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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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Debo Band

Oromo
Ere Gobez 2017 via FPE Records
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Harmonica Shah

Don't Kick Me To The Curb
Deep Detroit 2000 via South Side Records
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Detroit, MI - Motor City Blues Scenester For Forty-Five Years; Turning 75 A Few Days Ago

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John Hiatt & The Jerry Douglas Band

Long Black Electric Cadillac
Leftover Feelings 2021 via New West
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First Collaboration Between The Two Opting For A Legendary Sound; Recording The Sessions At Nashville's Iconic RCA Studio B - One Room - Playing Songs Live With Each Other, - Improvising Parts

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Poco

Oh Yeah
Pickin' Up The Pieces 1968 via Sony
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Remembering Virtuoso Pedal Steel Guitarist, Co-Founding Member And Guiding Light Of The Highly-Influential Poco - Rusty Young Passed On April 14th At the Age Of 75

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9:40 am

Henry Gray

Keepin' The Blues Alive
Watch Yourself 2001 via Independent
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Louisiana's Early Swamp Blues Could Not Have Had A Better Proponent - Inductee Into The Louisiana Hall Of Fame

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Luther Dickinson & Sisters Of The Strawberry Moon

We Made It (feat. Sharde Thomas)
Solstice 2019 via New West Records
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An All-Star Collective That Includes Amy Helm, Amy LaVere, Sharde Thomas, Birds Of Chicago And The Como Mamas - The Recording sessions Were Held Over Four Days During The Actual Strawberry Moon Of The Summer Solstice At The Dickinson Family's Zebra Ranch Studio In Independence, Mississippi

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Conway Twitty

I Vibrate (From My Head To My Feet)
Conway Twitty Sings 1958 via MCA
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Harold Lloyd Jenkins - Recorded At Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, TN - Chart-Toppers In The Rock And Roll, R&B, And Pop Genres - Inducted Into Both The Country Music And The Rockabilly Halls Of Fame - Seeking A Better Show Business Name, Jenkins Was Looking At A Road Map When He Spotted Conway, Arkansas, And Twitty, Texas; Chose The Name Conway Twitty, And The Rest Is History

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Ammar El Sherei

Ahwak
Oriental Music (1976) 2020 via WEWANTSOUNDS
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A Child Prodigy And True Colossus Of Egyptian Music

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9:20 am

COMPILATIONS

Oh Boy
Rave On Buddy Holly 2011 via HEAR MUSIC
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M. Ward And Zooey Deschanel One Of The Many Stellar Artists Taking Part In A Wonderful Tribute Tribute To Buddy Holly & The Crickets

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Leftover Salmon

Left Unsung
Brand New Good Old Days 2021 via Compass
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New Music Into 'YCE And A First Time Spin - Recorded At Echo Sound Ashevill, NC - Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass; Enough Said

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David Holt And Doc Watson

I Got The Blues and I Can't Be Satisfied
Legacy 2002 via High Windy
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Composer: Mississippi John Hurt, 1929 - Recorded In Asheville, NC 2001 - Won The 2002 Grammy Award For Best Traditional Folk Album

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The Witches Of Elswick

Billy Boy
Hell's Belles 2018 via Selwyck
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A Cappella Quartet Mining Their Material From Traditional Music Of The British Isles - Many Variations And Reworkings Have Been Handed Down Throughout The Centuries; One Of Those Versions Gave Bob Dylan The Inspiration For 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall'

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Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi

Amazing Grace
They're Calling Me Home 2021 via Nonesuch
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Hymn Published In 1779, With Words Written Seven Years Prior By The English Poet And Clergyman John Newton

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9:00 am

Jackie Wilson

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Lonely Teardrops 1958 via Brunswick
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Detroit, MI - "Mr. Excitement" Adding His Four-Octave Tenor To The Timeless 1909 Vaudevillian Standard

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Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

Find Yourself
Radio Sampler 2017 via Fantasy/Concord
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Lady Gaga Chiming In With Exquisite Backing Vocals

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Missy Raines

When The Day Is Done
New Frontier 2013 via Compass
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First Album Recorded With What Would Become Her Consummate Backing Band 'The New Hip'

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Gary Louris

D.C. Blues
Vagabonds 2007 via Rykodisc
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The '07 Solo Debut From The Co-Founder Of The Jayhawks

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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

Sylvester Weaver And Helen Humes

Cross-Eyed Blues
Sylvester Weaver Vol. 2 (1927 1991 via Document
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Blues Spotlight: Sylvester Weaver's Career Clocked In At A Short Four Years Beginning In 1923 Recording Three Songs In NYC; These Recordings Are The Very First Country-Blues Recordings, And The First Known Recorded Songs Using The Slide Guitar Style. Walter Beasley, Helen Humes And Sara Martin Often Accompanied Weaver Until Abruptly Retiring At The Age Of Thirty, Giving Up Music Completely, And Opting to Work Odd Jobs In Louisville Until His Passing In 1960 - Not Knowing Of His Impact As One Of The Forefathers Of Modern Rock Music. When He Slid A Knife Along The Strings Of His Guitar, Weaver Could Have Had No Idea Of The Monster He Was Unleashing: Elmore James, Jimmy Page, George Thorogood And Thousands More Came Stomping In His Footsteps.

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Syvester Weaver

Guitar Rag [1923]
The Slide Guitar: Bottle, Knives & Steel 1990 via Sony
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Blues Spotlight: July 25, 1897 KY - April 4, 1960 KY

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Clark Terry Qunitet

Simple Waltz
Live At The Village Gate 1991 via Chesky
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'820' Jazz Presents: Don Friedman, Piano...Marcus McLauren, Bass...Kenny Washington, Drums...Jimmy Heath, Saxophones...Clark Terry, Trumpet - - - - - - -- - Just Shy Of His 70th Birthday At The Time Of This Performance, And Sounds Very Much At The Peak Of His Powers Throughout Live At The Village Gate. Terry Performs Eight Little-Known Originals, Calling In A Few Old Friends From The Early Days For A Hot Session Of Hard-Swinging.

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8:20 am

Janel Anderson

Love to Love
Waiting 2021 via Independent
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HandMade In The U.P. - Recording At Several Studios Located In Some Of The Most Rugged And Beautiful Parts Of Michigan

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John McEuen

Moonlight Dancing

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Stringman Extraordinaire

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COMPILATIONS

The Chickens They Are Crowing
Riverside Folklore Series, Vol. 2- Singing the American Roots 1996 via Riverside
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Peggy Seeger, 1962 - 19th Century English Folk Song Passed Down Through Oral Tradition Throughout The Southern Appalachians - Roud Folk Song Index #3650

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The Chieftains ft. Willie Nelson

Goodnight Irene
Another Country 1992 via BMG
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Undercover: Leadbelly - Composers: Huddie Ledbetter And John Lomax, 1933

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John Hurlbut + Jorma Kaukonen

Across The Borderline
The River Flows 2021 via Culture Factory
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The Two Longtime Friends Playing Spontaneous And Unfiltered

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8:00 am