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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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Pinetop Perkins And Jimmy Rogers With Little Mike

Pinetops Boogie Woogie
Genuine Blues Legends 2015 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose."Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Chris Pierce and Sunny War

Any Day Now
War & Pierce 2016 via Self Released
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Check Out This One! It's Fresh And Very Good

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Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go [1960]
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Their Very Best 2007
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HomeSpun, Detroit - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1990.

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The Blues Preachers

Pay Day
Dry So Long 2008 via The Blues Preachers
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Sydney, Australia: The Blues Preachers Take You To Another Place And Time, Somewhere Between 1920 and 1940. Their Music Paints A Landscape Of Pre-War Struggle And Determination With Sounds Reminiscent Of The Deep South.

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Gaye Adegbalola

Let Go, Let God
Bitter Sweet Blues 1999 via Alligator Records
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Founding Member Of Sapphire-The Uppity Blues Women - Past Recipient Of The Blues Music Award

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9:40 am

The Band

Forbidden Fruit
Live At Carter Barron Amphitheater, Washington, DC - July 17, 1976 [Reissue] 2014 via ODL
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This Album Documents One Of The Last Performances For The Band's Founding Members; Four Months Later, They Would Announce Their Retirement From Touring With The 'Last Waltz' Concert.

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The McDades

The Whistle Blower
Bloom 2006 via Free Radio
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Bloom: Juno Award Winner In 2007

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Eliane Elias

Voce
Made In Brazil 2015 via Concord
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Appearing With The Detroit Symphony Orchestra April 22, 8 PM

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Frank Sinatra

How About You
Songs For Swingin' Lovers 1956 via Reprise
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A Little Sunday Morning Swagger For Ya' From The Chairman

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9:20 am
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - Barefoot in the Park (click for more info)

Support for WYCE is provided by the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, presenting Neil Simon's romantic comedy, Barefoot in the Park.

Performing live at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre January 15th-31st.

Ticket information can be found at grct.org. 

Hotpoint Stringband

Monticello/Owen Sound/River Falls
Hotpoint Special 2004 via Make'em Goo Woo
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Coffee, Muffins, Contradancing & 'YCE. Oh Yeah, It Must Be Sunday Morning Traditions

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Hold Whatcha' Got
Will The Circle Be Unbroken lll 202 via Capitol
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Vocals: Jimmy Martin

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc & Merle Watson

Sheeps In The Meadow/Stoney Fork
Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album 1983 via Flying Fish
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This Albums' Prime Focus Is On Doc & Merle's Hot-Picking. Previous Albums Have Featured Only A Few Instrumentals.

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Country Blues
Trouble In Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Album 2003 via Sugar Hill
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This Album Contains Recordings By Watson In the Country Blues Style.These Songs Are Traditional & Public Domain. Here, Doc Covers The Highly-Influential Dock Boggs, Old-Time Singer, Songwriter & Banjoist. Boggs Recorded "Country Blues," In 1926.

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9:00 am

Shawn Colvin

Round of Blues
Fat City 1992 via Sony
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Appearing As Part Of the Acoustic Cafe Series Inside The Royce Auditorium At St. Cecilia Music Center, February 18 - 7:30

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Steppin' In It

Last Winter in the Copper Country
Last Winter In The Copper Country 2002 via Hippo Coop
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Homespun, Lansing

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Peter Cooper

Happy Endings
Depot Light - Songs of Eric Taylor 2015 via Red Beet
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Moonlights As A Professor Of Country Music At Vanderbilt University

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Sierra Hull

Black River
Weighted Mind 2016 via Rounder
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Produced By Bela Fleck. Album Release: 1/29/2016

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Long John Hunter

In The Country
Swinging From The Rafters 1997 via Alligator
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July 13, 1931 Arkansas - January 4, 2016 Arizona

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Spoonful Of Blues: D.A. Hunt

Greyhound Blues [1953]
Folk Blues 2015 via X5
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5/23/1929 Alabama - May/?/1962 Arizona

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This Is '820' Jazz: Keith Jarrett's American Quartet

Bob-Be
Bop-Be 1977 via Impulse
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Charlie Haden, Bass...Paul Motian, Drums...Dewey Redman, Tenor Sax...Keith Jarrett, Piano

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8:20 am

Drew Emmitt

Tangled Up in Blue
Freedom Ride 2002 via Compass Records
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Comes Off His Current Solo Tour And Rejoins Leftover Salmon For A Healthy Summer Touring Schedule In A Few Months

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Chris Jones And The Night Drivers

Dust Off The Pain
Run Away Tonight 2015 via Crossroads Entertainment
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Appearing At The Auburn Hills Bluegrass Festival, 9/10

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The Grascals

Delta Queen
And Then There's This 2016 via Mountain Home Music Company
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Fresh Into The 'YCE Bluegrass Batch - Eleven Years Pickin' On The Tunes

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John Weisberger & The Lonesome Heirs

Never Go Back
I've Been Mostly Awake 2014
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Side Project For The Night Drivers Bassist - Special Guests: The Gibson Brothers

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Gretchen Peters

When You Comin' home (Featuring J
Blackbirds 2015 via Scarlet Letter
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Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee (2014)...She Is Joined Here By Jimmy La Favre

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