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!
Memphis, TN - Appearing On 7/14 At 20 Front St, Lake Orion, MI; Returning To The Mitten 11/21 At The Music Hall Center For The Performing Arts, Detroit
Jimmy Reed Writing In 1960 - One Of The Most Influential Reed Grooves Of All Time
Founded At As Sunny & The Sunglows In 1959 Assuming The Sunliners Name After Moving To San Antonio Four Years Later - They Are Legends In The Texas And Latin Music Pantheon
The weather is warm, and creativity is in the air!
Do you have a student in grades 7-9 that enjoys exploring their creative side? The West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology's new Summer Intensive is now enrolling!
This 3-day experience has students exploring T-shirt design, beat making, metal stamping, stop motion animation, and more, alongside WMCAT (wim-cat) professional teaching artists. No art experience required.
Registration ends July 1st!
For full descriptions, schedule, registration and more visit ARTS TECH dot WMCAT dot ORG (artstech.wmcat.org)
Street Date: July 25 - At Eighteen Started As The Lead Singer Of The Fort Worth Thrash Metal Band "Unchecked Aggression"
Composers: Big Broonzy And Lil Green, 1940 - Johnny Lang Joining Cyndi For A Nicely Done Rework Of A True Gem - Unsung R&B Heroine Lil Green First To Put It To Record In 1940 Followed By Many Others Including Billie Holiday And Dinah Washington
Support for WYCE comes from Smiling Acres, presenting the "Smiling Acres" music festival from June 27th to June 29th in Trufant, Michigan.
Tickets are on sale now for this year's festival featuring live music from The Go Rounds, Jason Singer of "Michigander," May Erlewine and many more!
The festival also offers workshops for all ages, plus craft and food vendors.
Weekend passes plus more information about the Smiling Acres Music Festival are available at smiling acres festival dot com. (smilingacresfestival.com)
Drew Emmitt Wrote It - Guest Pickers Included John Cowan, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas
Came To Prominence In The Late 1930's And Was Active Until His Passing Fifty-Seven Years Later - His Bands Often Played Music That Was Cutting Edge And Experimental
Composers Harold Arlen And Yip Harburg - The Chords Are Changed From The Original To Fit Lewis' Unique Style Of Playing Piano
Published In 1925 - First Known Recording - Miss De Leath Is Recognized As An Early Exponent Of The Vocalizing Style We Know As Crooning
Originated In The Early 19th Century In The Eastern Region Of Guantánamo Province - Reflects A Fusion Of Cultural Influences, Including Afro-Haitian, English Caribbean, And Spanish Elements - Considered The Predecessor Of Son Cubano, Salsa, And Other Later Cuban Musical Styles
One Of The Most Inventive Female Singer/Songwriter Guitarists On The World Stage - Traore Is A Disciple Of Rock & Roll; The Record Is Constructed Around Rock Riffs And Sturdy Bass Work With A Distinctively West African Feel
Support for WYCE comes from the Grand Rapids Public Library.
On Tuesday, June 10th, the Yankee Clipper branch will host an Introduction to Container Gardening at 6 pm.
This workshop will cover the basics of container gardening with a focus on vegetables and native pollinators.
More information is available at G R P L dot ORG
Akron, OH - Second Release - - - Heavily-Influenced By Honky-Tonk And Western Swing, The Band Have Always Cultivated A Retro Profile - "Switchback" Finds them Growing Into Their Skin
Latest Release Of One Of Young's Great Lost Albums, Now Part Of His Analog Originals Series - Recorded Directly To Tape In 1977
Chicago Blues Pianist - Co-Founder Of The Claudettes Heard Here On WYCE
Blues Plate Special: Ann Arbor's Award-Winning Blues Pianist - One Of The Premiere Purveyors Of A Vanishing Art, Having Learned His Craft First-Hand From The Early Masters; A Rare Living Link To The First Generation Of Blues And Boogie Pianists - Learning Directly From Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, And Blind John Davis
Jazz Spotlight: Recorded In Denmark During Their First Visit To The Country, The Two Jazz Stalwarts Are Alumnus Of The cool Jazz Movement Of The 1940's & '50's - Both Saxophonists Appeared On The Ground-Breaking Album For Miles Davis' Birth Of The Cool Sessions - Leading Individual Groups For Decades After, Their Paths Crossed Once Again, This Time In Copenhagen, December 1975
The New Long-Player "All God's Children" Drops 8/22 - A Jack-Of-All-Trades Quintet Evolves Together From Playing In National High Profile 'Grass Bands
Composer: Jimmie Driftwood, 1959. - A Trio Of Sibling Pickers Originally From Switzerland Relocating To Wilkes County, NC Found Inspiration In Doc Watson And Bill Monroe
Early 19th Century Scottish Folk Song Based On Poetic Works Published A Century Before - The Byrds Sing It With Their Usual Finesse - The Summer Solstice Rings In June 20th
A Song In Both The African American Spiritual And Southern Gospel Traditions
Kalamazoo,M I - Appearing On The Orchard Stage 6/15 At The Buttermilk Jamboree; Delton MI
Norman & Nancy Blake, "Old Ties: 2002 - Guests Include Doc Watson And Tony Rice
Support for WYCE comes from the Grand Rapids Public Library.
On Tuesday, June 10th, the Yankee Clipper branch will host an Introduction to Container Gardening at 6 pm.
This workshop will cover the basics of container gardening with a focus on vegetables and native pollinators.
More information is available at G R P L dot ORG
