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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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Bruce Cockburn

Mistress of Storms
Speechless 2005 via Rounder Records
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Grain Thief

Tequila Bottle
Gasoline 2020 via Independent
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Boston 'Grassers

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Leo Kottke

Bumblebee
The Best 1978 via Beat Goes On
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A Trip To WYCE Vinyl Vault For a Pre-Show Primer, Appearing 9/24 St. Cecelia Music Center As Part Of The Ongoing Acoustic Cafe Folk Series - Kottke Turned 80 A Few Days Ago

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9:40 am

COMPILATIONS

Low Down
Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults - The New Lost Classics of Resonance Records Vol 1 2016 via Resonance
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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Formed In 1965, The Band Performed For Twelve Years In Its Original Incarnation, Including A 1972 Tour Of The Soviet Union During The Height Of The Cold War

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Eilen Jewell

Crazy Mixed Up World
Down Hearted Blues 2017 via Signature Sounds
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Willie Dixon Wrote In 1959, Little Walter Recording That Same Year; Walter's Release Solidified The Song As A Part Of The Blues Canon

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Chris Isaak

South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)
Baja Sessions 1996 via Reprise / Wea
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A Nostalgic Road Trip Driving The Baja In 1939

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9:30 am
SC4A - Fall Programming (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, where fall programming runs through November. 

The season features a diverse lineup of concerts, a new art exhibition, and a community-wide Fall Festival on November 7.

Saugatuck Center for the Arts invites you to discover what's on stage at S-C-4-A dot org.

The Bruce Katz Band

Blues Before Sunrise
Homecoming 2014 via American Showplace Music
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John Hammond, Special Guest - Multiple Blues Music Award Winner - Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee

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Red Thyme

Bad News Waltz
Places You Don't Go EP 2024 via Independent
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HandCrafted GR! Appearing 9/25 For the Final Show Of The Less Travelled Music Series At Long Road Distillery

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9:20 am
Less Travelled-More Music Concert Series - Week 3 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Long Road Distillery, in partnership with 88.1 FM WYCE, presenting the Less Traveled- More Music Concert Series. 

Concerts are open to the public at no charge and take place on Thursday nights from 6 to 9 PM on the Less Traveled Patio at 959 Cherry Street SE in Grand Rapids.

The series wraps up this Thursday with live music from Red Thyme Duo on September 25.

More information is available at wyce dot org and on Facebook, by searching "Less Traveled-More Music Concert Series."

COMPILATIONS

Gason Total
Putumayo World Party 2007 via Putumayo World Music
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Orchestre Tropicana D'Haiti: A Legendary Haitian Band Founded In 1963; The Only One Of Haiti's Original Big Bands Still Performing

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Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Tough Enough
Heat, Dust & Dreams 1993 via Capitol
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Savuka's Music Blended Traditional Zulu Influences With Celtic And Rock Edge That Had A Cross-Racial Appeal In South Africa

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Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale

Abyss
Breathing Under Water 2007 via Manhattan Records
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Shankar And Kale Expand Beyond Cultural And Traditional Borders Of Music On This Collaboration - Special Guests Include Sting, And Shankar's Father Ravi And Sister Norah Jones

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9:00 am
The Realtors® Property Crisis Fund (click for more info)
Do you know someone going through a tough time after a fire, flood, or other disaster? 

The Realtors® Property Crisis Fund may be able to help. 

Funded by local REALTORS®, this program provides quick, direct aid to residents in need across West Michigan. 

If you know someone who could use support, the online grant application can be accessed at grar dot com slash crisis response fund.

Rodney Crowell

Some Kind Of Woman
Airline Highway 2025 via New West
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As Expected Rodney's Latest Is An Album Of Remarkable Narrative Depth, And Populated By Complex Characters - The Themes Are Classic Crowell - Highways, Romance, Mortality

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Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Grass Valley
Crooked Tree 2022 via Nonesuch
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Back to Back Grammy Award Winner

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Bob Bernard and Kailin Yong

Blue Skirt Waltz
Harvest Queen 2012 via Earthwork Music
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HomeSpun GR! Dedicated To Jeannette Bernard, Waltz Fiddler, Bob's Mother And Marquette's Harvest Queen Of 1931- Seth Bernard, Guesting

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8:40 am

Jimmy Burns

Baby Don't Do It
Night Time Again 1999 via Delmark
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Blues Plate Special: Although Born In The Delta Jimmy Has Lived In Chicago Since His Youth, And Became Active In The Blues, Soul, And R&B Scene For A Few Years And Backed Out In The Early 1970's To Concentrate On Domestic Life And Family, And To Run a Babecue Stand - Rekindling His Career In The Early 1990's, Jimmy Released His Full-Length Debut On Delmark Records, 1996 - At 82, The Legendary Jimmy Burns And His Band Of Young Lions ContinueTo Play The Road

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Miles Davis & John Coltrane

So What (Live from Konserthuset
The Final Tour_The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 2018 via Columbia/Legacy
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Jazz Spotlight: The Final Tour Featuring Both Miles Davis And John Coltrane Was The March 1960 European Tour, Capturing The Two At The End Of Their Collaboration, Highlighting Their Diverging Styles; Coltrane's Playing Was Increasingly Intense, While Davis Maintained A More Restrained Approach -This Was The First Time A Touring Version Of The Miles Davis Quintet Was Officially Documented, And Serving As An International Launchpad For Coltrane's Own Jazz Revolution

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8:20 am
Less Travelled-More Music Concert Series - Week 3 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Long Road Distillery, in partnership with 88.1 FM WYCE, presenting the Less Traveled- More Music Concert Series. 

Concerts are open to the public at no charge and take place on Thursday nights from 6 to 9 PM on the Less Traveled Patio at 959 Cherry Street SE in Grand Rapids.

The series wraps up this Thursday with live music from Red Thyme Duo on September 25.

More information is available at wyce dot org and on Facebook, by searching "Less Traveled-More Music Concert Series."

John Doe & The Sadies

Stop the World and Let Me Off
Country Club 2009 via Yep Roc Records
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Written By Nashville Singer/Songwriter Carl Belew Having Succesful Chart Action In 1958, Followed By Recordings From Patsy Cline, Johnnie & Jack And Waylon Jennings

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The Moxie Strings

Drowsy Maggie-Sidetracked
The Moxie Strings 2012 via Independent
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WYCE Jammie Award Recipients

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Catfish Keith

That Ain't No Way for Me to Get Along
Cherry Ball 1993 via na
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The Country Blues Are Safe In Sound In The Hands Of Catfish Keith - Great Show At Wheatland Couple Weeks Ago

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COMPILATIONS

The Ballad Of Honeybee & Almond Flower - Erin Inglish
Banjo Babes 2015 Album 2015 via Independent
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Several Projects Centered Around Compilation Albums And Calendar Featuring Diverse, And Stellar Female Banjo Players

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COMPILATIONS

Wayfaring Stranger
Back Roads to Cold Mountain 2004 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Composed: 1840, Sung In The Mountain Churches -Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, And Richard Greene Gathered Around One Microphone In A Small room

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8:00 am
GR Pride Center Programs (click for more info)
The Grand Rapids Pride Center has been serving the 2SLGBTQ+ community since 1988. 

They work to create positive change by breaking down barriers, creating awareness, providing inclusive services, and bridging relationships. 

By offering social and support groups, volunteer opportunities, a basic and essential needs closet, a Therapy Assistance Program, and other services, Grand Rapids Pride Center strives to be a safe, welcoming, and affirming space for 2SLGBTQ+ individuals in the greater-Grand Rapids area.

More information on Grand Rapids Pride Center programming is available at GRPRIDE DOT ORG.