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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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Ronnie Earl

Ice Cream Man
Grateful Heart: Blues And Ballads 1996 via Bullseye Blues / Pgd
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose" Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Rosie Flores

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Working Girl's Guitar 2012 via Bloodshot Records
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Rosie Celebrated Number 72 A Few Days Ago
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Basin' Street Blues
Rough Guide to the Music of New Orleans 2012 via World Music Network
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Spencer Williams, 1928 - Dr. Michael White - Refers To The Main Street of Storyville, The Red Light District Of Early 20th-Century New Orleans

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9:40 am
Kalamazoo State Theatre: Ani DiFranco (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting Ani DiFranco!

Kalamazoo State Theatre welcomes singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and feminist icon Ani DiFranco on Thursday, October 13th. She has released more than 20 studio albums that have established her as one of the most influential and inspirational cult artists of our time.

Tickets for Ani DiFranco at Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, October 13th are on sale now at kazoostate dot com.

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Kim Simmonds

Last Train Has Gone
Struck By Lightning 2004 via Panache Records
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Founding Member and Captain Of Savoy Brown Since Its Inception, 1965
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Steeleye Span

Hares On The Mountain
Parcel Of Rogues 1984 via Shanachie
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Roud 329 - Rediscovered by Cecil Sharpe During The English Folk-Song Revival - Sharpe, An Archivist Gatherer Of Tunes From Rural England, And The Southern Appalachians Region Of The United States
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The Brother Brothers

Feelin' Good Again
Cover To Cover 2022 via Compass
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Natural Harmonies That Reflect A Timeless Sound And Spirit
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Tell Me Baby
Rough Guide To Bottleneck Blues 2016 via World Music Network
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King Soloman Hill, 1932 - One Of the Eight Known Recordings - Hill's Unique Guitar And Voice Combine To Create Some Of The Most Haunting Blues Ever Recorded

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9:20 am
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Brian Setzer Orchestra

That's the Kind of Sugar Papa Likes
Vavoom! 2000 via Interscope Records
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Online Suggestion - Big Thanks For The Fine Taste From Traditions!
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Bad News
A Tribute To John D Loudermilk 2017 via Vector
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Jimmy Hall - Paying Tribute To One Of Nashville's Most Prolific Songwriters

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No Woman, No Cry
Cover The World 2003 via Putumayo World Music
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Nenes, 1990 - Okinawan Quartet Reworking Bob Marley & The Wailers

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C'est Ainsi
The Rough Guide to the Music of France 2003 via World Music Network
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Dedale - French Folk Band - The Trio's Traditional Roots Are Clearly Visible

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9:00 am
Kalamazoo State Theatre: Ani DiFranco (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting Ani DiFranco!

Kalamazoo State Theatre welcomes singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and feminist icon Ani DiFranco on Thursday, October 13th. She has released more than 20 studio albums that have established her as one of the most influential and inspirational cult artists of our time.

Tickets for Ani DiFranco at Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, October 13th are on sale now at kazoostate dot com.

The Kalamazoo State Theatre...West Michigan's home with the stars!

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris

Are You Tired Of Me (Unreleased 1986)
The Complete Trio Collection (Deluxe) 2016 via Warner
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Undercover: The Carter Family, 1934 - Published By Louis Meyer In 1877 - Earliest Recording By Lester McFarland And Robert Gardner In 1926
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Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men

San Miguel
Prick Of The Litter 2017 via Hot Shot Records
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The Legend Among Texas Roots Music Aficionados - Honed His Craft Working In The Bar Band, The Straitjackets - Celebrating Number 82 In A Few Weeks
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Willi Carlisle

Este Mundo
Peculiar, Missouri 2022 via Free Dirt
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A Product Of The Punk To Folk Music Pipeline - Heavily-Influenced By Utah Phillips
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Laura Cantrell

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Trains And Boats And Planes 2008 via Matador
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Composer: Gordon Lightfoot, 1976 - The Sinking Of The SS Edmund Fitzgerald; Lake Superior November 10, 1975 - Lightfoot Considers This Song To Be His Finest Work
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Appalachia
Coal Country Music 2010 via Heartwood
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Diana Jones - Emerging Artist Of The Year 2006

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

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COMPILATIONS

Devil's Trail
This Is The Blues Harmonica, Vol. 2 2004 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight:Little Sammy Davis - A Veteran Harp Blower With A Small Discography Dating Back To 1952. Davis Learned His Way Around The Harmonica At Age Eight Exiting Mississippi, And Gigging His Way Throughout The Deep South For a Decade. The Paths Of Little Sammy And Earl Hooker Would Cross Briefly In The Early 1950's, Cutting Four Sides Before Parting Ways And Davis Leaving Music Behind For Forty-Years. Rediscovered In 1994, Davis Signed A Recording Contract With A Small Chicago Label; Recording His First Full-Length, Critically-Acclaimed Album. Little Sammy Davis Passed On In 2018.

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Hey Little Girl
This Is The Blues Harmonica 2001 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight: Little Sammy Davis - November 28, 1929 MS - February 16, 2018 NY

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Lee Ritenour

Waltz For Carmen
A Twist Of Rit 2015 via Concord
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The Jazz Root: Bill Evans, Tenor Saxophone...Alan Pasqua, Keyboards...Barnaby Finch, Bass...Paulinho DeCosta, Percussion...Lee Ritenour, Guitar...Assembling An Impressive Cast Of Talent Running Through A Collection Of Reworkings, Re-Energizing Older Compositions

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8:20 am
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The Byrds

I Am a Pilgrim
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 1968 via Sony
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Guest Fiddle: John Hartford - Gram Parsons Joins The Line-Up - Landmark Album - Blueprint For Parsons' And Hillman's The Flying Burrito Brothers
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Abe Partridge

Ride Willie Ride (Or Thoughts
Cotton Fields And Blood For Days 2018 via Skate Mountain
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Mobile, AL - Sounds Like A Prodigy Of Townes, Guy And Rodney
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True Life Blues
True Life Blues- The Songs Of Bill Monroe 1996 via Sugarhill
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Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick

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Hawks and Owls

Two Long Freight Trains
Farmer's Valuable Friends 2008 via CDBY
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West Michigan Music! - Traditional; Arranged By Bruce Ling

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Dirk Powell

The Bright Light of Day
When I Wait For You 2020 via Compass
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Oberlin, OH - One Of The World's Leading Experts On Traditional Appalachian Fiddle And Banjo Styles
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The A's

Swing And Turn Jubilee
Fruit 2022 via Psychic Hotline
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Roud 7403 - A Game Song From The Ritchie Family And Their Appalachian Community
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8:00 am
Kalamazoo State Theatre: Ani DiFranco (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting Ani DiFranco!

Kalamazoo State Theatre welcomes singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and feminist icon Ani DiFranco on Thursday, October 13th. She has released more than 20 studio albums that have established her as one of the most influential and inspirational cult artists of our time.

Tickets for Ani DiFranco at Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, October 13th are on sale now at kazoostate dot com.

The Kalamazoo State Theatre...West Michigan's home with the stars!