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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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River Rogues Jazz Band

Black and Blue
From Fats To Satch 2004 via RRJB
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week, 8 AM

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Mississippi Fred McDowell

You're Gonna Be Sorry [Previously Unreleased]
Portraits: First Recordings 1997 via Rounder
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A Seminal Figure In Mississippi Hill Country Blues - Never Knew His Birth Date Possibly 1904 - Belated Recording Career (1959-1971) Proved That Some Of The Most Vital Country Blues Music Had Gone Undiscovered During The 1920's & 30's - Alan Lomax Described McDowell As “A Bluesman Quite The Equal Of Son House And Muddy Waters, But, Musically Speaking, Their Granddaddy.” - Awards: Blues Hall Of Fame, 1991

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Mary Flower

Mood Indigo
Ragtime Girl 2008 via Bluesette
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Composers: Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills, 1930

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9:40 am

Billy Swan

Jailhouse Rock/King Creole
Mystery Train 2016 via Billy Swan
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1974 Neo-Rockabilly Hit "I Can Help" - Well-Known In Music Circles Since The Early 1960's As A Top Songwriter, Sideman And Producer - The New Album Pays Tribute To Elvis & Sun Records

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Anemos

Miazis Me Fotia
Anemos 1998 via Warner greece
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Athens, Greece - Folk Duo Inspired By The Sounds Of The Mediterrean

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Tom Waits

Warm Beer And Cold Women
Nighthawks At The Diner 1975 via Asylum
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Turning 66 In A Few Days - Tom's Voice: "Sounding Like It Was Soaked In A Vat Of Bourbon, Left Hanging In The Smokehouse For A Few Months, And Then Taken Outside And Run Over With A Car." Daniel Durchholz, Music Critic

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9:20 am

Mills Brothers

Cab Driver [1959]
All Time Greatest Hits 1997 via Decca
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Piqua, Ohio - In 1928 Known As The "Four Kings Of Harmony" - More Than Two-Thousand Recordings Combined Sold Fifty Million Copies And Garnered Three Dozen Gold Records - One Of The Most Influential Vocal Groups Of The Twentieth-Century

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Seth Bernard & Daisy May

In Love
Seth Bernard & Daisy May 2005 via Earthwork Music
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May: Salt Of The Earth, 11/23 Fennville - Bell's Eccentric Cafe, 12/01 Kalamazoo - May Returns To Founder's, 12/10 Grand Rapids & Seven Steps Up, 12/17 Spring Lake

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Waterson:Carthy

The Light Dragoon
Waterson: Carthy 1995 via Topic
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Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson Joined By Their Daughter Eliza And Melodeon Extraordinaire Saul Rose

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Sonny Treadway

Don't Let The Devil Ride
The Best Of Sacred Steel 2010 via Arhoolie
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Sacred Steel: Musical Style And African-American Gospel Tradition Developing In A Group Of Related Pentecostal Churches In The 1930's

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Storms On The Ocean
Portrait 1987 via Sugar Hill
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Composer: A.P. Carter

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Tough Luck Man
Portrait 1987 via Sugar
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Composer: Clarence Ashley, Clawhammer Banjoist - Introduced An Unknown Doc To The World In 1964

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9:00 am

Donovan

There Is A Mountain [1967]
Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1967 1992 via Sony
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Glasgow, Scotland

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Kim And Reggie Harris With The Washington Children's Choir

Trampin'
The Great American Folksong 2011 via Sono Luminus
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Nineteenth Century Spiritual

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Sam Beam And Jesca Hoop

Valley Clouds
Love Letter for Fire 2016 via Sub Pop
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Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) - Jesca Hoop "Memories Are Now," Coming In February

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Cisco Houston

Pat Works On the Railroad [1954]
Cisco Houston: Greatest Recordings 2015 via Cisco Houston
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Composer: Unknown; First Publication 1864 - Houston: Irish Folksinger Closely Associated With Woody Guthrie Due Their Extensive History Of Recording Together -

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Taarka

Another Morning
Making Tracks Home 2015 via Taarka
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8:40 am
Promo - Local Spins on WYCE (click for more info)

Local Spins on WYCE is a 1-hour exploration of the best music from the Grand Rapids area and West Michigan. The program often debuts new songs by seasoned artists as well as emerging acts who merit attention and broader exposure.

The show is hosted by John "SINK-uh-vitch" from LocalSpins.com, the website covering West Michigan's music scene. Each week, John invites local artists into the studio for live music and conversation.

Tune in for "Local Spins on WYCE" every Friday at 11am. And browse every archived episode online at WYCE dot org

Spoonful Of Blues: Mercy Dee Walton

Five Card Hand [1961]
Troublesome Mind 1991 via Arhoolie
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Born In Waco Texas, Mercy Dee Walton Took The Sunset Route To Play His Piano In California In 1941. A Major Influence On Mose Allison, He Was Equally At Home Singing Slow Blues Ballads, Jump-Blues And Some Of The Nastiest Boogie-Woogie Put To Vinyl. After Jamming A Few Years With Big Jay McNeely, Mercy Dee's Solo Work Adapted Well With The Arrival Of Rock And Roll. Unfortunately, It Was Short-Lived. He Passed On At The Age Of Forty-Seven In 1961.

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Spoonful Of Blues: Mercy Dee Walton

Lady Luck [1961]
Troublesome Mind 1991 via Arhoolie
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August 3, 1915 Texas - December 2, 1962 California - Jump Blues Pianist, Singer/Songwriter - "One Room Country Shack," Is A Blues Standard

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This Is '820' Jazz: Baby Face Willette

Whatever Lola Wants
Face to Face 1961 via Blue Note
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Grant Green, Guitar...Fred Jackson, Tenor Sax...Ben Dixon, Drums...Baby Face Willette, Hammond B3

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8:20 am

The Del McCoury Band

First One Back In Town
First One Back In town 2016 via McCoury Music
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The Robb M Fresh Pick Of The Week!

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John Prine

Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out
For Better, or Worse 2016 via Oh Boy
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With Iris DeMent

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John Hartford

Where Does An Old Time River Man Go
John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage 2000 via Blue Plate
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A Collection Of Songs From Three Mid-1990's Appearances

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Sierra Hull

The In-Between
Weighted Mind 2016 via Rounder
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Producer: Bela Fleck

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Mark O'Connor

Midnight On The Water
Pickin' In The Wind 1976 via Rounder
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Guest Musicians - John Hartford, Roy Husky, Jr., Sam Bush, Norman Blake & Charlie Collins - Mark Had Just Turned Fifteen Years Old

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