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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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Ilya Portnov

Strong Brew
Strong Brew 2017 via Independent

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COMPILATIONS

Too Long
Things About Comin' My Way- A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks 2009 via Black Hen Music
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Danny Barnes, Vocals

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Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy

I Want My Baby for Christmas
100 Christmas Blues - Song to Get You Through The cold 2011 via Holiday Classics
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One Of His Early Releases, "Cadillac Boogie" Was A Direct Forerunner Of "Rocket 88," Itself Often Called The First Rock And Roll Record

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(REQUESTED)

Whitehorse

I'm On Fire
Whitehorse 2011 via SIX SHOOTER
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Husband-And-Wife Duo Luke Doucet And Melissa McClelland, Hamilton, Ontario

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Magic Sam

That's All I Need
West Side Soul 1967 via Delmark
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Grenada County, MS - Awards: 'West Side Soul,' Blues Foundation Hall Of Fame, 1984 - Learned To Play The Blues From Listening To Records By Muddy And Little Walter - Known For His Distinctive Tremolo Guitar Playing -

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9:40 am
NYE @ Wealthy Theatre (click for more info)

Join WYCE for our annual New Year's Eve celebration at Wealthy Theatre!

We'll ring in 2018 with full performances by west Michigan favorites The Go Rounds, Seth Bernard, Lady Ace Boogie, and Heavy Color!

Music begins at 8pm. All ages are welcome!

Advance tickets are $30 and are available NOW at Wealthy Theatre dot org

New Year's Eve at Wealthy Theatre is made possible with support from Orion Construction and Patriot Realty

JJ Cale

Roll On
Roll On 2009 via Rounder
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Special Guest: Eric Clapton - JJ's Fourteenth And Final Studio Album, And the Last Collaboration With Clapton

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The Dukes Of Dixieland

Riverboat Shuffle
Sound Of Bix 1996 via Duke
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A Tribute To One Of the Most Influential Jazz Cornetists Of the 1920's, Bix Beiderbecke - Beiderbecke's Persistent Alcoholism Took Its Toll At The Age Of 28

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Malinky

Sweet Willie and Fair Annie
Flower & Iron 2008 via Mad River Records
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Traditional English Ballad Quoted As Early As 1611 In The Five-Act Stage Play "Knight of the Burning Pestle" - A Variant Of The Song Appears Two Centuries Later As "Fair Margaret," Eventually Evolving Into The Mountain Murder Ballad, Mattie Groves"

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9:20 am

Whitney Rose

You Don't Scare Me
Rule 62 2017 via Six Shooter
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Varetta Dillard

Easy, Easy Baby [1952]
Stompin' At The Savoy: 1944-1961 2010 via SLG
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Vintage R&B!

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The Happy Hayseeds

Ladies Quadrille [1930]
Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music 2013 via Tompkins Square
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One Of Only Seven Known Historic Recordings By The Happy Hayseeds, all Recorded During A Two Day Session In Early March 1930

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The True Falsettos

Blues For Dixie
Slummin' 2012 via Earthwork Music
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Online Suggestion From White Cloud, MI

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Louis Armstrong

The Night Before Christmas
45 RPM (Collector's Edition) 1970 via Continental Production Co
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Merry Christmas From Yours Truly!

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9:00 am
CMC Year End Giving (click for more info)

Double your giving impact to CMC's WYCE this year!

Your tax deductible gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $1500!

Give online at grcmc.org/donate and choose WYCE in the dropdown box.

Or mail your gift to:

Community Media Center

711 Bridge Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 

Williams, Wayne & Isaak

Laughing Stock
Big City Back Country Blues 2017 via Independent
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New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley From A Trio Of Yukon Songsters Meeting Up At The Klondike Roots & Blues Festival In 2014, And Deciding To Hangout For A Few More Days For An Impromptu Recording Session - This Wonderful Album Is The Result Of Three Bluesmen Crossing Paths And Having A conversation In The Blues

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The Lil Smokies

Mending The Fence
The Lil Smokies 2013 via The Lil Smokies
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A Quintet Of Progressive 'Grassers From Missoula, MT Appearing At Bell's Eccentric Cafe. 2/2 (Kalamazoo)

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Jessi Colter

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Out Of The Ashes 2006 via Shout!
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Don Was Producing

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Gill Landry

Denver Girls
Love Rides A Dark Horse 2017 via ATO Records
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Former Member Of Old Crow Medicine Show

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8:40 am
Promo - Concert Calendar (click for more info)

Check out "WYCE dot org" to stay in tune with Grand Rapids area concerts. 

Our online concerts and events calendar lets you know the best local spots to hear live music by WYCE-approved musicians.

Please send concert listings to calendars@wyce.org

Concert Calendar is a free service of Grand Rapids Community Media Center.

Curtis Jones

Tin Pan Alley
Curtis Jones Vol. 4 1941-1953 1994 via Document
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Curtis Jones Developed His Melodic Piano Style In Dallas And The Club Circuit In Kansas City Before Moving To Chicago And Enjoying A Successful Recording Career Before World War ll With A Renewed Interest In His Music Developing During The 1960's Blues Revival. A Festival Favorite Among Europeans, Jones Relocated To Germany In The Early 60's, Finding Many Opportunities To Play & Record; Both Solo And With The Heavyweights Of British Blues. Several Of His Compositions Have Become Blues Standards. Jones Passed On In 1971.

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Curtis Jones

Highway 51 Blues
Curtis Jones Vol. 1, 1937-1938 1994 via Document
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August, 18.1906 Texas - September 11, 1971 Germany

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Bobby Timmons

White Christmas
Holiday Soul 1964 via Prestige
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Butch Warren, Double Bass...Walter Perkins, Drums...Bobby Timmons, Piano

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8:20 am

Bill Carter

Fire On The Wire
Bill Carter 2017 via Forty Below
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The Louvin Brothers

Blue From Now On
My Baby's Gone 1960 via Capitol
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Ira & Charlie

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Patsy Cline

Shoes [1962]
Sweet Dreams: Her Complete Decca Masters (1960-1963) 2010 via Geffen
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With The Jordanaires

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John Hartford

Take Me Back to My Mississippi River Home
Gum Tree Canoe 1984 via Flying Fish Records
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Hot Buttered Rum

You Be The Fiddle
The Kite & The Key, Pt.1 2016 via Hot Buttered Rum
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Quintet Of San Francisco 'Grassers

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Pete Wernick

Blue Train
What The 2007 via Niwot Records
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Debut Recording Under The Name "Flexigrass"

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8:00 am
CMC Year End Giving (click for more info)

Double your giving impact to CMC's WYCE this year!

Your tax deductible gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $1500!

Give online at grcmc.org/donate and choose WYCE in the dropdown box.

Or mail your gift to:

Community Media Center

711 Bridge Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504