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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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Lionel Hampton Big Band

Feel The Spirit
Live At Rossmoor 2019 via Alfi
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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King Short Skirt

Tourist Leggo
Ghetto Vibes 2003 via King Short Skirt
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Originally Recorded In 1977- Among The Best Calypso Giants from Antigua - With Art De Coteau And His Trinidad Orchestra

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Claude Fontaine

I'll Play the Fool
Claude Fontaine 2019 via Innovative Leisure
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Written On The Heels Of A Failed Relationship

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Wynonna & The Big Noise ft. Bob Weir

Ramble On Rose
Single 2020 via Anti
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Composers: Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia - First Performed By The Grateful Dead At The Northrop Auditorium On The Campus Of the University Of Minnesota In Minneapolis On October 19, 1971

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9:40 am

Cindy Cashdollar

Peacock Alley
Waltz For Abilene 2020 via Silver Shot
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Guests Include Ray Benson, Albert Lee, Amy Helm, And John Sebastian

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The Derailers

I Love Me Some Elvis
Genuine 2003 via sony
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Founded In Austin In 1993 - Performed At Their Friend Buck Owens' 70th Birthday Party At Bucks' Personal Request - A Derailers Song Was Played Back To Earth From The First iPod Taken Into Outer Space, And Appear As Characters In Two Stephen King Stories

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Henry Butler

Hey Little Girl
Homeland 2004 via Basin Street Records
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Legendary Pianist Who Carried The Flamboyant, Two-Fisted Traditions Of New Orleans To The Brink Of The Avant-Garde

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Tom Jones

Just Dropped In
Spirit In The Room 2013 via Rounder
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Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, KBE Reworking The Classic Written By Nashville Songwriter Hall Of Famer Mickey Newbury, And Famously Recorded By The First Edition, 1967 And That Album Produced By Mike Post; Who Would Gain Later Renown For The Theme Music For Many Archetypical TV Dramas Such As Hill Street Blues, Magnum, P.I., And Law & Order

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9:20 am

Graham Reynolds

Highway 67
Marfa_A Country & Western Big Band Suite 2019 via Golden Hornet
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Proprietor Of Red House Studios In Austin, TX - Composer-Bandleader-Improviser

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Effie Smith & The Squires

Water! Water!
The Vita Records Story 1955 via Vita
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Sang With The Lionel Hampton And Benny Carter Orchestras And A Few Sessions With Coleman Hawkins Before Hitting Paydirt As A Member Of Three Shades Of Rhythm And The Squires

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Willis Brothers

Truck Stop Cutie [1964]
Radar Blues 1976 via Gusto
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Vintage Vinyl Spin: As Teenagers In 1932, The Willis Brothers Formed The Oklahoma Wranglers, Playing A Of Blend Of Western Swing And Cowboy, And For Short Time Toured As The Backing Band For Hank Williams. The Four Brothers Joined the Opry In 1946, Departing Three Years Later And Toured With Eddy Arnold. Pursuing Other Interests In The Music Industry, The Willis Brothers Dissolved The Band In The 1970's.

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John Martyn

Seven Black Roses
The Tumbler 1968 via Island
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Produced By Al Stewart - The Second Release By The Critically-Acclaimed British Singer-Songwriter; A Master Of Blurring the Boundaries Between Several Musical Genres Over a Forty-Year Career

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Artists For Peace & Justice

El Viajero
Let The Rhythm Lead, Haiti Song Summit, Vol. 1 2020 via Arts Music
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A Non-Profit Organization Encouraging Peace And Social Justice, And Addresses Issues Of Poverty Around The World

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9:00 am
Broad Leaf (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from  Broad Leaf Local Beer an experimental craft brewery open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner with from-scratch street food and live music. 


Broad Leaf is on the corner of 29th St and Lake Eastbrook Blvd and is owned and operated by Brewery Vivant. 

A list if events, menu, and more is available broad leaf beer dot com or on Facebook and Instagram

The Modern Hicks

Baby Took A Limo
Out Among The Stars 1999 via Jackalope
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Composer: Guy Clark - Bringing The Music To Us From The Heart Of Wine Country, Sonoma County, CA

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J.J. Cale

Pack My Jack
Shades 1981 via MCA
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Oklahoma, OK - J.J.'s Sixth Release Recorded During A Move From Nashville To a Trailer Park In Anaheim, CA. "Shades", Continued Cale's Tradition Of Giving His Albums One Word Titles. The Late J.J. Cale Has Always Kept It Simple

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Barbara Keith

Detroit Or Buffalo
Barbara Keith 2005 via Warner
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Active During The Late '60's Early 70's Greenwich Village Scene, And Re-Emerging Twenty-Five Years Later In The Stone Coyotes

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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Water Is Wide/Wusuli Boat Song
Single 2020 via Smithsonian olkways
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Forthcoming Long-Play Due May 29, Produced By Bela Fleck - Beijing-Born Fei And Illinois-Raised Washburn Have Focused Major Parts Of Their Career On Studying And Expanding On Folk Music Across The World; A Better Understanding Of The Symbiotic Relationship Between Washburn's American Folk Sounds And Wu's Background In Chinese Folk And Classical

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8:40 am

Bessie Tucker

The Katy [1928]
Dallas Alley Drag: Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps 2000 via Shanachie
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Blues Spotlight: East Texas Blues Singer Bessie Tucker Recorded Just Twenty-Four Tracks, All Before 1930. Her Songs Were Predominantly Autobiographical; Riding the Rails, Time Spent In Prison, And Lazy Men. Not Much Is Known Of Miss Tucker Outside The Texas Blues Scene. Bessie Tucker Passed On In 1933 At the Age Of Twenty-Seven.

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Bessie Tucker

Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues (Take 2)
Bessie Tucker, 1928-1929 1991 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: ?/?/1906 TX - January 6, 1933 TX

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Shorty Baker & Doc Cheatham

Chitlins'
Shorty & Doc 1961 via Swingville
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'820' Jazz Presents: "Shorty & Doc", Is A 1961 Recording On The Swingville Label. The Two Trumpeters Unite In A Quintet Configuration In a Swing-Oriented Session Recorded By Rudy Van Gelder, This Is 'Chitlins' - - - - - -Walter Bishop, Piano...Wendell Marshall, Bass...J.C. Heard, Drums...shorty Baker And Doc Cheatham, Trumpet

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8:20 am

The Mastersons

The Silver Line
No Time For Love Songs 2020 via Red House/Compass
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Produced By Shooter Jennings - Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore Release Their Fourth Set Of Emotionally Vivid Songs On 3/6

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Dad Blackard's Moonshiners

Sandy River Belle [1928]
Rough Guide To Jimmie Rodgers 2013 via World Music
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A Family Group Forming In The Blue Ridge Mountains During The 1920's; Recording At The Bristol Sessions In 1927, And Having A Profound Impact On Country And Bluegrass Music

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Lorraine Jordan & The Carolina Road Band

Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin
Single 2020 via Pinecastle
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Forthcoming Album Due In A Few Weeks

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Borr McFerrin

Honey Darlin'
Bottle Makes Three 2019 via Independent
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Matthew Borr And Carrie McFerrin Making Music Together For Seven Years After Meeting At The Bus Stop Music Festival Near Kalamazoo

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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

The Misty Dawn Medley
The Lovers' Waltz 1997 via Angel Records
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The Heart And Soul Of American Roots Music

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8:00 am
Broad Leaf (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from  Broad Leaf Local Beer an experimental craft brewery open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner with from-scratch street food and live music. 


Broad Leaf is on the corner of 29th St and Lake Eastbrook Blvd and is owned and operated by Brewery Vivant. 

A list if events, menu, and more is available broad leaf beer dot com or on Facebook and Instagram