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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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Sea Journey
Sea Journey 2017 via BluJazz
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Samuel Nalangira

Bwa Senga
Amayengo 2019 via Independent
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Native Of Uganda, East Africa And Currently Residing In Kalamazoo - Multi- Instrumentalist And A Master Of Many Traditional Instruments

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Uncle Lucius

Gulf Coast Gypsies
The Light 2015 via Boo Clap
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Uncle Lucius Was Texas Music's Resident Jam Band, The Embodied The Spirit Of Austin - After Twelve Years, Five Vans, Four Studio Albums, Countless Miles, And Friendships Forged In Fire, A Lifetime Of Lessons And Positive Experiences, Uncle Lucius Havw Retired

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COMPILATIONS

Move Back to the Woods
The Walter Davis Project 2013 via Electro-Fi
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Billy Boy Arnold - Davis Played An Influential Role In The Creation Of The Pre-War Blues

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9:40 am
WYCE | Michigan Music Marathon 2020 (click for more info)

Beginning at noon on Thursday it's the WYCE Michigan Music Marathon and Fund Drive!


This fund drive will be A World of Michigan Music featuring only Michigan artists for 36 hours with info on local restaurants, venues, and area nonprofits throughout. 

GRTV will also be showing WYCE throwback performances from over the years via Comcast channel 24 and Twitch.

This upcoming fund drive is crucial to our operations and we need your help. Our goal is $36,000 in 36 hours but you can give us jump start on that goal today by making a donation at WYCE dot org

Tune in for WYCE's Michigan Music Marathon starting Thursday at noon and support independent radio in West Michigan! 


Janiva Magness

Don't You Wish It Was True
Change In The Weather (Janiva Sings John Fogerty) 2019 via Blue Elan
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Special Guest: Taj Mahal - Detroit Born - Earning Seven Blues Music Awards, Including The B.B. King Entertainer, Becoming Only The Second Woman, After Koko Taylor, To Be So Honored.

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(REQUESTED)

Levon Helm

Got Me a Woman
Dirt Farmer 2007 via Vanguard Records
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Online Suggestion

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The Frank and Joe Show

Glow Worm
66 2-3 2005 via Sin-Drome Records
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Cameo Vocalese By Jane Monheit And Janis Siegel On The 1952 Mills Brothers Classic, However, The Song Has Its Roots From A 1902 German Operetta

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Casey Van Beek & The Tulsa Groove

If You Don't Love Me
Heaven Forever 2020 via Little Village
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Keeping With The Legendary Tulsa Sound Tradition - As A Teen Played With LA-Based Rock Band, 'The Vibrants' Opening For The Rolling Stones And Dave Clark Five

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(REQUESTED)

Kitchen Dwellers

Welcome To The Machine
Reheated, Vol. 2 2020 via Kitchen Dwellers
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Montana-Bred Bluegrass Outfit Putting Their Progressive Pick To The Roger Waters Masterpiece

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9:20 am

COMPILATIONS

No End Of Love (The Travelin' McCourys)
On The Road A Tribute To John Hartford 2020 via Lo Hi
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Originally Found On John's Second Release 'Earthwords & Music, 1967'

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New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra

Ethiopia Rag
Grace And Beauty 2001 via Delmark
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Founded 1967 - Specializing In Turn Of The Century Rags

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Catfish Keith

Cross the River Jordan
A True Friend is Hard to Find 2012 via Fish Tail Records
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Blind Willie McTell, 1936

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Trallaleri Of Genoa

La Partenza (The Parting)
The Alan Lomax Collection From The American Folklife Center 2012 via Odyssey
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The Trallalero Singing Tradition Is Unique In That The Usual Line-Up Of Male Vocal Ranges Is Augmented By A Male Contralto And A Man Imitating A Guitar, A Repertoire Of Around Sixty Songs, And Flourished In Just One Area Of One Fairly Small City, Genoa On The Southern Slope Of The Appennines Mountains

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9:00 am

Dave Edmunds

The Race Is On
Twangin' 1981 via Swan
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Undercover: George Jones, 1964 - Dave's Final Recording Featuring 'Rockpile' Before Moving Onto A Different Label

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CrossBow

Tam Lin - Julia Delaney Reel
Crossbow 2016 via Independent
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Handmade In The Mitten! And Having Performed In Casual Jam Sessions Many Times In GR

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Graham Parker

Sugaree
Your Country 2004 via Bloodshot Records
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Remembering The Passing Of Jerry Garcia Twenty-Five Years Ago This Date 1995 (Aug. 9)

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Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn

Bloomin' Rose
Echo In The Valley 2017 via Rouder
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Taking Banjo Playing To Some Very Unlikely Places

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Charley Crockett

Fool Somebody Else
Welcome To Hard Times 2020 via Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers
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Eighth Official Release; Songwriting Contributions By Dan Auerbach

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8:40 am
Promo - Submit Music (click for more info)

Are you a Michigan musician or know of a few talented artists?

Submit an album to 88.1 FM WYCE for airplay consideration. 

View a how-to guide by visiting WYCE dot org and then click on the "Connect" tab to see the steps to add a local album to our WYCE music library!

Jack Owens

Cherry Ball Blues
Bentonia Country Blues 1979 via Testament
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Jack Owens, Along With Friend Skip James Was One Of The Players From Their Home Town Of Bentonia Who Used Minor Key Tunings In Their Guitar Playing, Which Gave It Quite A Different Feel To The Dark Tones Of The Classic Delta Blues Heard Further North In Clarksdale. Owens Did Not Seek To Become A Professional Recording Artist, Preferring To Farm, Bootleg Liquor, And Run A Weekend Juke Joint In Bentonia For Most Of His Life. Owens Shared Many Qualities With Skip James, But While Skip Went North In 1930 To Record, Jack Stayed Behind Playing Locally On The Weekends. 'Re-Discovered' During The Folk/Blues Revival Of The 1960's, Jack Recorded His First Album At Age Sixty-Six. A Recipient Of The 1993 National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts, Jack Owens Passed On In 1997.

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Jack Owens And Skip James

Give Me Your Money
50 Years Mississippi blues In Bentonia 2017 via Testament
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November 17, 1904 Mississippi - February 9, 1997 Mississippi

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Toshiko-Mariano Quartet

Elegy
Toshiko-Mariano Quartet (Live At Birdland) 1961 via Blue Note
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Eddie Marshall, Drums...Gene Cherici, Bass...Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone...Toshiko Akiyoshi, Piano - - - - - - - Recorded Over A Two Night Session In 1961 At Manhattan's Famed Jazz Club Birdland.The Toshiko-Mariano Quartet Had Played Together On One Other Gig Four Years Prior. The Interplay Of The Musicians From That Newport Jazz Festival Appearance Is Solid On This Birdland Recording - The Bop Is At Its Best

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8:20 am

Eilen Jewell

Green River
Single 2020 via Signature Sounds
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Eilen And The Band Navigating Their Way Down The Green River, A Journey Taken By Creedence Clearwater Revival Fifty Years Ago

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Don Gibson

Sea Of Heartbreak [1961]
RCA Country Legends: Don Gibson 2001 via RCA/Buddha
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Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductee, Nicknamed The Sad Poet

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Chet Atkins

Mister Sandman [1954]
The Essential Chet Atkins 1996 via BMG
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Recorded Four Times During 1954 - Chet's Instrumental Version Moved Across Five Charts

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Corb Lund

Bible On the Dash
Cabin Fever 2012 via New West Records
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Hayes Carll Joining In On Corb's Debut Release

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Nell And Jim Band

Travelin' The Road West
Western Sun 2020 via Whippoorwill Arts
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New Music Into 'YCE

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Noam Pikelny

Fish and Bird
Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail 2011 via Compass Records
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Aoife O'Donovan, Vocals - Lent His Chops To Leftover Salmon, Leaving To Join John Cowan's Band Prior To Joining Chris Thile And Founding The Punch Brothers

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8:00 am