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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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Sam Bush

Stingray
Ice Caps- Peaks of Telluride 2000 via Sugarhill [Country]
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM - The Roots Live Here

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Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear

Daisy Jane
Skeleton Crew 2015 via Glassnote
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Independence, MO - Madisen Ward And Ruth Ward (Mother & Son Duo). These Album Captures The Sound They'd Been Making Since The Early Coffee Shop Days.

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Sue Foley

Every Road I Take
Every Road I Take 2006 via Shanachie
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Canadian Blues & Roots Musician Soon Turning Forty-Eight

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(REQUESTED)

Taj Mahal

Cakewalk Into Town
Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff 1972 via Columbia
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Fifth American Blues Studio Album - Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. - Two Grammy & One Blues Music Awards - Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award - Continues To Reshape The Definition And Scope Of Blues Music Over The Course Of His Incredible 50-Year Career; Fusing It With Nontraditional Forms Including Indigenous Sounds From The Caribbean, Africa And The South Pacific

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Tim Williams

Anywhere c/o The Blues
So Low 2016 via Lowden Proud
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Fresh Into The 'YCE Blues Alley

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9:40 am
Calvin College | Daughter (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Calvin College presenting Daughter live in concert at the Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium Wednesday, March 9.
This U.K. based trio brings lyrical twists and turns to its melancholic sound.
Daughter live in concert with special guests Wilsen at the Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium  this Wednesday, March 9.
More information at calvin dot E D U

Roy Orbison

Blue Angel [1961]
The Essential Roy Orbison 2006 via Sony
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Vernon, Texas - Second Group Of Nominees Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame In 1987

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6 String Drag

Cry Cry Cry
Rare & Unreleased 1996-1998 2014
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Raleigh, NC - One Of The Late 1990's Pioneering Alt-Country Quartets - Emerged Once Again in 2015 After A Sixteen Year Hibernation - "Good to Have them Back!"

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Eileen Ivers

Irish Black Bottom
Beyond The Bog Road 2016 via Musical Bridge, Inc. & Entertainment One U.S.
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Fresh Into 'YCE - Recorded By Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, November 1927

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Roy Gaines

Good Old Days
Tuxedo Blues 2011 via Black Gold Recordscds.
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With His Full Orchestra - Texas Bred Guitarist - Influenced By T-Bone Walker

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Ivie Anderson

I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter [1937]
Ivie Anderson And Duke Ellington 1931-1942 2013 via Eternal time
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Prior to Ellington Signing Anderson, He Never Had A Regular Vocalist - Thought To Be The Best Singer He Ever Had - Began Her Career At The Cotton Club As Singer For Earl Hines (1930) - Considered To Be One Of The Finest Singers Of The Golden Age Of Jazz

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9:20 am

Sara Watkins

Will We Go
Sara Watkins 2009 via Nonesuch
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Traditions Appearance Alert: Macomb Center For the Arts In Clinton Township, 3/19 - Produced By John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)

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Loretta Lynn

In the Pines
Full Circle 2016 via Sony
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Fresh Into 'YCE - 1870's Southern Appalachian Folk Song - Lead Belly Recorded Several Versions Under Different Titles During the 1940's

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Critton Hollow String Band

Where The Grass Won't Grow
Cowboy And Indians 1996 via Yode
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Founded On The Streets Of Annapolis, MD In 1975 - The Trio Continues To This Day Tending To A Stable Of Songs Dating To The First Settlements Of Appalachia

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Eli West

The Lone Pilgrim
The Both 2016 via Self Released
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Seattle Based - Eli Rejoins Cahalen Morrison For A Rather Lengthy Tour Beginning 3/11

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(REQUESTED)

9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Honey Babe Blues
Trouble In Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Album 2003 via Sugar Hill
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"There's A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Blues Tunes, And Some Of Them Aren't Really Blues At All; They Just Have Sort Of A Blues Flavor," Doc Watson

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Playin' On The Street
Legacy 2002 via Vanguard
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Doc Looks Back Over His Career From Performing On The Streets Of Boone, NC To Becoming A National Treasure And Multi Grammy-Award Winner.

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9:00 am

Caroline Spence

Whiskey Watered Down
Somehow 2015 via Independent
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Nashville-Based Virginian - Her Songwriting Is Passionate And Emotional - This Is Her Full Length Album

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Potato Moon

Lonesome Jack the Rambler
Midnight Water 2002 via n/a
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GR Flavorings - Traditions Appearance Alert: One Trick Pony, 3/26

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Sarah Harmer

Luther's Got the Blues
I'm a Mountain 2006 via Zoe Records
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Canadian Singer-Songwriter & Activist - This Is Her Third Album And A Shift Toward An Acoustic Sound - Many Of The Songs Were Written As Early As 1998 - Recorded In One Week With Sarah Self-Producing The Album

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Kate Wolf

We Were Strangers
Carry It On 1996 via Kate Wolf Songs
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Recorded Between 1978 & 1981 In Berkeley, California - Kathryn Louise Allen, January 27, 1942 - December 10, 1986 (44) Leukemia

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Greg Brown

Here in the Going Going Gone
The Poet Game 1994 via Red House

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Elizabeth Johnson

Sobbin' Woman Blues [1930]
American Primitive, Vol. 2 - Pre-War Revenants 2005 via Revenant
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?/?/1898(?) Louisiana - ?/?/???? Unknown

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Spoonful Of Blues: Gitfiddle Jim

Paddlin' Madeline Home [1930]
Country Blues Outlaws 2009 via Goldenlane
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February 15, 1901 Georgia - November 8, 1968 Illinois

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This Is '820' Jazz: Poncho Sanchez

I Showed Them
Soul Sauce: Memories Of Cal Tjader 1995 via Group IV
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Ruben Estrada, Vibes...Stan Martin, Trumpet & Flugelhorn...Alex Henderson, Trombones...Scott Martin, Saxophones...Jose Rodriquez, Bongos & Percussion...Tony Banda, Bass...David Torres, Piano...Poncho Sanchez, Congas

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8:20 am
AOTM (click for more info)

WYCE'S Album Of the Month Club members are receiving Baaba Maal's new albumThe Traveller, courtesy of Marathon Artists. 


Baaba Maal, the Senegalese master-musician and cultural warrior, has an electrifying new sound and exhilarating studio album. 

Receive a new album from WYCE in your mailbox every month! 

email nicole@wyce.org for details.

Sam Outlaw

Jesus Take The Wheel (And Drive Me To A Bar)
Angeleno 2015 via Six Shooter
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Aberdeen, SD - At Age Thirty Left A Successful Advertising Career To Follow His Muse - "Angeleno," Was Produced By Ry Cooder

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Rob McCoury

Banjo Riff
The 5 string Flamethrower 2014 via McCoury Music
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A Twenty-Eight Year Member Of The Del McCoury Band - This Is His Debut Solo Album - Currently On Tour With The McCoury Band

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Donna Ulisse

Ain't That A Pity
Hard Cry Moon 2015 via Independent
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Joined Here By Her Longtime Road Band, "The Poor Mountain Boys."

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Russell Moore & 111RD Tyme Out

Big Muddy
Pryme Tyme 2011 via Rural Rhythm
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Formed In Georgia In 1991 - Beginning Their 25th Year Of Performing - Ten Time International Bluegrass Music Awards Winners (IBMA ) - Traditions Appearance Alert: Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/6

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Trout Steak Revival

Union Pacific
Brighter Every Day 2015 via Independent
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Colorado Quintet - Traditions Appearance Alert: BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass Festival In St. Joseph, 5/21. Sam Bush And Joe Louis Walker Are Also Scheduled To Appear

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Darrell Scott & Tim O' Brien

With A Memory Like Mine
We're Usually A Lot Better Than This 2012 via Full Skies
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These Old Friends Met In A Lobby Of A Nashville Music Company 19 Years Ago - This Album Recorded Over The Course Of Two Gigs At The Grey Eagle In Asheville, North Carolina In 2005 And 2006.

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8:00 am