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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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Henry Townsend

No Fuss and Fight
My Story 2001 via Apo
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Little Walter

Juke
The Best Of Little Walter 1986 via Mca
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King Of The Post-War Blues Harpists. Little Walter Was Inducted To The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2008 In The "Sideman" Category Making Him The Only Artist Inducted Specifically As A Harmonica Player.

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Big Maybelle

96 Tears
Big Maybelle's Got A Brand New Bag 1967 via Rojaic
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Reworking Of The 1965 Tune By ? & The Mysterians

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Henry Gray and Bob Corritore

I'm in Love Again
Vol. 1 - Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest 2015 via Delta Groove
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90 Years Young & Still Laying Down The Boogie. You Know Henry From His 12-Year Stint With The Great Howlin' Wolf

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Michael Jerome Browne

Sliding Delta
Sliding Delta 2015 via Borealis
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The Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week

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9:40 am
Sweet Harmony Soul | Meijer (click for more info)

Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series welcomes "Sweet Harmony Soul" featuring Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin and Amy Helm - Thursday, July 9 at 6:30pm.

Mavis Staples is a gospel and rhythm-and-blues singer who made hits of "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself" with The Staple Singers. She won her first Grammy with "You Are Not Alone," a collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.

Patty Griffin is multi-Grammy winning singer/songwriter who has also been honored as Americana Music Association's Artist of the Year.

Amy Helm is the daughter of music legend Levon Helm. She lends a powerful voice to traditional gospel, blues standards and original compositions.

Sweet Harmony Soul is performing at Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater on Thursday, July 9 at 6:30pm.

Tickets are on sale now at M-E-I-J-E-R Gardens dot org

Peat In The Creel

Cooley's - Morrison's
Live At Fiddler's Hearth 2015 via independent
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GR Flavor, Live

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Allen Toussaint

Southern Nights
Songbook 2013 via Rounder
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Composed "Southern Nights," In 1975.

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9:20 am

Watkins Family Hour

Early Morning Rain
Watkins Family Hour 2015 via Red
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Sara & Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek). Gordon Lightfoot Undercover

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Nikki Talley

Railroad Boy (Traditional)
Out From The Harbor 2015 via Independent
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North Carolina Based Singer-Songwriter

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In Session: Joy Kills Sorrow

Gold In The Deep
Live From Folk Alley: August 2013 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley
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A Quintet Of Grad Students & Teachers From The Berklee School Of Music, Boston.

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Kaia Kater

Southern Girl
Sorrow Bound 2015 via Kingswood Recordings
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Depression Magazine Calls Her The Olla Belle Reed Of The 21st Century.

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Doc & Merle Watson

Greenville Trestle High
Riding The Midnight Train 1986 via Sugar Hill
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Grammy Award Winner For Best Traditional Folk Album, 1987. Guest Pickers Include Sam Bush, Bela Fleck & Mark O'Connor.

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Doc Watson

Rye Cove
Songs From The Southern Mountains 1994 via Sugar Hill Records
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9 O'Clock Doc: A Two Tune Traditions Tribute To Arthel "Doc' Watson, Flat Picker - Deep Gap, NC. This Song References The Deadly 1929 Rye Cove, Virginia Tornado Outbreak, One Of The Most Intense To Affect Appalachia.

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9:00 am
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Woody Pines

Make It to the Woods
Woody Pines 2015 via Muddy Roots Music Recordings
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Nashville Troubadour With A Wicked Down Home Swing

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Artie Traum

Niagra
South Of Layfette 2002
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Began On The Greenwich Village Folk Scene. Moved Through Several Genres With A Focus On Jazz In His Later Years.

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Colin Hay

Baby Can I See You Tonight
American Sunshine 2009 via Compass Records
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A Man Hard At Work

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The Sundays

Folk Song
Static & Silence 1997 via Geffen Records
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Currently Writing New Music For A Possible Reunion Tour.

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8:40 am
WYCE Live at Wealthy welcomes JERRY DOUGLAS (click for more info)

Sunday, August 16th at 8pm
Tickets at WealthyTheatre.org

Spoonful Of Blues: Ruby Glaze

Lonesome Day Blues [1932]
The Blues Collection: Blind Willie Mctell 2013 via No Now

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Spoonful Of Blues: Henry Thomas

Cottonfield Blues [1928]
Ragtime Texas - 1927-1929 via DOC

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8:30 am

Minor Yours (First Version)
Playboys 1956 via Pacific Jazz
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Richie Kamuca, Tenor Sax...Pete Jolly, Piano...Leroy Vinger, Bass...Stan Levey, Drums...Chet Baker, Trumpet...Art Pepper, Alto Sax

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8:20 am

Bryan Sutton

Swannanoa Tunnel
Into My Own 2014 via Sugar Hill
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Larry Sparks

Georgia Peaches
40 2005 via Rebel Records
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On Tour With His "Lonesome Ramblers," Celebrating Fifty Years In Bluegrass. Joined 'The Clinch Mountain Boys,' In 1966 After The Passing Of Carter Stanley.

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Ashley Condon

Going To The Country
The Great Compromise 2013
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Produced By Peter Francey

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The Duhks

Dance Hall Girls-Bozeemon Boogie
The Duhks 2005 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Appearing At The Hiawatha Music Festival The Weekend Of July 17th In Marquette....More Info At hiawathamusic.org/festival

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The Lonesome Trio

Appalachia Apologia
The Lonesome Trio 2015 via Sugar Hill
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Debut Album...The Band Formed Twenty-Two Years Ago On The Campus Of Oberlin College - Northern Ohio

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