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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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Chucho Valdes

Bebo
Border-Free 2013 via Jazz Village
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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(REQUESTED)

Billy Strings & Don Julin

Open Up Them Pearly Gates
Fiddle Tune X 2014 via Independent
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HandMade In The Mitten! - Jammie Award Winners

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Tony Bennett

I've Gotta Be Me
I've Gotta Be Me 1969 via Columbia
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Ninety-Four Year Old Living Legend - Interpreter Of Song - Painter Under The Name "Benedetto" - An American Original

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J.D. Short

Your Tempting Me
The Sonnet Blues Story 1973 via Sonnet
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Delta Bluesman With A Distinctive Vibrato-Laden Singing Voice - Cousin tT Big Joe Williams And David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Began Recording In The 1930's, Disappeared From The Music Industry For Over Two Decades Before Re-Emerging During The Blues Revival Of The 1960's

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9:40 am

Webb Wilder

Who Will The Next Fool Be_
Mississippi Moderne 2015 via Landslide Records
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Hattiesburg, MS Native Son Working In A Bluesy Sway To The Charlie Rich Classic

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Bow Thayer

Snake Bite
Spend It All 2006 via Crooked Roots
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With Guest Collaborator Levon Helm

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Rachel Brooke

Picture on the Wall
The Loneliness In Me 2020 via MAL Records
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HandMade In The Mitten! Rachel Is From The Band 'Modern Mal' Releasing An Album '017, And Heard Here On 'YCE

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Tony Rice

Lonesome Rueben
Guitar 1973 via Red Clay Records
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We Lost Tony At The Age Of 69 On Christmas Day - Flatpicking Master - Profoundly Influential Bluegrass Guitarist And Singer - Co-Founding Member In The David Grisman Quintet - Inductee Into The International Bluegrass Hall Of Fame

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9:20 am

Georgie Fame & The Harry South Big Band

Last Night
'60's London Swing 2010 via CBS
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Legendary Musician

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Banditos

Long Gone, Anyway
Banditos 2015 via Bloodshot
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Birmingham, AL - Members Had Played In Various Punk And Rock 'N' Roll Projects Around Birmingham - The Band's Sound Is Uniquely Their Own, An Amalgamation Of Backwoods Bluegrass, To Slinky Nods To Muscle Shoals Soul And Unexpected Bits Of Doo-Wop Sweetness

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The Gourds

Everybody's Missing the Sun
Shinebox 1998 via Sugarhill [Country]
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The Stylings Of Austin's Favorite Sons Crisscrosses The Roots-Music Spectrum With A Whacked-Out, Independent Spirit

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Missy Burgess With The Blue Train

Pilgrim
Missy Burgess With The Blue Train 2020 via Burgess Songs
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Revisiting Steve Earle (The Mountain)

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Wailing Souls

Busnah
Fire House Rock 1990 via Shanachie
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Formed In 1966 As 'The Renegades' Bridging The Journey Between Ska And Reggae With A Infectious Rocksteady Groove

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9:00 am
Top 2020 Songs Countdown - Thank you! (click for more info)

Thank you to all the WYCE listeners and donors who tuned in and supported us during our countdown!

Congratulations to Khruangbin & Leon Bridges for taking the #1 spot on our list with "Texas Sun" and to all our winners along the way.

You can see the full list online and make your donation to power us through 2021 over at wyce dot org. 

We could not deliver a world of music each day without listener support and look forward to spending this new year with you. 

The Blasters

Kathleen
The Blasters Collection 1991 via Slash
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The Brothers Alvin Forming The Band In 1979 In Downey, CA - Rockin' Roots At Its Best

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New Orleans High Society

At the Jazz Band Ball
New Orleans High Society 2020 via Slammin' Media
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A Seasoned Octet With A Distinctive Interpretation Of The New Orleans Repertoire

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Dirk Powell

That Ain't Right
Walking Through Clay 2014 via Sugar Hill
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Dirk's Continuing Artistic Vision Combines Deep-Running Roots In Rural American Tradition

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S.G. Goodman

If It Ain't Me Babe
Old Time Feeling 2020 via Verve Forecast
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Hickman, KY

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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

Joseph "Little Joe Blue" Valery, Jr.

Right Where You Left It
Southern Country Boy 1972 via Jewell
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Blues Spotlight: Was A Relatively Late Starter As A Blues Artist. Born In the Delta, Little Joe Was Raised In Detroit, Forming 'The Midnighters' In The Late 1950's, And Not Long After Relocating To Los Angeles Where The Club Work Was Steady And Recording Contracts Plentiful. Recording For a Number Of Labels, Little Joe's Output Was Steady, But Only A Couple Of Hits Got Attention. At The End Of A Lengthy Tour Of Europe Representing The United States On The International Jazz And Blues Festival, Little Joe Settled In Nevada, Establishing Himself As The Go To Session Guitarist For The Better Part Of The 1980's. Joseph Valery, Jr. Passed On In 1990.

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Joseph "Little Joe Blue" Valery, Jr.

Dirty Work Goin' On [1966]
The Chess Story 1965-1975 1999 via Chess
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Blues Spotlight: September 23, 1934 MS - April 22, 1990 NV

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McCoy Tyner Quartet

Mellow Minor
McCoy Tyner Quartet 2007 via McCoy Tyner Music
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'820' Jazz Presents: Joe Lovano, Saxophone...Jeff "Tain'' Watts, Drums...Christian McBride, Bass...McCoy Tyner, Piano - - - - - - - The Album Represents A Return To The Quartet Configuration, Back In The Studio With A Combo Of Jazz Heavyweights Catching The Groove Early On, A Solid Tempo Harkening Back To His Days With John Coltrane; Five Years Of Ground-Breaking Genius.

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8:20 am

B-Side Growlers

Honky Tonk
Home Brewed 2017 via Independent
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GR Emissions! - Jammie Award Winners

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Lester Flatt & Earl Scurggs w/ Mother Maybelle Carter

Worried Man Blues
Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) 1989 via Columbia
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Passed Down By Oral Tradition, The Lyrics Vary From Version To Version; The Chorus Usually Goes Unchanged - Recorded By The Carter Family In 1930

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Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman

The Wreck Of The Number Nine [1962]
Classic Mountain Songs From Smithsonian Folkways 2002 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Mountain Shout: Virginia Autoharpist Ranked Among The Prominent Recording Artists Of Country Music's First Commercial Decade with His Rendering Of American Train Song (1927)

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Appalachian Road Show

Sales Tax On The Women
Tribulation 2020 via Billy Blue
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Composers Dorsey Dixon And Wade Mainer Around The Time Of The Great Depression As A Tongue-In-Cheek Protest To The newly Introduced, And Largely Despised State Governments' Sales Taxes

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Reed Turchi & His Kudzu Choir

Wallerin
Just A Little More Faith 2018 via Independent
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Turchi Learned Slide Guitar Firsthand From The Last Blues Masters Of North Mississippi

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COMPILATIONS

Marie
Poet- A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt 2001 via Free Falls Ent.
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Willie Nelson Taps Into The Darker Side Of The Townes Van Zandt Song Canon - We Lost Van Zandt On New Year's Day, 1997

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8:00 am
Top 2020 Songs Countdown - Thank you! (click for more info)

Thank you to all the WYCE listeners and donors who tuned in and supported us during our countdown!

Congratulations to Khruangbin & Leon Bridges for taking the #1 spot on our list with "Texas Sun" and to all our winners along the way.

You can see the full list online and make your donation to power us through 2021 over at wyce dot org. 

We could not deliver a world of music each day without listener support and look forward to spending this new year with you.