your Darlins
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GR Appearance: 7/5, Part Of The Tuesday Evening Music Club At Meijer Gardens; Last Gasp Collective Also Entertaining - Grew Up In Allegan County Listening to His Granddad's Vintage Country Collection

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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Americana
In Session 2015 via Mountain Home
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Steeped Down In 2021 After Forty Years As Leader Of "Quicksilver"

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Irene Kelley

Rattlesnake Rattler
Pennsylvania Coal 2014 via Patio Records
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Kelley Enlisted Some Very Heavy Nashville Talent For This Recording; A Tribute To Her coal Mining Grandfather

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Carrie Rodriguez

La Ultima Vez
Lola 2016 via Luz
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Austin, TX - A Passionate Performer Finding Beauty In The Cross-Pollination Of Diverse Traditions, With An An Ameri-Chicana Atttitude

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Vincent Neil Emerson

Durango
Vincent Neil Emerson 2021 via La Honda/Thirty Tigers
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One Of The Young Gun Torchbearers Of The Texas Songwriter Tradition - Producer: Rodney Crowell

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Dan Crary

Sweet Laree
Guitar 1991 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Re-Established Flatpicked Guitar As A Prominent Soloing Bluegrass Instrument

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8:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.