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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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Motor City Jazz Octet

Round Midnight
North Coast Jazz 2011 via Independent
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally

Hillbilly Boy
Baby Lets Take the Long Way Home 2017 via Whipporwill
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This Song Urges Us To Remember Our Past.

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Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's

Jive, Mr. Boogie
Jump for Joy 2001 via Blind Pig
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The Torch Bearers Of A Great American Musical Heritage; Jump Blues (1940's & '50's)

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James Booker

Hound Dog
Classified Remixed And Expanded 2013 via Rounder
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Rworking Elvis With A Stride Piano Groove

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Dom Flemons

He's a Lone Ranger
Black Cowboys 2018 via Smithsonian Folkways
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An Ode To Bass Reeves; Former Slave Turned American Lawman - Among The First Black Deputy U.S. Marshals, And The First West Of The Mississippi River

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9:40 am

Judy Banker

Dancer Road
Bona Fide 2023 via Independent
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New Into 'YCE

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COMPILATIONS

Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
Good Rockin' Tonight- The Legacy of Sun Records 2001 via Sire / London/Rhino
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Bob Dylan - - Written By Willie Bea Thompson And Lillian May In 1957; Recorded By Bob Luman For The Sun Records Label That Same Year

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K.C. Moan
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues- Warming By The Devil's Fire 2003 via Sony
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The Memphis Jug Band, 1929 - Key In Developing The Jug Band Format, which Evolved Into The Blues Combo We Know Today - Awarded A Brass Note On The Beale Street Walk Of Fame - Highly-Influential

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9:30 am

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The Gospel Ambassadors - This Little Light Of Mine
Greg Belson's Divine Funk 2021 via Cultures Of Soul
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1920's African-American Spiritual - Adapted In Connection With The Civil Rights Movement

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Ray Anthony & His Orchestra

Dancing In The Dark
Big Bands In Hi-Fi 1995 via Capitol
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1954 - American Bandleader, Trumpeter, And Former Actor - The Last Surviving Member Of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Turning 102 In A Few Weeks

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Pure Prairie League

Sister's Keeper
Two Lane Highway 1975 via BMG
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Vinyl Vault - The Band's Third Release; Chet Atkins, Don Felder, Johnny Gimble, And Emmylou Harris Make Appearances

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9:20 am
DGRI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.

DGRI brings you live music and community happenings with GR LIVE every Thursday at noon from Midtwown GR at Studio Park.

DGRI works to elevate Downtown Grand Rapids as a best-in-class heart of an American city.

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Webb Wilder

Who Will The Next Fool Be_
Mississippi Moderne 2015 via Landslide Records
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Hattiesburg, MS - Supplying A Duane Eddy Twang On The Charlie Rich Classic (1961)

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Michael Holmes

Moonglow
Let Yourself Go 2009 via Independent
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1933; Jazz Standard Composed By Irving Mills

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COMPILATIONS

Little Nassau-Bahama Mama
Calypso- Vintage Songs from the Caribbean 2002 via Putumayo World Music
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Haitian Singer And Guitarist Who Migrating To Nassau, Bahamas In 1953, And Performed here Until His Passing In 1981

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Mary Youngblood

Feed the Fire
Feed the Fire 2004 via Silver Wave
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Aleut/Seminole Musician; Performer Of The Native American Flute - Awarded Three Native American Music Awards - The First Female Artist To Win "Flutist Of he Year

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The Moxie Strings

Go In Beauty
Outlet 2016 via Independent
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WYCE Jammie Award Winners Appearing: 11/15 Midtown GR, Studio Park

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9:00 am

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Reinventing The Wheel Of Love
South 2014 via FU:M
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Respected Roots Veterans For The Past Twenty-Seven Years

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Admiral Radio

Slow Lane
Single 2023 via Radmiral
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Johnny-And-June Charm; A Sound That Is Deeply Rooted In Traditional Stylings - Making Waves In The Carolina Music Community

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COMPILATIONS

All Night Long
40 Years Of Stony Plain Records 2016 via Stony Plain
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Sam Chatmon & His Barbeque Boys - Chatmon: A Member Of The Mississippi Sheiks; Charley Patton's Half-Brother

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8:40 am

Blue Rider Trio

Sweet Home Kokomo
Harp, Steel And Guts 2000 via Mapleshade Records
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Reinterpretation Of The Song That Was Actually The Building Block For "Sweet Home Chicago." In 1936, Robert Johnson Wrote "Sweet Home Chicago," Borrowing Heavily From Scrapper Blackwell's 1928 Blues Shuffle 'Kokomo Blues". Six Years Later "Old Original Kokomo Blues" Was Recorded By James 'Kokomo' Arnold. This Blues Standard Has Endured For Almost A Century.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

I Left My Baby (Featuring Chris Crenshaw)
Live In Cuba 2015 via Blue Engine
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The Jazz Spot: Cuba Early Fall 2010 For A Live Performance Over Three Nights At Havana's Mella Theatre. Wynton Marsalis Leads The Jazz At Lincoln Orchestra Exploring The Profound Connections Between American Jazz And Afro-Cuban Music. From Bebop To Bolero, These Performances Document The Cultural Connections Between Long-Lost Musical Cousins

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8:20 am
DGRI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.

DGRI brings you live music and community happenings with GR LIVE every Thursday at noon from Midtwown GR at Studio Park.

DGRI works to elevate Downtown Grand Rapids as a best-in-class heart of an American city.

More info is at downtowngr dot org

Holler Choir

Darlene
Songs Before They Write Themselves 2023 via Independent
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Asheville, NC - Distinctly Appalachian; A Confluence Of Old-Time, Americana, And Bluegrass

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John Hartford

Gentle On My Mind
Me Oh My, How The Time Does Fly 1987 via flying Fish
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Vinyl Vault - Wrote It 1967 After Watching The Motion Picture Of Doctor Zhivago - Caught The Attention Of Glen Campbell, Recording A Cover Version With LA Session Musicians 'The Wrecking Crew' - Between Campbell's And Hartford's Recordings, The Song Earned Four Grammy Awards

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Tish Hinojosa

Louisiana Road Song
Culture Swing 1992 via Rounder / Pgd
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Known For Singing Both Traditional Mexican Folksongs And Border Originals; Considers Her Music To Be The Music Of The US/Mexico Border

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Alice Gerrard

Old Jim Crow
Sun to Sun 2023 via Sleepy Cat
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Legend! Her Love Of The Ancient Tones Guide Her Along A Dusty Pathway - New Release Into 'YCE

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Ry Cooder

The Dying Truck Driver
My Name Is Buddy 2007 via Nonesuch
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Guest: Roland White, Mandolin

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8:00 am