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!
"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose" Traditions! Returns Next Week
From The Academy Of Deep Soul And No Ego - Finely Mixed American Folk And Blues, With Nods To Sixties Psychedelia
Founded In 1962 Singing A Capella In New York City's Subway Corridors - Reworking the Grateful Dead, 1970
Southern California's Sweet Soul Pioneers
WYCE and Grand Rapids Inc. present Performance Plus - the weekend of September 16th and 17th.
Performance Plus will present an evening of unsurpassed musical entertainment on Friday, September 16th at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center - featuring Grammy-nominated Paula Cole and critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. The show will be opened by Lucy Kaplansky. Doors open at 7PM.
The following day - Saturday, September 17th - a Master Class on song-writing hosted by Sophie and Lucy will take place at the Fine Arts Center beginning at 11AM.
Tickets and more information on Performance Plus can be found at festival gr dot org.
Merry Clayton, Phil Perry, Ricky Lawson - Tip Of the Hat to Lowell George - (Feats Don't Fail Me Now, 1974)
Latest Long-Player Is Harper's Seventh Release
The Album Revisits Pretty Much Verbatim The 1958 Release By The Everly Brothers, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Traditional, Composer Unknown - First Recorded By The Leighton Brothers In 1916 - The Definitive Rendering By Mississippi John Hurt, 1928
Undercover: Blind Blake, 1928
Hadda Brooks, 1947 - Now A Jazz Standard Written In 1931 - Brooks' Version Went Top Five On The R&B Charts In 1947
An American Standard - First Recording By Lucille Hegamin And Her Blue Flame Syncopators, 1923 - Cab Calloway And Bessie Smith Covered The Song The Same Year
Aubrey Ghent: Born Into A Legacy Of Famous Lap Steel Guitar Players - Grandfather Henry Nelson Was The Founder Of The Sacred Steel Rhythmic Style - Ghent Was A Front Man In Colonel Bruce Hampton's Band
King Nawahi's Hawaiians - Theme Music From The 1930 American Pre-Code Musical Western Film - Second All-Color, All-Talking Feature To Be Filmed Entirely Outdoors
The X Seaman's Institute - Traditional, Composer Unknown - Call And Answer Singing Style Sea Shanty Performed By A Quartet Devoted To Nautical And Maritime Music
Support today on WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe presenting Marcus King on Friday, September 23rd!
After playing guitar on one of his father's albums at age 11, King then blazed his own trail in what he calls "soul-influenced, psychedelic Southern rock." His 2020 album "El Dorado" received a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Special guest Neal Francis will open the show.
Tickets and more info including a full schedule for the venue are available at GLC Live at 20 monroe dot com.
Marcus King at GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Friday, September 23rd!
Milwaukee, MI - Founding Member Of The Influential Street Grass Group .357 String Band
Latest Album Into 'YCE
Asheville, NC 2007 - Lyrically Driven, The Band's Country Roots Music Inspires Introspection
British Folk Singer/Song Collector; Indelible Presence During The Second English Folk Revival, Perhaps The Greatest Living Embodiment Of The Musical Threads That Connect The Country With Its History
Blues Spotlight: Sammy Price - Began His Career As A Singer/Dancer In The 1920s, A Session Pianist For Decca A Decade Later, And Leading His Own Band, The Texas Bluesicians. Recording The Bulk Of His Extensive Catalog In Chicago And Detroit, Price Was A Steady Presence On New York City's 52nd Street Supporting The Jazz Greats Of That Era. An Activist In Civil Rights And On Behalf Of The Homeless, Samuel Price Passed On In 1992.
Blues Spotlight: Sammy Price: October 6. 1908 TX - April 14, 1992 NY
'820' Jazz Presents: Eddie Palmieri, Piano...Randy Brecker, Trumpet...Pedro Martinez, Percussion...Craig Handy, Clarinet...Conrad Herwig, Trombone - - - - Recorded Live At The Blue Note, Herwig And Crew Have Made A Mission Latinizing The Music Of Important Jazz Modernists. This Time Around Herbie Hancock Is Highlighted, The Music Coming From Two Periods In Hancock's Career: His 1960s Shuttling Between Davis' Second Great Quintet And His Own Blue Note Recordings, And His Ground-Breaking '70s Fusion Work With The Headhunters. The Herwig Septet Works The Music Around The Soloists; The Interplay Nothing Short Of Brilliant
Producers: Dave Cobb And T-Bone Burnett - Cover Of The Early 1960's Song By Then-Teenage Singer Nancy Baron - The Production Team Recorded On Analog Equipment, Utilizing Vintage Microphones And Recording Techniques As It Was Done In The 1950s
Recently Turning 91 - Kicking Off The '022 Tour In Late September At Nashville's Ryman Auditorium With Todd Snider
New Grass Revival - The Bluegrass Hall Of Farmers Grassin' Up A Rendering On Two Of Music's Greatest Songs From The Pen Of Bob Marley & Curtis Mayfield
Asheville, NC - A Rendering Of The Carter Family Release In 1941
Cincinnati, OH - Third Release On John Prine's Oh Boy Records
Elisha Shelton - Allegheny Mountains Balladeer - Broadside Ballad; Late 18th Century
Support today on WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe presenting Marcus King on Friday, September 23rd!
After playing guitar on one of his father's albums at age 11, King then blazed his own trail in what he calls "soul-influenced, psychedelic Southern rock." His 2020 album "El Dorado" received a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Special guest Neal Francis will open the show.
Tickets and more info including a full schedule for the venue are available at GLC Live at 20 monroe dot com.
Marcus King at GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Friday, September 23rd!
