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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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Bobby Streng

Adam's Funk
Getting Housed, Live 2012 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Barry Sisters

Chiribim Chiribom
Shalom 1961 via Roulette
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Very Popular American Yiddish And Jazz Entertainers On Radio, The Stage, And Early Television From The 1940s To The Early 1970s

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Ry Cooder

Shrinking Man
The Prodigal Son 2018 via Fantasy/Concord
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Cooder Returns To Familiar Grounds Of His The Gospel-Infused Spirit Of The Early Days

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Junkyard Saints

Big Wig (Hair Hoppin' Baby)
Jes Like Your Mama Told You 2001 via Independent
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Baltimore's Jumpin'-Jivin' Septet Of Swingin' Jesters - This Guys Rock The House!

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(REQUESTED)

Loretta Lynn

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Full Circle 2016 via Sony
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Self-Penned Song Appearing On Loretta's Forty-Third Solo Studio Long-Player; 40th To Reach The Top Ten - Elvis Costello And Willie Nelson Making Guests Appearances

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9:40 am
Listening Room - AJ Lee & Blue Summit (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Listening Room: An intimate 200-seat venue located at Studio Park in Downtown Grand Rapids.  

On Tuesday, July 12th Listening Room welcomes AJ Lee & Blue Summit at 7:30PM.   

Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, AJ Lee & Blue Summit uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music. 

Tickets and details for AJ Lee & Blue Summit on Tuesday July 12th are available at Listening Room G-R dot com or by visiting the cinema box office inside Studio Park. 

Listening Room is located on the second floor of Studio Park at 123 Ionia Ave South West

Justin Johnson

Baby, Please Don't Go
Drivin' It Down 2017 via Independent
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One Of The Most Played, Arranged, And Rearranged Pieces In Blues History - Big Joe Williams To Record The Bluer Nugget In 1935

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COMPILATIONS

Velvet Guitar
Por Vida- A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo 2004 via Or. Music
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Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra - Alejandro Passes Thru the Mitten For Two Shows In October; 10/22 At The Acorn Theater Three Oaks (MI), And 10/23 At The Ark In Ann Arbor

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River Kittens

Atlantic City
Single 2021 via Create
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St. Louis Based Duo Of Allie Vogler And Mattie Schell: G Love & Special Sauce Lending A Hand On Springsteen's Classic

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Willie Nelson

Tower Of Song
A Beautiful Time 2022 via LEGACY
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Seventy-Second Solo Studio Long-Player Released In April On His 89th Birthday - Willie Covering Leonard Cohen

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9:20 am

Marguerite Mariama

Wild Women Never Get the Blues
Wild Women Never Get the Blues... Well, Not Anymore! 2006 via Powerlight Media
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The 1924 Ida Cox Classic; Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders On The '24 Recording As Well

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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

The Girl From Ipanema
South Of The Border 1964 via A&M
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Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1962 - Grammy For Record Of The Year In 1965 Recorded By Stan Getz And Astrud Gilberto Peaking At Number 5 On the Billboard Hot 100

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Simo Lagnawi

Hiriza Foulan
The Gnawa Berber 2014 via World Music Network
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Considered To Be The Leading Exponent Of Gnawa Music - Gnawa Music: Morocco's Folkish Genre, With Roots In Ancient African Tradition; Originating From The Gnawa Ethnic Group, Who Were Brought To Morocco From Sub-Saharan Africa Beginning Around The 11th Century

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CrossBow

Donogh and Mikes First - Windbro
Crossbow 2016 via Independent
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GR Appearance: 7/12 Tuesday Evening Music Club, Meijer Gardens Amphitheater

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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.

Luther Wright & the Wrongs

It's Mighty Dark to Travel
Guitar Pickin' Martyrs 2003 via Back Porch
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Composer: Bill Monroe - Monroe Cut This One Several Times During His Career, The First In 1947 That Featured The Classic 'Grass Lineup Of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise And Howard Watts

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6 String Drag

Be Like You
Top Of The World 2018 via Schoolkids Records
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Raleigh, NC - Lead By Kenny Robey And Discovered By Steve Earle

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Mark Keeley's Good Rockin' Tonight

Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
Have You Heard The News 2011 via GRT
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Introduced In The Broadway Revue Thumbs Up! In 1934 - Major Top 20 Soul Hit For The Trammps In 1972

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Camp Cope

Caroline
Running With The Hurricane 2022 via Run For Cover
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Latest Album By the Australian Trio

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(REQUESTED)

Red Tail Ring

Katy Came Breezing
The Heart's Swift Foot 2013 via Independent
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Kalamazoo, MI - Online Suggestion - Thx For Listening To 'YCE, And Being A Part Of Traditions!

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8:40 am

Little Joe Blue

Dirty Work Goin' On
Dirty Work Goin' On 2005 via Checker
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Blues Spotlight: Relocated To Detroit From Louisiana In 1951 To Work The Automotive Industry Prior to Being Drafted In the Army. Returning To Detroit After His Discharge, Little Joe Blue Formed The Midnighters And Moved The Band To Los Angeles Where Recording Contracts Awaited Them From Three R&B Labels, Producing Several Top Forty Singles For Checkers Record Label. Taking Part in the American Blues Legends Tour Of Europe In The Mid-1970's, Little Joe Blue Found Himself A Fan Favorite On The European Stages. Joseph "Little Joe Blue" Vallery, Jr. Passed On In 1990

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COMPILATIONS

Standing on the Threshold
The Jewel-Paula Records Story- Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Soul Recordings 1993 via Jewel-Paula Records
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Blues Spotlight: Joesph "Little Joe Blue" Valery. Jr. September 23, 1934 MS - April 22. 1990 NV

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Dave Brubeck

St. Louis Blues
Their Last Time Out 2011 via Sony
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'820' Jazz Presents: Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone...Eugene Wright, Double Bass...Joe Morello, Drums...Dave Brubeck, Piano - - - - - - - Recorded In December 1967, The Tapes Would Sit On a Shelf In Brubeck's Closet For Forty-Four Years, Seeing the Light Of Day 2011. Jazz Was In A State Of Transiiton In 1967 - We Lost Coltrane, Miles Was Moving Into Fusion, And Each Member Of The Brubeck Quartet Were Taking On Leadership Roles. Brubeck Announced Late 1966 That The Following Year Would Be The Last, Celebrating With A World-Wide Tour. December 26, 1967 Their Last Time Out Came to Conclusion In Philadelhia

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8:20 am

Mike And The Moonpies

Growing Pains
One to Grow On 2021 via Prairie Rose
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Swingin' Numbers On The Band's Eight Release

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The Whitmore Sisters

Ricky
Ghost Stories 2022 via Red House/Compass
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In Town With Steve Earl & The Dukes Wednesday (7/13), Performing On Listening Lawn

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COMPILATIONS

It's All My Fault
Bluegrass All Stars- Sixteen Grand Slams from Sugar Hill 2004 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Terry Baucom: Nicknamed "The Duke Of Drive" For His Propelling Banjo Style - Founding Member Of Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver, And IIIrd Tyme Out

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Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

My Sweetie Went Away
Contraband Love 2017 via Red House Records
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Larry Produced Their Second Release; Together On And Off Stage For Thirty-Three Years

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COMPILATIONS

Zebra Dun
Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways 2015 via smithsonian folkways records
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Joan O'Bryant: Folklorist/Singer With A Splendid Reading Of The Traditional American Cowboy Song Dating To 1890 - First Recorded By The Singing Cowboy, Jules Allen In 1928

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COMPILATIONS

Pretty Saro
Dark Holler- Old Love Songs and Ballads 2005 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Cas Wallin: Master Of The Centuries-Old Art Of British-Descended Balladry In The Appalachian Mountains - Member Of The Wallin Family, Traditional Ballad Singers From Madison County, NC; Rooted In "Old World" Ballads Traceable To The British Isles

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Radim Zenkl

Mysterious Mushroom Hunter
Strings & Wings 1996 via Shanachie
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Mandolin Player And Composer From the Czech Republic - Member Of The Modern Mandolin Quartet, Hear Here On 'YCE

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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.