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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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An Dro

Tourdion Set
An Dro Live 2013 2013 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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John Nemeth

Come and Take It
Stronger Than Strong 2020 via Nola Blue
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'YCE Blues Alley Welcomes John's Latest

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Grayson Capps

Ol' Slac
The Lost Cause Minstrels 2011 via The Royal Potato Family
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Turning 54 In A Few Days

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Ella Fitzgerald

Airmail Special
Ella at Zardi's 2017 via VERVE RECORDS/UMe
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The Tapes Laid For Six Decades In the Vaults Of Verve Records - On The Cusp Of Something Bigger When She Began An Engagement At Zardi's Jazzland, In The Heart Of Hollywood During The First Several Weeks Of 1956

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9:40 am

Aaron Lee Tasjan

Up All Night
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! 2021 via New West
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Tasjan's Words Are Soaked In Spilled Whiskey, Misunderstood Tears And Dusty Memories

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Burning Spear

Down in Jamaica
Our Music 2005 via Burning Music
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Birthday Greetings; 76 A Few Days Ago

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John Fahey

Yazoo Basin Blues
Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years: 1958-1965 2017 via Dust To Digital
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Enormously Influential Steel-String Guitarist Laying The Foundation For The Genre Of American Primitive Guitar - Fahey Left Us In 2001

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Lucinda Williams

Not Dark Yet
Bob's Back Pages: A Night Of Bob Dyaln Songs 2020 via Highway 20
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Lucinda And Her Wonderful Band Inviting A Short List Of Friends For A Recording Near And Dear To Heart, Paying Tribute To Bob Dylan, A Man Of Complex Celebrity; Moving Between Writing, Poetry, Storyteller, And Recipient Of The Nobel Prize In Literature

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9:20 am
Ferris Coffee (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Ferris is a family owned and operated company with a mission to build relationships through specialty coffee and nuts. 

More information about their coffee and the people behind is available at ferriscoffee.com

Elizabeth King

Testify
Living In The Last Days 2021 via Bible & Tire
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The 78 Year-Old's Debut Album Connects The Past And Future Of The Memphis Sacred Soul Scene. King Fronted The Gospel Souls In The 1970's, One Of The Few Women To Lead An All-Male Band - Stepped Away From Music In The 1980's To Raise Her 15 Children - The New Album Captures The Joy And Pain Of A Remarkable Life

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Charley Crockett

Slim's Lament
10 For Slim [Charley Crockett Sings James Hand] 2021 via Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers
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Crockett Honors The Late Texas Songwriter James Hand; A Mentoring Influence to Many With His Mainstay Of Classic, Unabridged Honky-Tonk Music

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Little Joe Y Sus Latainaires

Crazy Baby [1963]
15 Hits Of The 60's 1998 via Disco Roble
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A Pioneer Of The Next Generation Of Orquesta Tejana - Evolving From The Influence Beto Villa, Widely Considered Along With Isidro Lopez The Father Of The Orquesta Tejana

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Bukka White, Washboard Sam And Memphis Minnie

The Promise True And Grand [1930]
The Vintage Recordings 1930-1940: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues 2002 via Document
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These Early Sessions Are Revered As Being Among The Finest In Blues History; Regarded As Being The Last Great Country Blues Recording Sessions Of The Pre-War Blues Era

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Andes Manta

Casuai Manta
Causai Paucha 1996
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Ecuadorian Musicians The Brothers Lopez Perform The Vibrant, Centuries-Old Sounds Of The Andes Mountains On 35 Traditional Instruments

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9:00 am

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
The Traveling Kind 2015 via Nonesuch
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Emmylou Turning 74 This Past Friday - The Two Have Had Many Collaborations Over The Years, Dating Back To Crowell's Time As A Member Of Harris' Hot Band

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Erin Harp ft. Jim Countryman

Rollin' And Tumblin'
Meet Me In The Middle 2020 via Juicy Juju
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Undercover: Hambone Willie Newbern, 1929 - The Two Co-Founders Of the 'Delta Swingers' Collaborating On A Duet Project; A Labor Of Love With Invigorating Takes On A Few Delta Blues Classics

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Dale Watson & The Memphians

Deep Eddy
Dale Watson Presents: The Memphians 2021 via Dale Watson
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Owning One Of The Best Pure Country Voices Around, Watson Let His Highly Skilled Guitar Do The Talking Across This Album, Honoring The Deep Roots Of The Music Of Memphis - 'Deep Eddy' Is A Tip Of The Hat To Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Duane Eddy

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The Kingston Trio

Sloop John B
The Kingston Trio 1958 via Capitol
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A Bahamian Folk Song From Nassau Published As "The John B. Sails" In 1916 - A Field Recording By The Cleveland Simmons Group Was Captured By Folklorist Alan Lomax In 1935 - Twenty-Three Years Later The Kingston Trio Would Include It On Their Debut Album, Entering The Charts In October Of '58, And Residing For Nearly Four Years

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Joanne Shenandoah And A. Paul Ortega

I May Want A Man
Parting Ways 1994 via Canyon Records
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The Voices And Guitars Of Two Nations Joining Original Songs About The Ways Of Living And Loving Among Native Peoples

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8:40 am
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The Aces

Bluesy [1956]
Earwig 16th Anniversary Sampler 1994 via Earwig
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Blues Spotlight: One Of The Earliest And Most Influential Of The Electric Chicago Blues Bands In The 1950's, Led By Brothers Louis And Dave Myers. With The Addition Of Harmonica Player Junior Wells, They Rechristened Themselves The Three Deuces And Then The Three Aces. Wells Quit In 1952 To Join The Muddy Waters Band, Filling The Vacancy Created By The Departure Of Little Walter. Walter Then Signed The Remaining Aces As His New Backing Unit, Renaming The Trio The Jukes. A Series Of Seminal Recordings Followed - Until Louis Myers Left The Band In 1958. The Resulting Gradual Dissolution Of The Jukes As Little Walter's Band Freed The Members To Reform As A Premier Backing Band For Other Chicago Blues Musicians; A Journey That Took Them Into The 1980's.

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The Aces

Just Whaling [1956]
Sweet Home Chicago 2006 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight: Active 1950's

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Miles Davis Quintet

Teo
Someday My Prince Will Come 1961 via Columbia
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'820' Jazz - Jimmy Cobb, Drums...Wynton Kelly, Piano...John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone...Paul Chambers, Bass...Miles Davis, Trumpet - - - - - - The 1961 Album Is The Seventh Release For Davis. Although In Quintet Formation, It Marked A Transitional Period; Wynton Kelly Replacing The Recently Departed Red Garland - The Second Great Quintet Would Be Birthed Three Years Later. 'Someday My Prince Will Come' Is Observing Its Sixty-Year Anniversary; We Move In Several Cuts Deep For "Teo", Here On Traditions!

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8:20 am
Ferris Coffee (click for more info)

Coffee at WYCE is provided by Ferris Coffee - a local roaster with two cafe locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Ferris is a family owned and operated company with a mission to build relationships through specialty coffee and nuts. 

More information about their coffee and the people behind is available at ferriscoffee.com

Rotondi

Teresa
Play On 1988 via Rom
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Formed In 1984 Out Of A Collective Of L.A. Roots Musicians Escaping The Quantized World Of MTV

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Spring Creek Bluegrass Band

Waterline Blues
Rural & Cosmic Bluegrass 2006 via Spring Creek Bluegrass
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Lyons, CO - The Pickers Are No Longer Together

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Michelle Billingsley

Gaslighting
Not The Marrying Kind 2021 via Independent
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Michigan Raised, Chicago Based By Way Of Los Angeles

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John Duffey

Long Black Veil
Always In Style 2000 via Sugarhill
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The Great John Duffey, Foundered Two Of The Most Influential Groups In Bluegrass, The Country Gentlemen And The Seldom Scene - Inducted To The International Bluegrass Music Hall Of Honor

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The Stanley Brothers With George Shuffler

A Crown He Wore
Hymns Of The Cross 1964 via Gusto
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George Shuffler Adding His Hi-Lonesome Tenor To The Supreme Harmonies Of Ralph And Carter Stanley - Easter Greetings

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Jean Redpath

Sonny's Dream
Leaving the Land 1990 via Philo
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Scottish Folk Singer And Music Educator With Just One Of Many The Worldwide Reinterpretations Of "Sonny's Dream", Composed By The Late Ron Hynes

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8:00 am