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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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Antonio Adolfo

Marcha Da Quarta Feira De Cinzas
Bossa 65- Celebrating Carlos Lyra And Roberto Menescal 2023 via AAM Music
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Traditions! Returns Next Week
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Jan James

Chain of Fools
Limousine Blues 2002 via Blue Palace
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HandMade In Michigan - One Of The Windy City's Most Enduring Artists; A Decades-Old Exploration Of Roots Music With Creative Partner Craig Culvert
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The Arcadian Wild

Big Sky, MT
Welcome 2023 via Independent
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Kalamazoo Appearance: Bell's Eccentric Cafe 10/22
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Tremoloco

Dixie Overland Highway
Curandera Volume I 2023 via Independent
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A Gulf Coast Eclectic Roots Band Referring To Thier Craft As Cantina Music
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9:40 am
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The Concussions

The Lucky Mosquito
Exxorcising Our Demons 2022 via Independent
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GR's Coolest Of The Cool!

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Tanya Tucker

The List
Sweet Western Sound 2023 via Fantasy / Concord
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Produced By Brandi Carlisle And Shooter Jennings - Beginning Her Career At Age 13 With the Hit Song Delta Dawn - Tanya Is A 2 Time Grammy Award-Winning Entertainment Legend And Newest Inductee Into The Country Music Hall Of Fame - One Of The Few And Best-Known Female Country Singers To Be Classified As An "Outlaw" In The Outlaw Country Movement
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Jelly Roll Kings

Have Mercy Baby
Rockin' The Juke Joint Down 1993 via Earwig
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Founded In 1962 As The Nighthawks
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Jake Aaron

Engine On
Always Seeking 2023 via Independent
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British Singer/Songwriter - Fresh Roots Into 'YCE
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Uncle Tupelo

Fifteen Keys
Anodyne 1993 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Influential Founding Force On The Alternative Country Genre; Giving Birth To Son Volt And Wilco
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9:20 am
GLC Live at 20 Monroe- The Head and the Heart (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe, presenting The Head and The Heart, playing live in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Since their self-titled debut album in 2011, the band has toured extensively and performed 18 times on national television.

Their latest tour in support of their fifth and most recent studio album, Every Shade of Blue, includes a stop in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Tickets are available at live nation dot com or at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office.

COMPILATIONS

In My Morning Song
Delmark - 55 Years of Jazz 2008 via Delmark
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Maxine Sullivan With John Kirby & His Orchestra - Active For Half A Century Beginning In The Mid-1930's With the Red Hot Peppers

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Leadbelly

Rock Island Line
Alabama Bound 1988 via RCA
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Huddie William Ledbetter, 1937 - Inductee Rock and Roll And Louisiana Music Halls Of Fame - Legend! - - - - - - Rock Island Road Appearing As Early As 1929; First Recorded Performance Was By Inmates Of The Arkansas Cummins State Farm Prison,1934
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Michael Jerome Browne

Reverend Strut
Gettin' Together 2023 via Borealis / Stony Plain
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South Bend, IN - The New Release Taking Its Well-Earned Perch In The 'YCE Blues Alley
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Trio Irakitan

Historia De Amor
Meus Momentos - Trio Irakitan Vol. 2 1997 via EMI
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Founded 1950; Specializing In Romantic Boleros And Spanish Ballads
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COMPILATIONS

Red Cloud
Songs of the Spirit 1995 via Triloka
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Douglas Spotted Eagle And Brian Kearne - Heightened By The Natural Echo Of The Canyon, This Primal Music Powerfully Conveys Reverence For The Earth And The Great Spirit

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9:00 am
Humane Society West MI PSA 2023 (click for more info)

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Jason & the Scorchers

Beat on the Mountain
Halcyon Times 2010 via 101 DISTRIBUTION
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The Multi-Award Winners Moving Into Their Fortieth Year Together, Blazing A Trail In The Cowpunk And Alt-Country Movements That Followed In Their Wake
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Eagles

Too Many Hands
One Of These Nights 1975 via Asylum
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Remembering Randy Meisner; March 8, 1946 NE - July 26, 2023 CA - A Nebraskan By Birth - A Singer/Songwriter Bassist With An Extraordinary Vocal Range - Co-Founding Member Of Seminal Bands Poco, Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, And Eagles Prior To Embarking On An Impressive Forty-Two Year Solo Career - Randall Herman Meisner Born 1943....RIP And Thanks For The Music
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8:40 am
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Mary Flower and Vicki Taylor

Stone Sober
High Heeled Blues 1991 via Ind
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Blues Plate Special

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Jimmy Cobb

Unrequited
The Original Mob 2014 via Smoke Sessions
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820 Jazz Presents: NEA Jazz Masters Award Recipient Drumming Legend; Began With Earl Bostick In 1950 - A Member Of Miles Davis' First Great Sextet - A Central Component On The Classic Recording Kind Of Blue. Cobb's Solo Work Is Just As Impressive In Both Trio And Quartet Configurations; The Very Essence Of Hard Bop. On This Recording "Unrequited", Jimmy Puts Together A Loose Knit Outfit He Calls The Original Mob, Recorded At The Smoke Jazz Club, New York City - - - - - - - -John Webber, Bass...Brad Mehldau, Piano...Jimmy Cobb, Drums
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8:20 am
GLC Live at 20 Monroe- The Head and the Heart (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe, presenting The Head and The Heart, playing live in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Since their self-titled debut album in 2011, the band has toured extensively and performed 18 times on national television.

Their latest tour in support of their fifth and most recent studio album, Every Shade of Blue, includes a stop in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Tickets are available at live nation dot com or at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office.

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

Ladder Of Love
Sticks And Stones 2023 via 6 ACE
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Fresh Roots Into 'YCE
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Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson

Old Fashioned Love
Loving You 2023 via ATO
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Composers: Frank Loesser & Fritz Miller,1939 - Bobbie's Influence On Amanda Put Her On This Mission To Pay Respect To The Only Woman She Saw Working In A Band And Pursuing A Career As A Sideman - "Loving You" Is Bobbie's Final Recording, Passing On In March 2022 At The Age Of 91
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Billy Strings

Way Downtown
Me And Dad 2022 via Rounder
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HandMade In The Mitten - Billy Taking The Stage At The Newport Folk Festival Later On Today

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Loretta Lynn And Conway Twitty

Spiders & Snakes
Country Partners 1974 via MCA
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Spin From The 'YCE Vinyl Vault - Composer: David Bellamy - Loretta & Conway's Fourth Collaborative Album, and Second To Top The Charts - Twelve Top Ten Hits, Five Number Ones, And Four Number One Albums; Four Consecutive CMA Duo Of The Year Awards - Arguably The Greatest Country Duet Partners Of All Time
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COMPILATIONS

I'm on My Way to Canaan Land
Down Home Slide 1998 via Testament (City Hall
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Blind Connie Williams: Beginning As A Street Performer In Early 1930's With His Repertoire Of Sanctified Gospel Songs And Pre-War Country Blues Standards - Only Sixteen Songs Are Known to Exist From Recording Sessions In 1961

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Doc & Richard Watson

If I Were a Carpenter
Third Generation Blues 1999 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Doc & Grandson Richard With Their Unique Spin On The Tim Hardin Classic
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Neil Jacobs

The Magi's Old Calliope
12 String Guitar 2008 via Adena Productions
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Grand Haven. MI - 12-String Acoustic Guitarist

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8:00 am
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Disability Advocates also provides home assessments for safety and independence, youth transition services such as career exploration, resume writing, and mock interviews for young adults with disabilities, and community assessments and education.

Disability Advocates mission is to provide access for all, regardless of ability. 

More information on Disability Advocates is at www.dakc dot us (you-ess)