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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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Rodney Crowell

I Walk the Line (Revisited)
The Houston Kid 2001 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Guest Vocal: Johnny Cash; Rodney's Tenth Release

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COMPILATIONS

From Four Until Late
Dealin' With The Devil- Songs of Robert Johnson 2000 via Cannonball Records
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Sue Foley On A Working Of Robert Johnson's 1937 Recording - Cream's Version Is Found On "Fresh Cream"; Eric Clapton On Lead Vocal

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Jukejoint Handmedowns

WYCE
Call Of The Wild 2017 via Idle Hands
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GR HomeGrown - WYCE Jammie Award Recipients - Tip Of The Hat To WYCE; Thanks Gentlemen!

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9:40 am
YWCA West Michigan (click for more info)

The YWCA West Central Michigan is a social justice organization with more than 100 years of experience providing service to, and advocating on behalf of the most vulnerable people in our community. 

The YWCA is the only provider of comprehensive domestic and sexual violence services to child and adult survivors in Kent County. 

In any given year, the YWCA, provides services to more than 4,000 individual survivors and family members, and responds to over 2,700 crisis calls related to domestic violence and sexual assault. 

To learn more about YWCA West Central Michigan visit Y W C A W C M I DOT ORG. Or if you are in need of help, please call their 24-Hour Confidential Helpline 616.454.YWCA (616.454.9922)

Myron Elkins

Good Time Girl
Factories, Farms, & Amphetamines 2023 via Low Country Sound
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Otsego, MI - Planned To Be A Welder As A Career After High School; However, Fate Had Different Plans

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Little Feat

Hate To Lose Your Lovin'
Let It Roll 1990 via Warner
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Craig Fuller's Debut As Lead Singer For The Band - Fuller's Pedigree Includes Being A Founding Member Of The Pure Prairie League

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9:30 am
2 Stones Events-Marshall Crenshaw (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from 2 Stones Events presenting Marshall Crenshaw live at St. Cecilia Music Center.

Marshall Crenshaw is on tour celebrating his 40 years of being in the music industry.

Crenshaw will be performing at St. Cecilia on March 22nd.

Tickets and more information can be found at scmcgr dot org forward slash concerts.

Victor Wainwright

Money
Victor Wainwright & The Train 2018 via Ruf
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Savannah, GA - Major Players And Influencers In The Roots Music Scene - High-Octane Performers - Multi-Blues Awards Winners

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Bob Ferrel

Every Day I Have The Blues
Bob Ferrel's Jazztopian Dream 2017 via BFM Productions
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Early Version By Pinetop Sparks, 1935 - Memphis Slim Reworked It In 1949 Becoming A Blues Standard - Four Different Versions Have Reached The Top Ten On The R&B Charts, And Two - One By The Count Basie Orchestra With Joe Williams And One By B.B. King Have Received The Grammy Hall Of Fame Award

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9:20 am
Live Nation - Cage The Elephant (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation Presenting Cage The Elephant at the Van Andel Arena.

Cage The Elephant will be performing with special guests Young The Giant and Bakar on Friday August 16th.

Tickets and more information for Cage The Elephant at the Van Andel Arena can be found at ticket master dot com.

COMPILATIONS

Abyssinean Dub
Putumayo Presents- World Lounge 2002 via Putumayo World Music
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Blue Asia Project; Brain Child Of Japanese Producer Makoto Kubota - Traditional Eastern Melodies, Western Rhythms Melding Together

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Zebula Avenue

Karibuni
Life Will Be Fine 2007 via Megawave
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Detroit, MI - Septet Of World Music Musicians Founded In 1996 Performing A Global Palette Blending Of Traditional And Modern Melodies - Multiple Detroit Music Awards Recipients

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The Mavericks

- Me Olvide de Vivir
En Espanol 2020 via Mono Mundo
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Translation: I Forgot To Live - Raul Malo And Eddie Perez Steering The Mavericks To Their First Album En Espanol - Cuban And Mexican Roots In Vivid, Full Flavor

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Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts

The Queen & The Soldier
Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts 1995 via Compass Records
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Published As :Soldiers Of the King" In 1899 - Composed By Leslie Stuart As A March Celebrating The Opening Of The Manchester Ship Canal - The Queen And The Soldier Are Lovers Doomed To A Unhappy And Suffering Future

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9:00 am
Turnstiles GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Turnstiles -an eclectic entertainment venue on GR's West side.

Turnstiles features local and national musicians on Friday and Saturday. Karaoke on Mondays, "Turnstiles Unplugs" on Tuesdays, and open mic night every Thursday.

Tonight they'll be featuring a Jazz Jam from 2 to 5 p.m.

Turnstiles hours, plus information on live music is at Turnstiles G R dot com

The Silhouettes

Get A Job
History Of Rock [va] 2002 via Collectables
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1957 - Major Chart-Topping Hit Across Three Chart

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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Shakey Shirley
Front Porch Sessions 2017 via Family Owned/Thirty Tigers
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Brown County, IN - Appearing 4/21 In Kalamazoo At Bell's Eccentric Cafe

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COMPILATIONS

Miko Marks - LAY YOUR BURDENS DOWN
AmericanaFest 2022 [WYCE Sessions Live from Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN] 2022 via Independent
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With The Resurrectors - Riverside Hymnal; Beautiful Slice Of Country Gospel

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8:40 am

COMPILATIONS

Kansas City
From Mississippi to Chicago 1999 via Hmg Records
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The Blues Plate Special: Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins - One Of The Last Of A Generation Of Mississippi Bluesmen. Took Up Piano And Joined Slide Guitarist Robert Nighthawk As The Pair Traveled Around The Delta Juke Joints And The Clubs Of Memphis Prior to Playing With Sonny Boy ll. Replaced Otis Spann In the Muddy Waters Band For A Twelve Stint. Did Not Cut A Solo Album Until He Was 75; Won A Grammy Award At 96 Years Of Age. Inducted Into The Blues Hall Of Fame. Pinetop's Career Spanned 80 Years, Passing On At The Age Of 97.

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Kenny Garrett

Du-Wo-Mo
Seeds from the Underground 2012 via Mack Avenue
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The Jazz Spot: Mack Avenue Records 2012 - The Kenny Garrett Quintet - Garrett Emerged Among The Most Distinctive Instrumentalists From Detroit's Fertile Jazz Scene In 1980's

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8:20 am
Live Nation - Cage The Elephant (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation Presenting Cage The Elephant at the Van Andel Arena.

Cage The Elephant will be performing with special guests Young The Giant and Bakar on Friday August 16th.

Tickets and more information for Cage The Elephant at the Van Andel Arena can be found at ticket master dot com.

Al Backstrom

One More for the Road
Wild Colonial Boy 2023 via Independent
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The Outback And Outlaw Intersect

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Appalachian Road Show

The Appalachian Road
Tribulation 2020 via Billy Blue
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Visionary Acoustic Ensemble With A Common Thread Tied Directly To The Heart Of The Appalachian Regions Of The United States

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COMPILATIONS

Old Folks at Home
Roots Music- An American Journey 1976 via Calliope
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Vern Williams: 'Grass Legend - Classic Hard Core Bluegrass Featuring Paint-Peeling Barn-Burning Vocals By One Of The Greatest Tenor Singers In The History Of Bluegrass Music

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Blue Rider Trio

Long Tall Momma
Harp, Steel And Guts 2000 via Mapleshade Records
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The Band's Swan Song Includes this Reworking Of Big Bill Broonzy, 1932

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Billie Joe + Norah

Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
Foreverly 2013 via Reprise
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Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones With A Work-Up Of Gene Autry's 1932 Hit Record - The Song Has Been Covered Over 50 Times Including The Everly Brothers In 1958

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Cormac McCarthy

Marigold Hall
Picture Gallery Blues 1995 via Green Linnet
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Rooted In Rural New England; Singer/Songwriter, Poet

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8:00 am
Turnstiles GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Turnstiles -an eclectic entertainment venue on GR's West side.

Turnstiles features local and national musicians on Friday and Saturday. Karaoke on Mondays, "Turnstiles Unplugs" on Tuesdays, and open mic night every Thursday.

Tonight they'll be featuring a Jazz Jam from 2 to 5 p.m.

Turnstiles hours, plus information on live music is at Turnstiles G R dot com