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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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Alison Brown

Look Left
Look Left 1994 via Vanguard Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions Returns Next Week

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Lizzie Miles

I Hate A Man Like You [1930]
First Time I Met The Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) 2002 via BMG
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Piano & Composer: Jelly Roll Morton

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Willie Nelson

God's Problem Child
God's Problem Child 2017 via Legacy Recordings
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With Tony Joe White, Leon Russell & Jamey Johnson

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Indian Calling, Uqualla

Medicine Man's Song
Spiritual Native Chants 2016 via Maxy
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Medicine Man: Traditional Healer And Spiritual Leader Who Serves A Community Of Indigenous People

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9:40 am
Local Spins Live - 5th Anniversary Party! (click for more info)

WYCE presents Local Spins Live at Speak EZ Lounge - every Wednesday night at 8pm! This series features a wide array of the best musicians in the West Michigan area, performing in a casual setting with no cover charge. 


This week, celebrate the official Local Spins 5th Anniversary Party- featuring special performances from Scott & Molly from Vox Vidorra with special guest Lady Ace Boogie, plus the tapping of special Local Spins beer from Rockford Brewing Company

 Ages "21 plus" welcome after 9pm.


Joseph Huber

Fell Off The Wagon
Tongues Of fire 2012 via Joseph Huber
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Hot Club of Cowtown

Love Is The Drug
Rare & Unreleased 2010 via God Strike
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Elana, Jake & Whit Putting Their Unique Spin On Roxy Music (Siren, 1975)

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Duke Robillard

Red's Riff
Duke's Blues 1994 via Virgin Records
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Joe Jencks

The Lady Juliana
Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers 2017 via Independent
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Guest Musicians: Harpeth Rising

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9:20 am

Joan Armatrading

Baby Blue Eyes
Into the Blues 2007 via 429 Records
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Sixteenth Album - First Of A Trilogy Of Albums By Armatrading Each Concerned With A Specific Genre Of Music: Blues, Rock & Jazz

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B-Side Growlers

Right Key, Wrong Keyhole
Home Brewed 2017 via Independent
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Appearing: Buttermilk Jamboree The Weekend Of 6/16; More Info At The 'YCE Website

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Devil in a Woodpile

Stovepipe Blues-Greenville Strut
In Your Lonesome Town 2005 via Bloodshot Records
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Chicago, IL - Giving Fresh Sounds To 80 Year-Old Songs

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The Wrigglers

Solas Market/Water Come A Mi Eye
Jamaican Mento Music Hits (1952-1958) 2012 via black Round
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Mento: Jamaican Folk Music That Predates And Has Greatly Influenced ka And Reggae - Not To Confused With Calypso, Which Originated In Trinidad & Tobago

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Prayer Bells Of Heaven
Portrait 1987 via Sugar Hill
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Composer: Jimmy Martin

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Call Of the Road
Southbound 1966 via Vanguard
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Doc Wrote This One - Southbound Is His Second Release

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9:00 am

Doug Sahm

Sheila Tequila
Good Singin' Good Playin': An Introduction To Doug Sahm 2017 via Sunset
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King Curtis

Memphis Soul Stew
Live At Fillmore West 2006 via Atlantic
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Posthumously Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2000

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Sera Cahoone

Dusty Lungs
From Where I Started 2017 via Independent
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Fourth And Strongest Release So Far - Has Come A Long Way From Her Days As The Drummer for Band Of Horses

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Mark Lavengood

We've Come Along
We've Come Along 2017 via EarthWorkMusic
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Appearing: Creston Brewery, 6/4

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Pete Seeger

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy And Other Love Songs 1967 via Columbia
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(YT) Seeger Played A Key Role In The 1950's Folk Revival And The 1960's Anti-War Movement

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8:40 am

Spoonful Of Blues: Junior Wells

Junior's Wail
Junior's Wail: Singles A's & B's, 1953-1961 2014 via Jasmine
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December 9, 1934 Tennessee - January 15,1998 Illinois

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Spoonful Of Blues: Junior Wells

Come On This House [1960]
An Introduction to Junior Wells 2006 via Fuel 2000
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Born Amos Wells Blakemore, Jr. - Wailing Harp Lines And An Exceptional Voice Became One Of The Iconic Sounds Of Chicago Blues - Replaced Little Walter In the Muddy Waters Band In 1952 - Long Informal Partnerships With Buddy Guy And Earl Hooker - A True Chicago Blues Legend

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'820' Jazz Presents: Freddie Redd

Shadows
Shades Of Redd 1961 via Blue Note
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Paul Chambers, Bass...Tina Brooks, Tenor Sax...Louis Hayes, Drums...Jackie McLean, Alto Sax...Freddie Redd, Piano

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8:20 am

The Waifs

Sugar Mama
Ironbark 2017 via Compass Records
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Bobby Osborne

Don't Be Cruel
Original Album Series - Bobby Darin 2017 via Compass Records
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Giving Elvis A Grassy Texture

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Hazel Dickens & Ginny Hawker

Old River
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection 2001 via Rounder
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A Couple Of Pioneering Legends

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Band Of Ruhks

Coal Minig Man
Band Of Ruhks 2015 via 101 Ranch
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Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby And Kenny Smith Played Together In The Lonesome River Band During The 1990's

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Stuart Duncan & Dirk Powell

Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle
Cold Mountain (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2003 via Sony
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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

Diamond Joe
Penny's Farm 2016 via Kingswood
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Long-time Coming: Fifty Years After Collaborating In The Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band

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8:00 am