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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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Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz

Chimes Blues
Saturday Night Function 2001 via Delmark
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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COMPILATIONS

Golden Gate Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train
Goodbye Babylon 2003 via Dust-to-Digital
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Founded As The Golden Gate Jubilee Singers In 1934; Remaining Active To This Day

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Tracy Nelson

Yonder Come The Blues
Life Don't Miss Nobody 2023 via BMG
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First Release In a Decade For the 78 Year-Old Blueswoman - The Powerful And Expressive Singer Isn't Afraid To Show Wrinkles - Excellent Album

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Max Lockwood

Nothing To Fight
Diamonds 2023 via Independent
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GR Music - Relax At Rosa 8/3

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Arlen Roth & Jerry Jemmott

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Super Soul Session! 2023 via Blue Heart
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Undercover: Danny O'Keefe - Wrote It In 1967 But Not Released; Re-Recorded The Song With A Slower Tempo In 1971 - Top 10 Across Several Charts

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9:40 am
Listening Lawn 2023 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Listening Lawn: Outdoor performances at Studio Park in Downtown Grand Rapids.

 

Celebrate the Summer with live acts in the piazza featuring Indigo Girls, Tank & the Bangas, Steep Canyon Rangers, Soccer Mommy, and more!

Listening Lawn performances take place on the Studio Park Outdoor Piazza Rain or Shine

 

Tickets and details for the Listening Lawn series at The Midtown G-R dot com or at the cinema box office inside Studio Park. 

Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

Stars and Stripes Forever
Fathom This- A Retrospective 1999 via Whaling City Sound
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Have A Happy 4th!

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Nanci Griffith

If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) 1998 via Elektra / Wea
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Revisiting The Weavers; Pete Seeger And Lee Hayes Wrote It In 1949 - We Lost Nanci Two Years Ago August At The Age Of 68

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COMPILATIONS

This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthie
American Roots Music- HIGHLIGHTS 2001 via Palm Pictures (Audio
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One Of America's Most Famous Folk Songs,1940 - Added To The National Recording Registry Sixty Two Years Later (2002)

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Van Morrison

Almost Independence Day
Saint Dominic's Preview 1972 via Polydor / Pgd
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Spin From The Vinyl Vault - Morrison Inspired To Write the Song Looking Out Over San Francisco Bay And Watching The Preparation Of Festivities For The 4th Of July

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9:20 am
Fans of Valley Field-Nathan Walton (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from - Fans of Valley Field... a nonprofit group working with the City of Grand Rapids to activate and renovate Sullivan field... formerly known as Valley Field. 

The next show in the Ballpark Series from Fans of Valley Field is Nathan Walton and the Remedy with special guest, Y-Not on July 7. 

Gates open at 5:30pm. The show begins at 6pm and features full bar service and food on-site.

All proceeds support the restoration and activation of Sullivan (formerly Valley) Field!

Tickets Nathan Walton and the Remedy are available at fansofvalleyfield dot o-r-g.

Harry James & His Orchestra

Walkin'
Verve: Jazz Masters '55 1996 via Verve
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Recording This Version Fives Years After The Miles Davis All Star Sextet - James Is A Major Figure Of The Swing Era Whose Urgent Trumpet Playing Was A Driving Force In Benny Goodman's Orchestra

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Julie Kelly

Don't Be That Way
Into The Light 2000 via Chase Music
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Composer: Benny Goodman, 1935

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Sharon Burch

Corn Song
Touch The Sweet Earth 1995 via Canyon Records
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Founding Advisor Of First Nations Composer Initiative Joined by Mescalero Apache Medicine Man A. Paul Ortega Recording A Collection Of Music Comprised From The Navajo Traditions Of New Mexico

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The Red Sea Pedestrians

Bismarck's Waltz
Adrift 2010 via Independent

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COMPILATIONS

Salih - Gambos Ya Omar (MALYASIA - SINGAPORE)
Longing For The Past - The 78 RPM Era in Southeast Asia 2013 via Dust-to-Digital
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Remastered From 78 RPM Recordings Sung In Eight Southeast Asia Languages - Fascinating Collection!

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9:00 am
OUTBACK PRESENTS: An Evening with The Avett Brothers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from "Outback Presents" presenting "An Evening with The Avett Brothers," on Friday, August 11, at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo.

Tickets for three-time GRAMMY Award nominees are available at etix dot com.

Boris Garcia

She Said To Me
It's Time For Tea 2023 via Independent
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Progressive 'Grassers Beginning As A Recording Unit In The Early Days Evolving Into Must-See Performing Ensemble Over The Last Seventeen Years

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John Hammond

Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
At The Crossroads- The Blues Of Robert Johnson 2003 via Vanguard Records
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A Tip Of The Fedora To The Enigmatic Robert Johnson (1937)

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Phil Ochs

The Highwayman
I Ain't Marching Anymore 1965 via Hannibal
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Highly-Influential Songwriter - A Moving Component Of The Greenwich Village Folk Music Scene During The Early 1960's, Emerging As An Unpolished But Passionate Vocalist Composing Songs Of Topical Importance - Self Described As A Singing Journalist

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8:40 am

Muddy Waters

Sad, Sad Day
The London Muddy Waters Sessions 1972 via Chess
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Blues Plate Special: April 4, 1913 MS - April 30, 1983 IL - Muddy Waters Was Born In Mississippi. Musicologist Alan Lomax Brought Him To Chicago In 1942, And To Attention Of The Leonard Chess Who Put Muddy To Work In His Numerous Clubs. It Was Here Water's Set About Recruiting The Players That Would Go On To Perform With Him And Record The Definitive Chicago Blues. The Hard-Driving Blues Made A Huge Impact On The R&B Charts, Took Them On Nationwide Tours, Recording A Seminal Live Album At Newport Folk In 1960. Muddy Water's Amazing Journey To The Status As Founding Father Of Chicago Blues Is Non-Debatable - A True Blues Legend

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Various/Unknown Artist

Con Alma
Columbia Jazz Masterpieces: Sampler Volume V 1988 via Columbia
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820 Jazz: Ray Bryant Trio - Columbia Recording Studios, NYC 1961 - Two Day Recording Session Over Two Months, Con Alma Is Soulful, Swinging And Reasonably Exploratory; Revisiting Seven Of The Nine Standards That Appear On The LP. The Title Track Is A Dizzy Gillespie Composition From 1954; We Visit The 'YCE Vinyl Vault For This Morning's Spin Of Con Alma - - - - - - - - Mickey Roker, Drums...Bill Lee, Bass...Ray Bryant, Piano

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8:20 am
Fans of Valley Field-Nathan Walton (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from - Fans of Valley Field... a nonprofit group working with the City of Grand Rapids to activate and renovate Sullivan field... formerly known as Valley Field. 

The next show in the Ballpark Series from Fans of Valley Field is Nathan Walton and the Remedy with special guest, Y-Not on July 7. 

Gates open at 5:30pm. The show begins at 6pm and features full bar service and food on-site.

All proceeds support the restoration and activation of Sullivan (formerly Valley) Field!

Tickets Nathan Walton and the Remedy are available at fansofvalleyfield dot o-r-g.

Rodney Rice

Rabbit Ears Motel
Rodney Rice 2023 via Moody Spring Music
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Third Release; First Long-Player Recorded In Nashville With A Stellar Gathering Of Elite Music City Session Musicians

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The Earls of Leicester

On My Mind
The Earls Of Leicester 2014 via Rounder
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The Band Continues An Ambitious Mission To Preserve And Promote The Legacy Of Bluegrass Legends Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs

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COMPILATIONS

Possum Holler Boys - Up Jumped the Devil
Fonotone Records - Frederick, Maryland (1956-1969) 2005 via Dust-to-Digital
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String-Band Trio From Minneapolis, 1964

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Sally Rogers

My Little Doney Gal-The Cuckoo
We'll Pass Them on 1995 via Red House
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HomeGrown! Here In The Mitten (Beulah, MI) - Storyteller/Educator, World-Renowned Musician

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COMPILATIONS

Railroad Bill
Prestige-Folklore Years, Vol. 1- All Kinds of Folks 1994 via Prestige/Folklore Records
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Ramblin' Jack Elliot - The Story Of Morris Slater, Late 19th Century Outlaw/Folk Hero - First Recording By Old-Time Fiddler Gid Tanner In 1924

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Brian Oberlin & Evan Marshall

Vienna
Twin Mandolin Slingers 2017 via Independent
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A Couple Of Virtuoso Mandolin Troubadours Join Forces And Play Classical Swing On This Album

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8:00 am
OUTBACK PRESENTS: An Evening with The Avett Brothers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from "Outback Presents" presenting "An Evening with The Avett Brothers," on Friday, August 11, at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo.

Tickets for three-time GRAMMY Award nominees are available at etix dot com.