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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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John Hammond

Preachin' Blues
Got Love If You Want It 1992 via Virgin Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Ann Rabson

Baby, Every Once in a While
Music Makin' Mama 1997 via Alligator Records
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Ann's Debut After The Dissolution Of Sapphire-The Uppity Blues Women.

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Steve Howell & The Mighty Men

Another Friend Like Me
Friend Like Me 2015 via Out Of The Past
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Little Joe McLerran

Cocktails for Two
Believe I'll Make a Change 2009 via Roots Blues Reborn
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Habib Koite & Eric Bibb

Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Brothers In Bamako 2012 via Stony Plain Music
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First Known Recording By Henry Whitter In 1924 Under The Title "The Lonesome Road Blues."

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9:40 am
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Lyle Lovett

Private Conversation
The Road To Ensenada 1996 via Mca
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Online Suggestion From Boyne Mountain

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Mollie O'Brien

Bollweevil Holler
Tell It True 1996 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Composer: Unknown

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Kermit Ruffins

Chinatown, My Chinatown
We Partyin' Traditional Style! 2013 via Basin Street
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Kermit Giving The Hot-Jazz Treatment To What Is Considered An Early Jazz Standard. Composed In 1906 By Tin Pan Alley Songwriters Jean Schwartz & William Jerome

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Kathy LaMar

Scotch And Soda
Songs For Elsa 2015 via Self-Released
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Homespun, GR...Composed By Dave Guard, Founding Member Of The Kingston Trio

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9:20 am

Old Crow Medicine Show

Doc's Day
Remedy 2014 via ATO
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Alice Gerrard

Boll Weevil
Follow The Music 2015 via Tompkins Square
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Composer: North Carolina Fiddler Tommy Jarrell, 1934

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The Crooked Jades

Blackberry Blossom
World's On Fire 2006 via Jade Note
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San Francisco, 2006

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New Lost City Ramblers

My Long Journey Home
The Early Years (1958-1962) 1991 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Distinguished Old-Time New York City String Band Founded In 1958

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

I Got the Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied
The Bottom Line Archive Series (Reissue) 2002 via Bottom Line Theater Cabaret
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Never-Before-Released Live Performance During Doc’s Two Final Bottom Line Engagements - He Had Played The Club Over 30 Times Before.

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9 O'Clock Doc: The Doc Watson Family

Handsome Molly
Treasures Untold 1964 via Vanguard
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Recorded Live By Doc And His Family At The 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Merle Was 15 years Old At The Time Of The Recording.

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9:00 am

Susan Werner

Last of the Good Straight Girls
Last of the Good Straight Girls 1995 via Susan Werner
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Guests Musicians: Marshall Crenshaw & Mitchell Froom... Appearing At The Saugatuck Center For The Arts 3/19, 8 PM

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Dawn And Hawkes

Right On Time
Yours And Mine 2015 via Dawn And Hawkes
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Miranda Dawn And Chris Hawkes First Met In 2010 When He Crossed An Austin Barroom Floor And Asked Her To Dance. Yours And Mine" Is Their First full-Length Album

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Peter Cooper

The Great Divide
Depot Light - Songs of Eric Taylor 2015 via Red Beet
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The Milk Carton Kids

Undress The World
Prologue 2011 via Milk Carton Records
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Patty Griffin

Shine a Different Way
Servant Of Love 2015 via Thirty Tigers
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Appearing At the Macomb Center For The Performing Arts, Clinton Township 3/19 - Special Guest: Sara Watkins

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Pee Wee Crayton

Central Avenue Blues [1948]
Blues On Blues 2006 via Fuel
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December 18, 1914 Texas - June 25, 1985 California

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Spoonful Of Blues: Little Johnny Jones

Early In The Morning
A Beginner's Guide To: Acoustic Blues 2014 via Alligator
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November 1, 1924 Mississippi - November 19, 1964 Illinois

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This Is '820' Jazz: Billie Holiday

Day In Day Out
Songs For Distingue Lovers 1957 via Verve
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Ben Webster, Tenor Sax...Barney Kessel, Guitar...Harry "Sweets" Edison...Red Mitchell, Bass...Alvin Stoller, Drums...Jimmy Rowles, Piano...Billie Holiday, Vocals

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8:20 am

The Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash

Highway Bound
New Old Story 2014 via Randm Records
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The Del McCoury Band

I Feel The Blues Movin' In
By Request 2009
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Appearing At Beer & Bluegrass At The State Theater In Kalamazoo, 1/16 - Doors Open 7 PM. Special Guests Include 'YCE Jammie Winner Billy Strings & Don Julin

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Who Hit John

The Long Walk Home
Heirloom 2009 via Hey Burner! Records
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Part Of The Bell's Beer Brunch Next Sunday: Waffles, Brisket & Old-Time Music - Music Begins At 10 AM

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The Grascals

Road Of Life
And Then There's This... 2016 via Crossroads
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Monday's Artist Of The Day On 'YCE

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Crow and the Canyon

Waterfalls
Leaving Soon 2015 via Independent
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