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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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Two High String Band

Insofarasmuch
Insofarasmuch 2003 via Blue Corn Music
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Muddy Waters

I Got My Brand On You
You Shook Me - The Chess Masters, Vol. 3 1958-1963 2012 via Chess
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Producer: Willie Dixon - Piano: Otis Spann

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The Holmes Brothers

All Night, All Day
Jubilation 1992 via Real World
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Etta Jones

The Gal From Joe's
Love Shout 1962 via Prestige
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Aiken, SC - Sang Professionally For Over 50 Years, Yet She Steadfastly remained A "Best-Kept Secret" Throughout Her Career - First Professional Gig: Buddy Johnson's Big Band, 1943 (15 Years Old) - First Big Hit: "Don't Go To Strangers," 1960

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Lyle Lovett

Once Is Enough
Lyle Lovett And His Large Band 1988 via Mca Nashville
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Appearing With John Hiatt At The Wharton Center, East Lansing 10/31

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9:40 am

Sam Bush

The Dolphin Dance
Laps In Seven 2006 via Sugarhill [Country]
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First Time Spin From An Eleven Year Old Album

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Hugh Masekela

Witch Doctor
Presents The Chissa Years 1965-1975: Rare & Unrealeased 2006 via BBE
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Featuring Baranta & Miatta Fahinbulleh - The Album Includes Rare & Unreleased Music From The Vaults Of Chissa Records, Founded By Masekela And Producer Stewart Levine

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Eddie Bo

Mardi Gras At The Boiler Room
New Orleans Solo Piano 2017 via Tuff City
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He And Fats Ruled the Crescent City In the Mid-1950's And Yet Is A Sorely Underappreciated Veteran Of The New Orleans R&B Scene

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Alberta Hunter

Amtrak Blues
Amtrak Blues 1978 via Sony
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9:20 am

Bruce Cockburn

Twelve Gates to the City
Bone On Bone 2017 via True North
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Johnny Lee Moore And 12 Mississippi Convicts

Eighteen Hammers
You Tube Video 2012 via Courtesy Of You Tube
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Field Recording Made By John Lomax In 1933 At the Mississippi State Penitentiary - The Songs Evolution Extends From The Latter Part Of The Nineteenth Century

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Danu

Peg and Awl
The Road Less Traveled 2003 via Shanachie
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Founded In 1994 On the Outskirts Of Dublin - The Band Take Their Name From One Of The Oldest Deities In Celtic Mythology - An Industrial Song Documenting The History Of Shoe-Making

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9 O'Clock Doc: Doc Watson

Tennessee Stud
Southbound 1966 via Vanguard
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Composer: Jimmy Driftwood - Doc's Second Studio Release - The Song Tells The Story About A Man, His Horse And Their Travels In Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, And Mexico In 1825 - Doc Would Revisit "Tennessee Stud," On His 2003 Release By The Same Name

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9 O'Clock Doc: Ola Belle Reed

The Soldier And The Lady
Ola Belle Reed 2009 via Rounder
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Ashe County, NC - Clawhammer-Style Banjoist, Singer/Songwriter - Trailblazing Force For Women In Bluegrass Music - An Appalachian Woman Of Hard-Earned Talent Who Delivered Honest Music Sung From The Heart; Songs That Speak to Her Appalachian Life And Traditions

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9:00 am
Courtyard Concerts - Seth Gleer + Birds of Chicago (click for more info)

Courtyard Concerts presents its 4th annual outdoor mini music festival featuring Seth Gleer + Birds of Chicago with special guest Jesse Terry, Sunday, September 10th. Local singer-songwriter Loren Johnson opens the show. The concert is in downtown Spring Lake in the courtyard outside Seven Steps Up.

This fundraising concert supports music and community-related initiatives in Northern Ottawa & Southern Muskegon counties.

Gates open at 1:30pm with music starting at 2:00. Admission is free for children 12 & under accompanied by a parent. Food and beverages will be available for cash purchase.

Tickets available online at "Courtyard Concerts dot org" or by calling the Seven Steps Up Box Office at 616-930-4755.

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Eli Cook

Month Of Sundays
High-Dollar Gospel 2017 via C.R.8 Records
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Online Suggestion

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Turnpike Troubadours

Every Girl
Diamonds And Gasoline 2010 via Turnpike Troubadours
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Oklahoma Quintet Moving Down America's Highways Twelve Years On

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Andre Brunet

A Plein Souffle
Folk Alley Sessions At Festitrad: Andre Brunet 2017 via Courtesy Of Folk Alley
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Quebec Fiddle Master And Former Member Of La Bottine Souriante

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Rosanne Cash

Dance With The Tiger
Interiors 1990 via Columbia
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Co-Written With John Stewart - Most Of The Album's Themes Are In Reference To Her Breakup With Rodney Crowell

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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: Ethel Waters

West End Blues [1928]
Greatest Years 2011 via Hallmark
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October 31. 1896 Pennsylvania - September 1, 1977 California

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Spoonful Of Blues: Ethel Waters

Georgia Blues
Down Home Blues (1920-1921) 2014 via Jazz Age
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Originally Classified As A Blues Singer; An Interpreter Of The Blues Rivaling Bessie Smith - A Stage And Movie Star In The 1930's And '40's - Her Jazz-Oriented Recordings From 1921-1928 Swung Before That Term Was Even Coined - After 1960 She Mostly Confined Her Performances To Religious Work for The Evangelist Billy Graham

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'820' Jazz Presents: Coleman Hawkins

Almost Dawn
The Hawk Swings 1961 via Crown
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Eddie Costa, Piano...Osie Johnson, Drums...George Duvivier, Bass...Thad Jones, Trumpet...Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone

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8:20 am

The Sweetback Sisters

I'm Gonna Cry
King Of Killing Time 2017 via Signature Sounds
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Zara Bode & Emily Miller; "A Modern Take On The Golden Age Of Country Music"

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Dailey & Vincent

Cumberland River
Dailey & Vincent 1986 via Rounder
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Jaime Dailey: Former Lead Singer & Guitarist For Doyle Lawson - Darrin Vincent: Founding Member Of Kentucky thunder

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Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Workin' It Out [1964]
16 Biggest Hits 2002 via Sony
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With The Foggy Mountain Boys, One Of The Landmark Bands In Bluegrass

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Greensky Bluegrass

Out & Under
Less Than Supper 2005 via Big Blue Zoo Records
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The Band Returns For A Two Night Stand At The Kalamazoo State Theater November 24 & 25; May Erlewhine Supports

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Dale Ann Bradley

One More River
Dale Ann Bradley 2017 via Pinecastle
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2017 IBMA Nominated For Female Vocalist Of The Year; An Award She Has Won Five Times Before

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EmiSunshine

Ragged Dreams
Ragged Dreams 2017 via Independent
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12 Year-Old East Tennessee Prodigy

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8:00 am
Courtyard Concerts - Seth Gleer + Birds of Chicago (click for more info)

Courtyard Concerts presents its 4th annual outdoor mini music festival featuring Seth Gleer + Birds of Chicago with special guest Jesse Terry, Sunday, September 10th. Local singer-songwriter Loren Johnson opens the show. The concert is in downtown Spring Lake in the courtyard outside Seven Steps Up.

This fundraising concert supports music and community-related initiatives in Northern Ottawa & Southern Muskegon counties.

Gates open at 1:30pm with music starting at 2:00. Admission is free for children 12 & under accompanied by a parent. Food and beverages will be available for cash purchase.

Tickets available online at "Courtyard Concerts dot org" or by calling the Seven Steps Up Box Office at 616-930-4755.