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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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Rick Thum

Wild Rose of the Mountain-Lochaber No More-Mustard's Dog-Sutton Hoo
Front Porch Waltz 2002 via RT Audio
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Nest Week"

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Walkin' My Blues Away
Sonny & Terry 1973 via A&M
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Victoria Spivey

Can I Wash Your Clothes
Blues Is Life 1976 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Career Start: 1920 At Age Twelve Playing Piano In A Houston Movie Theater - Moved On to Saloons And Whorehouses, Modeling Her Career After Ida Cox - Composed Her Own Tunes, Recording With The Jazz Greats Of That Era (1929) - Continued A Successful Show Business Into The Early 1960's, Forming Spivey Records In 1962; Her First Record On The Label Featured Bob Dylan

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9:40 am

Bob Dylan

I Want You
Blonde On Blonde (Remastered) 1966 via Sony
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Reaching Into The Robb M Bag Of Gems And Pulling Out A Dylan Diamond

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Joseph Huber

Sons Of The Wandering
Suffering Stage 2017 via Joseph Elliot Huber
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Founding Member Of Milwaukee's The .357 String Band

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Emile Claire Barlow

These Boots Are Made For Walking
The Beat Goes On 2010 via Empress
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Multi-Juno Award Winner

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Jimmy Durante

Chidabee Ch-Ch
Well Dressed Man 2015 via Emerald
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Durante First Performed This Song On the Vaudeville Stage In 1927

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9:20 am

Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod

Hey Lawdy Mama (France Blues)
Come On In 2016 via Jim Kweskin
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1927, The Down Home Boys

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Rayna Gellert And Kieran Kane

One More Time
Live: The Folk Alley Sessions 2017 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley & Beehive Productions
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Rayna Gellert: Founding Member Of Uncle Earl - Kieran Kane: Upper Echelon Songwriter/Performer, Welch-Kane-Kaplin

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The Duhks

The Bantry Girls Lament-The Ol' Yellow House
Your Daughters & Your Sons 2002 via Sugarhill [Country]
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson And Jean Ritchie

Where Are You Going?
Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson At Folk City 1963 via Smithsonian
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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson And Jean Ritchie

Storms Are On The Ocean
Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson At Folk City 1963 via Smithsonian
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Circa 1800's From An Old Scottish Ballad With Many Variants - Although AP Carter Claimed Authorship Of The Song, The Verses Can Be Traced To A Centuries-Old Ballad Collected by Francis James

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9:00 am
UICA Cinema - Frantz (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from UICA.

The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year round.

Now screening: Franz- In the aftermath of World War One, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

Details at uica.org

Steely Dan

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
Pretzel Logic 1974 via MCA
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Fagan & Becker's Tip Of The Hat To Duke Ellington (1926); Duke's First Charting Single

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Amy Black

Further On Up The Road
Memphis 2017 via Reuben Records
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Undercover: Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1957

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Michael McDermott

Folksinger
Willow Springs 2016 via Pauper Sky
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Appearing With Duet Partner Heather Horton Tonight For The Pin Drop Concert Series At Seven Steps Up, Spring Lake 7:00 PM

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6 String Drag

Blues Too Blue To Mention
The Jag Sessions: Rare & Released 1996-1998 2014 via 6 String Drag
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Raleigh, NC - Pioneering Roots Revivalists Reforming After Sixteen Years And Currently Playing Limited Engagements - No Word On A New Album

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Alice Howe

Homeland Blues
You've Been Away so Long 2017 via Independent
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Boston, MA Folk Troubadour

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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

Jimmy McCracklin

Blues Blasters Boogie [1952]
Blues Legend 1921-2012 Mast via 2013
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Jimmy McCracklin

Miss Minnie Lee Blues [1947]
Blues Legend 2011 via Master Classics
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August 13, 1921 AR - December 20, 2012 CA

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'820' Jazz Presents: Dizzy Gillespie

Girl Of My Dreams
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie 1959 via Verve
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Les Spann, Guitar...Sam Jones, Bass...Les Humphries, Drums...Junior Mance, Piano...Dizzy gillespie, Trumpet

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8:20 am

Dale Watson, Ray Benson

Cryin' To Cryin' Time Again
Dale & Ray 2017 via Ameripolitan/Home Records
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A Couple Of Texas Guitar Slingers Out Of Snook, TX

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Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive

Fourth & Goal
Fourth & Goal 2017 via Dualtone
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Monroe, NC - Pickin' Banjo For Over Fifty Years, Fourth & Goal Is The Latest Album

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Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez

My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
Red Dog Tracks 2005 via Back Porch
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Pickin' On Hank Sr. (1949)

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Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers

Sweet Heaven When I Die
Orthophonic Journey: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited 2015 via Birthplace Of Country
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The Gibson Brothers

Making Good Time
In the Ground 2017 via Rounder
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Leigh & Eric - Multiple IBMA Award Recipients

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Ernie & Mack And The Bluegrass Cut-ups

Muleskinner Blues
Essential Bluegrass Mountain Music: 25 Classics 2017 via Rural Rhythm
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Written By Jimmie Rodgers, 1930

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Chet Atkins

Fiddle Patch
Guitar Legend: The RCA Years 2000 via Buddha
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Chester Burton Atkins - Known As Mr. Guitar, The Country Gentleman: I Prefer Just Plain Ol' Chet - Inducted Into The Rock And Roll, Country & Musicians Hall Of Fame

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8:00 am
UICA Cinema - Frantz (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from UICA.

The UICA Movie Theater shows independent, international, and documentary movies in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday-Sunday year round.

Now screening: Franz- In the aftermath of World War One, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

Details at uica.org