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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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Towner Galaher Organ Trio

Mellow Mood
Live 2023 via Rhythm Royale
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Truckstop Honeymoon

Rockabilly Debutante
Diamonds In The Asphalt 2007 via Binky Records
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Mike & Katie Take Their Name After Spending Their Wedding Night In A Truck Stop In SW Louisiana - Touring With Four Kids Across Three Continents Over Nearly Two Decades, Truckstop Honeymoon Continues On Telling Stories About The Strangeness Of Everyday Life

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Dans la Louisiane [In Louisiana]
Cajun Music- The Essential Collection 2002 via Rounder / Pgd
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Atchafalaya River Basin, LA - Al Berard & The Basin Brothers: Their Music Reflected Their Rich Cajun Heritage, A Vast Repertoire Of Infectious Two-Steps, Graceful Waltzes, And Swamp Blues Spiced With The Early Sounds Of Creole Zydeco

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Let The Sun Shine Down On Me
Dear Jean - Artists that Celebrate Jean Ritchie 2014 via Compass
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Kim & Reggie Harris - Written By Jean Ritchie, 1965

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Jean Ritchie

Movin' On Down The River
The Most Dulcimer 1989 via Greenhays
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Composer: Jean Ritchie, 1965 - A Peerless Traditional Singer, Musician, And Folklorist - Perhaps The Most Interpreter,And Proponent Of Appalachian Traditions Since Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Solely Responsible For The Revival Of The Appalachian Dulcimer - The Ritchies Of Perry County, KY Were One Of The Two "Great Ballad-Singing Families" Of Kentucky;Jean Ritchie Is An American Treasure

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9:40 am
Kids Food Basket (click for more info)

Did you know that half a million children in Michigan live in food insecure households? 

More than 34,000 of those children live right here in West Michigan.

The only way we will realize a hunger-free community is by getting there together. 

Kids' Food Basket is a food equity nonprofit supporting West Michigan kids and families by increasing access to healthy, nourishing meals.

More information at kids food basket dot org.

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Robert Earl Keen - 52 Vincent Black Lightning
Rough Guide To Americana 2016 via World Music Network
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Pickin' On Richard Thompson, Writing The Classic With The Setting In Southern England Riding Down Box Hill

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Marty Grosz Meets the Fat Babies

Church Street Sobbin' Blues
Diga Diga Doo 2015 via Delmark
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Led By Octogenarian Guitarist Marty Grosz, This Album Extols The Hot "Chicago Style" Jazz Of The 20's And 30's

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9:30 am
WYCE BUBBLE BASH (click for more info)

The Gilmore Collection and WYCE are proud to present the 22nd annual WYCE Bubble Bash - a festive holiday fundraiser for WYCE community radio... featuring sparkling wines from around the world, and NEW this year: a selection of BOB's Beers on draft...on Thursday, November 30th at HOME at the B.O.B.

Additional support for the WYCE Bubble Bash comes from Denison Financial.

A $35 donation lets you sample several varieties of sparkling wines and champagnes, BOB's Beers on draft, a spread of food, and... live jazz from SpaceBar!

Admission is at the door on the day of the event. Ages "21" and up are welcome.

Join us for the WYCE Bubble Bash! Next Thursday, November 30, at 5:30 inside HOME at The BOB. 

Jaime Wyatt

Moonlighter
Feel Good 2023 via New West
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The New Album Is Wyatt's Most Ambitious; The Writing Is Raw, Cutting Straight To The Bone With Sensitivity And Swagger; Produced By Black Puma's Founder Adrian Quesada, Heard Here On 'YCE

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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

It Ain't Right
70th Birthday Concert 2004 via Eagle Records (Red)
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Little Walter & The Jukes,1956 - Mayall Ended A Storied 6-Decade Touring Marathon Last Year; Turning 90 On Wednesday, The Guiding Light Of The British Blues Movement Continues To Write And Record Currently Working On His 61st Long-Player

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9:20 am
FOUNDERS BREWING (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Founders Brewing.

Founders is proud to announce their fall menu featuring a new variety of bowls, handhelds and housemade mac and cheese.

Founders is also introducing wine to the Taproom with white, red or rose available by the glass.

All ages are welcome in Founders Taproom and Company Store.

More information is available at foundersbrewing dot com

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Cayenne
The Rough Guide to the Music of France 2003 via World Music Network
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Brittany, France - Collaboration Between Breton Pipe Band & Dance Group Bagad Men Ha Tan And Senegalese Drummer Doudou N'Diaye Rose

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Mama Sofi, Pt. 1
The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya 2004 via World Music Network
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Kenya - Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems - Symbolizing the Influence Of African Traditional Music; Guardians And Masters Of An Ancient, But Living Tradition; Breathing New Life Into Kenya's Luo Musical Roots, Utilizing The Hand-Made Instruments Of The Past

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OKI

Utuwaskarap
Music From The Tealands 2000 via Putumayp
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Japan - Oki Kano Is An Ancestor Of The Ainu (I-New), Aboriginal Inhabitants Of Northern Japan Since the 13th Century - Oki Kano Plays The Five-Stringed Tantori That The Ainu Consider A Living Thing, And As A Musician His Sole Purpose Is To Make Music Relevant That Reflects The Values And Traditions Of This Ancient, Vanishing Culture

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Third Chakra- The Orbit [Buddhist-Universal]
Sacred World Chants 2004 via Soundings of Planet
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India - The Third Of The Seven Chakra Meditations Aims To Unblock Energy Sources To Improve Wellness - - - -

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9:00 am
WM Gay Men's Chorus (click for more info)

The West Michigan Gay Men's Chorus is proud to present their annual Winter Concert, happening on Sunday, December 10,  at      2 PM at Fountain Street Church in downtown Grand Rapids.

The concert is open to the public, and no tickets required. 

Donations in support of the West Michigan Gay Men's Chorus will be accepted.

More information is at wmgmchorus dot org or on Facebook under "West Michigan Gay Men's Chorus."

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Since I Met You Baby
Scandalous 2011 via Lost Highway
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Composer: Ivory Joe Hunter, 1956 - Black Joe Lewis Takes Influence From James Brown And Howlin' Wolf

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Marriage
The Folk Next Door - Hoot! 1992 via Uh Oh
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Peter Lehdorff - A Skillfully Masterful Singer/Songwriter With An Uncanny Sense Of Comic Timing; Skewered Outlook On Life - Finalist In The Boston Music Underground, 1993

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8:40 am

Suitcase- Frank Salamone and Jim Steigmeyer

Walking Across the Country
Suitcase- Live In '76 At Battle Ground 2012 via Sitting Duck
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Blues Plate Special: Arthur "Blind" Blake, 1929 - GR'S Blues Elite With A Tip Of The Hat To Blind Blake

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Bennett & Brubeck

Castilian Blues
Bennett & Brubeck -The White House Sessions, Live 1962 2013 via Sony Legacy
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The Jazz Spot: The White House, August 1962 - This Historic Recording Was Wrongly Labeled In The Columbia Vaults For Fifty-One Years Unearthed In 2013. The Brubeck Quartet's Chord-Blasting Drive Is At Its Utmost Exuberance.

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8:20 am
FOUNDERS BREWING (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Founders Brewing.

Founders is proud to announce their fall menu featuring a new variety of bowls, handhelds and housemade mac and cheese.

Founders is also introducing wine to the Taproom with white, red or rose available by the glass.

All ages are welcome in Founders Taproom and Company Store.

More information is available at foundersbrewing dot com

COMPILATIONS

A Little Bit of Buck - The Hoyle Brothers
Too Late To Pray_Defiant Chicago Roots 2019 via Bloodshot Records
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The Hoyle Brothers - Genuine Country In Windy City By A Classic, Five-Piece Line-Up Drawing From The Genre's Deepest Traditions

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Emmitt-Nershi Band

These Days
New Country Blues 2009 via Sci Fidelity Records
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Drew Emmitt, Leftover Salmon - Bill Nershi, The String Cheese Incident - After Years Of Touring And Crossing Paths At Hundreds Of Festivals, Emmitt-Nershi Brought In A Few Friends To Nershi's Colorado Mountain Studio And This Gem Was Born

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Boxcar Willie

Your Cheatin' Heart
King Of The Road 1976 via SMI
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A Spin From The Vinyl Vault - Boxcar Willie's Rendering Of This Williams Classic Observing Seventy Years Since Its Release By Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys,1953 (Number One For Six Weeks)

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Alice Gerrard

Winding Road
Sun to Sun 2023 via Sleepy Cat
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Sixty Years Ago Alice Gerrard And Hazel Dickens Set The Mold, Revered Today As Pioneering Women In Bluegrass - Hazel Has Passed On; 89 Year-Old Alice Gerrard Returns With "Sun To Sun" Retaining Her Allegiance To Folk, Old Time, And Bluegrass' Seminal Origins

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Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
True Life Blues- The Songs Of Bill Monroe 1996 via Sugarhill
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Tim & Mollie O'Brien - The A-Lister's Part Of The Definitive Tribute Album To Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys

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Kingdom Come
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways 2002 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Mountain Shout - Norman Edmonds: His Fiddling Is Done In The True Mountain Style, Holding The Fiddle On His Chest Rather Than Under The Chin - Edmonds Repertory Included A Vast Number Of Traditional Classics, A Number Of Them Seldom Heard Outside The Blue Ridge

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8:00 am
Circle Theatre (click for more info)

Circle Theatre is the only community theatre in West Michigan that specializes in summer theatre. Since 1953, Circle has continued to deliver high-quality summer theatre entertainment to audiences. 

Through their Main Stage productions, family-friendly Magic Circle productions, and their Summer Concert Series, Circle Theatre has remained a place for the community to be entertained, challenged and inspired. 

They are always looking to welcome more individuals to join their circle, whether it's as a performer, production staff, or a volunteer, they have a spot for you! 

For more information on their upcoming shows or how to get involved, visit their website at circle theatre dot org