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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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Mark Hummel

Cristo Redentor
Harpbreaker 2018 via Electro-Fi
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Delaney & Bonnie

Just Plain Beautiful
Home 1969 via Stax
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Debut Album Recorded At Stax Studio, Memphis; Steve Cropper Wrote The Song For Them - Highly Influential Husband/Wife Duo Having Produced A Rich Recorded Legacy - Delaney Passed On In 2008; Bonnie Recently Turned 80 And Continues Performing

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McKinley James

Movin
Single 2024 via Red Lodge
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Album: Working Class Blues - The Sound Is Powered By Groove And Guitar - Breathes New Life Into Classic Sounds

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Broadway Lafayette

Girl De Hong Kong
Subway Zydeco 2018 via Hound Gawd! Records
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The Album Capture The Spirit Of Old, And Deep Louisiana Black Roots

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S.G. Goodman

If It Ain't Me Babe
Old Time Feeling 2020 via Verve Forecast
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Produced By Jim James, My Morning Jacket - Hickman, KY - Amazing Singer/Songwriter - In Michigan 8/8 At the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills; Lord Huron Opening

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9:40 am
Solarize GR (click for more info)
If you're interested in saving money by installing solar for your home, you're invited to attend the free Solarize GR information session to learn more about this local program that brings friends, neighbors, and communities together for group-buy solar discounts. 

Solarize GR Will be held on Thursday, February 20th at 06:30 PM, at City Built Brewing Company in Grand Rapids.

The event is sponsored by, The City of Grand Rapids, Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, and Absolute Solar.

The event is open to the public at no charge, but registration is encouraged.

Learn more at grandrapidsmi dot gov, and typing "solarize" in the search bar.

  

Sierra Hull

Come Out Of My Blues
A Tip Toe High Wire 2025 via Sierra Hull
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Guest: Tim O'Brien - Due 3/7; This Time Around, Sierra Is Delving Into More Progressive Territory

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Trampled By Turtles And Sunbuck

For Emma
Single 2025 via BanjoDad Records
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Latest Single Is Reworking The Classic By Bon Iver - Trampled By Turtles Appearing Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, As Part Of Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Fest

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9:30 am

Parker Millsap

Disappear
Parker Millsap 2014 via Okra Homa
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Purcell, OK - The Red Dirt Renderings From A Standout Singer/Songwriter And Performer

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May Erlewine

Animal
Single 2025 via Independent
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Album: What It Takes - Appearances: 4/2&3 Midtown GR - 4/4 & 5 Bell's Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo - 4/6 The Ark Ann Arbor

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9:20 am
WYCE Jammie Awards 2025 (click for more info)
WYCE is excited to announce our 25th Jammie Awards on Friday, February 28th at the Intersection!

There will be performances from (*READ 3 BANDS FROM PAPER IN THE STUDIO*) as well as 15 other bands, the full lineup can be found online at wyce.org.

Jammie tickets are on sale now at sectionlive dot com and The Intersection box office.  All proceeds from ticket sales benefit WYCE!

The 2025 WYCE Jammie Awards are presented by Varnum... with support from DGRI, Gun Lake Casino, Founder's Brewing, Tiger Solar, Schuler Books, and Stock Da Bar Vodka.

COMPILATIONS

Diggin the Count
Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues 2003 via Delmark
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Illinois Jacquet: Pioneer Of The Honking Tenor Sax - One Of The Most Influential Tenor Saxophonists In The History Of Jazz - Joined Lionel Hampton In 1942 At The Age Of Twenty - Honorary Doctorate Of Music Degree From Julliard

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Nellie Lutcher

Hurry On Down
Real Gone! 1950 via Capitol
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Lake Charles, LA - Attained Great Fame In America And Europe During The Late 1940's To Early '50's - Versatile Singer And A Deft, Swinging Pianist - 1968: Musicians' Union Local 47 Elected Lutcher To Its Board Of Directors; The fFrst African American To Become A Board Member

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Rachael Price

That Old Black Magic
The Good Hours 2008 via Claire Vision Productions
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Composers: Harold Arlen And Johnny Mercer Wrote It for The 1942 Film 'Star Spangled Rhythm'

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Sabah Habas Mustapha

Rindu
So La Li 2000
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Traditions Around The World - Part Of The Seminal Worldbeat Band 3 Mustaphas - Solo: Focuses On The Sounds Of Indonesian Pop

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COMPILATIONS

Ponham Flores na Mesa
Fado Legends 2014 via World Music Network
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Traditions Around The World - Katia Guerreiro: South African-Born Portuguese Fado Singer - Her Take On Fado Is Very Traditional, And Uses Only The Three Traditional Instruments: 12-Stringed Portuguese Guitar, Spanish Guitar And Double Bass

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9:00 am
Arbor Circle PSA (click for more info)

Arbor Circle is proud to be one of West Michigan's most comprehensive providers of mental health counseling, substance use treatment, and family services.

Serving thousands of children, individuals, and families each year, their expert staff partner with people and communities in pursuit of growth and healing. 

Arbor Circle's variety of services includes The Bridge, a 24 hour crisis shelter for children and youth ages 10 to 17 experiencing homelessness.

Learn more about Arbor Circle by visiting Arbor Circle DOT ORG.

COMPILATIONS

She Got a Thing Goin' On
Earwig 20th Anniversary Collection 1999 via Earwig
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Sunnyland Slim & Bonnie Lee: Both Born In The Mississippi Delta Migrating To Chicago, And Pivotal Roles In Helping The Windy City Become The Center Of Postwar Blues

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Wanda Jackson

Down Past the Bottom
Unfinished Business 2012 via Sugar Hill
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Pioneer! Nicknamed The Queen Of Rockabilly - Discovered By Hank Thompson In 1954

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Zephaniah Ohora With The 18 Wheelers

Take Your Love out of Town
This Highway 2017 via Independent
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Designing The Album As A Tribute To The Feel Of The Classic Bakersfield Sound

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8:40 am

Big Joe Duskin

Key to the Highway
Big Joe Jumps Again! Cincinnati Blues Session 2004 via Yellow Dog Records
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Blues Spotlight: American Blues And Boogie-Woogie Pianist - Performed In The Clubs Around Cincinnati For Decades,Sitting In With the Likes Of Jimmy Johnson And Bob Margolin - Performed On the BBC Music Series 'Bravo' Accompanied By Charlie Watts - A Recipient Of A National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts, Which Is The U.S. Highest Honor In The Folk And Traditional Arts - Big Joe Passed On 2007

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Anat Cohen

Washington Square Park
Notes From The Village 2008 via ANZIC RECORDS
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Jazz Spotlight: "Notes From The Village" Features Original Compositions Written By Clarinetist & Saxophonist Anat Cohen As Well As Her Interpretations Of Songs By Fats Waller, John Coltrane, And Sam Cook - Cohen Is An Artistically Adventurous Writer And Performer; The Live Setting Being Her Creative Palette - Daniel Freedman, Drums...Gilad Hekselman, Guitar...Omer Avital, Bass...Jason Lindner, Keyboards...Ana Cohen, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone

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8:20 am
WYCE Jammie Awards 2025 (click for more info)
WYCE is excited to announce our 25th Jammie Awards on Friday, February 28th at the Intersection!

There will be performances from (*READ 3 BANDS FROM PAPER IN THE STUDIO*) as well as 15 other bands, the full lineup can be found online at wyce.org.

Jammie tickets are on sale now at sectionlive dot com and The Intersection box office.  All proceeds from ticket sales benefit WYCE!

The 2025 WYCE Jammie Awards are presented by Varnum... with support from DGRI, Gun Lake Casino, Founder's Brewing, Tiger Solar, Schuler Books, and Stock Da Bar Vodka.

Sturgill Simpson

Shamrock
The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita 2021 via Thirty Tigers
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Jackson, KY

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Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard

Darling Nellie Across the Sea
Who's That Knocking (1965) 2022 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass - Began Playing Together In The Bluegrass And Old Time Music Scene In And Around Baltimore and Washington, DC During The 1960's

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The Byrds

I Am a Pilgrim
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 1968 via Sony
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Landmark Album! The Release Introduced Country Rock Pioneer Gram Parsons

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COMPILATIONS

Oh, Mama, Come Home
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams 2011 via Columbia
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Jakob Dylan - A Project Of Unfinished Works Found In The Notebook Of The Fatal Car Accident That Took The Life Of Hank Williams, New Years Day 1953

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Kaia Kater

Southern Girl
Sorrow Bound 2015 via Kingswood Recordings
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Draws On Influences Rooted In Quebec, The Caribbean, And Appalachia

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Michigan-I-O

Inland Lakes
Michigan-I-O 2019 via Independent
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A Folk Ensemble Based In Holland (MI) Gathering Michigan Folk Songs From The 1938 Northern Michigan Field Recordings By Folklorist Alan Lomax

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