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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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Bruce Kaphan

Country and Eastern
Slider- Ambient Excursions For Pedal Steel Guitar 2000 via Hearts of Space
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Hans Theessink

Walkin' The Dog
Journey On 1997 via Blue Groove
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Undercover: Rufus Thomas, 1965

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Gladys Bentley

Worried Blues [1928]
Roots And Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 1992 via Sony
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Prominent Entertainer During The Harlem Renaissance - Headlined On the Stages Numerous New York Speakeasies And Clubs, Often Backed Up By A Chorus Line Of Drag Queens - A Significant And Inspiring Figure For The LGBT Community

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The Dead South

People Are Strange
Easy Listening for Jerks, Pt. 2 2022 via Six Shooter
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The Saskatchewan 'Grassers Putting the Stomp To The Doors

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Adia Victoria

Carolina Bound
A Southern Gothic 2021 via Canvasback
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A Declarative Work Of Roots Reclamation - The Latest Chapter In Victoria's Southern Artistic Project

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9:40 am

Little Walter Jackson

Who Put Out The Lights [1954]
House Rockin' 1950s Rhythm & Blues Vol. 1 2012 via Red Devil
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Scored A String Of Hits On The US R&B Charts During The Course Of Two Decades

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Jennifer Nettles

Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin
Always Like New (Broadway Songs) 2021 via Concord
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From The 1943 Broadway Production "Oklahoma! Based On A 1931 Play Written By Poet/Playwright Lynn Riggs, "Green Grow The Lilacs"

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Chris Crown

Baby, What You Want Me To Do
The Sun's Gonna Shine 2009 via Independent
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GR Bluesin' - 'YCE Blues Alley

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Strength in Numbers

Future Man
The Telluride Sessions 1989 via MCA
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The Catalyst For Their Progressive Approach To Bluegrass Was Sam Bush's Group, New Grass Revival - The Music Of Strength In Numbers Is Influenced By The Virtuoso Music Of Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys, And Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs

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9:20 am

The Rave-Ups

You Ain't Goin Nowhere
Town + Country 1985 via Fun Stuff Records
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Founded In 1979 On The Campus Of Carnegie Mellon Adding A Bit Of Petrol To Bob's Classic - The Likely Influence On The Song Was Dylan's 1967 Motorcycle Accident, Which Severely Limited His Mobility

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Amy Speace

Shotgun Hearts
There Used To Be Horses Here 2021 via Windbone
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With The Orphan Brigade In Tow; Will Kimbrough, Guitar - Former Shakespearean Actress - Multi-Award Winner

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Poplin-Woods Tennessee String Band

Are You From Dixie?
Nashville, 1928 1998 via Document
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Mountain Shout: Part Of Collective Of Opry Musicians Victor Recorded Over A Weekend In Nashville - Victor For It's Part Called None Of These Bands Back For Further Recordings And The Company Did Not Record In The City Again For Almost Two Decades

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COMPILATIONS

Tsiganka Sam Mala
The Rough Guide to the Music of Balkan Gypsies 2005 via World Music Network
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Vero Petrovic - Highly-Respected Serbian Vocalist Melding Touches Of Jazz, And A Host Of Balkan Elements Into Traditional Eastern Europe Folk Song

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COMPILATIONS

Chiang Wei Cu Cu Kai
The Rough Guide to the Music of China 2003 via World Music Network
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He Jinhua - Traditional Folk Music Of The Naxi (Na-Shee) People Of Southwest China

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9:00 am
AudioTree Presents - Caroline Rose (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from AudioTree Presents, booking concerts in independent venues across Michigan. 

Coming up on Tuesday, March 15th WYCE and AudioTree Presents Caroline Rose at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids. 

Doors are at 7:00pm Tickets and more details can be found at audiotree presents dot com

WYCE Presenting Caroline Rose at The Pyramid Scheme Tuesday, March 15th!

Led Zeppelin

Boogie With Stu
Physical Graffiti 1975 via Swan Song
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A Spontaneous, Improvised Jam With The Late Rolling Stones Co-Founding Pianist And Road Manager, Ian Stewart - The Lyrics Were Taken From The Richie Valens Song "Ooh, My Head". Since Valens Was Dead, They Credited His Mother So She Could Get Some Royalties Off The Song - Therefore, The Composing Credit Reads Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Ian Stewart/Mrs Valens

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Caroline Rose

Back East
I Will Not Be Afraid 2014 via Little Hi!
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GR Appearance: Pyramid Scheme 3/15 - WYCE Presents!

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Galactic

Does It Really Make A Difference
Into The Deep 2015 via Provogue
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New Orleans, LA - Multi Chart-Topper; Eighth Release With Many Special Guests Celebrating The Musical Heritage Of Galactic's Home City

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Joe Smothers

Doc & Merle
These Things I Know 2012 via Joe Smothers
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Longtime Sideman To Doc Watson, And Founding Member Of Merle's Side Project, "Frosty Morn"

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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!

COMPILATIONS

Medium Blues
Classic Piano Blues From Smithsonian Folkways 2008 via Smithsonian Folkways
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As One Of The Leading Exponents Of Boogie-Piano, Meade "Lux" Lewis' Rise to Fame Came During The 1920s In His Beloved Chicago, Taking His Rollicking Piano Out Of The Clubs And Brothels And Onto the Stage. The 1930s Caught Up With Lux Appearing With Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons As Part Of The Famous Six-Handed Boogie-Woogie Piano Team, Laying The Groundwork For Rhythm & Blues And Later Rock & Roll; Inspiring The Young Lions That Followed. Never One to Be Pigeon-Hold, Lewis Spent the Last Twenty-Years Of His Life Entertaining In Jazz Nightclubs. Meade Lewis Passed On In 1964.

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Meade "Lux" Lewis

Roll 'Em (1941)
Spirit Of Boogie Woogie 2015 via Suncoast
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Blues Spotlight: September 4, 1905 IL - June 7, 1964 MN

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Pat Metheny Group

Are You Going With Me?
Offramp 1982 via ECM
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'820' Jazz Presents: Steve Rodby, Bass...Danny Gottlieb, Drums...Nana Vasconcelos, Percussion...Lyle Mays, Keyboards...Pat Metheny, Guitar Synthesizer - - - - - Recorded October 1981 At Power Station, New York City Represents a Crossroads for Metheny, The First To Feature His Use Of A Guitar Synthesizer And Brazilian Vocals. The Seasoned Quintet Leans More Toward The Abstract For This Recording; Atmospheric To Lyrical And Melodical. Their Heavy-Chops Do Not Overpower The Music.

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8:20 am

Cody Jinks

Like A Hurricane
Mercy 2022 via Late August
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Joined By Longtime Band 'The Tone Deaf Hippies' - Music Row's Independent Artist of the Year; Persistently Challenges Industry Standards

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COMPILATIONS

Sleepy Eyed John
Bluegrass USA 2002 via Cmh Records
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Jim & Jesse And The Virginia Boys - Jim & Jesse's Grandfather George McReynolds Led The Band "The Bull Mountain Moonshiners" At The Famed 1927 Bristol Sessions, Considered The "Big Bang" Of Modern Country Music

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The Earls Of Leicester

All I Want Is You
Rattle & Roar 2016 via Rounder
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Paying Homage To Flatt & Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys; One Of The Premier Bluegrass Groups In The History Of The Genre

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Amanda Cook

Another Highway This Time
Another Highway This Time 2022 via Mountain Fever
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Mitten Appearance: Milan Bluegrass Festival, 8/5 (Friday)

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The Time Jumpers

On The Outskirts Of Town
The Time Jumpers 2012 via Rounder
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Grammy-Winning Western Swing Band Formed In 1998 By A Group Of Nashville Studio Musicians Who Enjoyed Jamming Together

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Hindsight Bluegrass

Wayfaring Stranger
Hindsight Bluegrass 2020 via Hindsight Bluegrass
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Roud Folk Song Index #3339 - The North Carolina Pickers Running Through The Early 19th Century Folk Song Depicting A Plaintive Soul On The Journey Through Life - Roud Folk Song Index #3339

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Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge

For Buddy
Three Bells 2014 via Rounder
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Three Of The Greatest Dobro Players On The Planet - The album Is Dedicated To Auldridge, Who Passed On Not Long After Three Bells Session Wrapped Up

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8:00 am
AudioTree Presents - Caroline Rose (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from AudioTree Presents, booking concerts in independent venues across Michigan. 

Coming up on Tuesday, March 15th WYCE and AudioTree Presents Caroline Rose at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids. 

Doors are at 7:00pm Tickets and more details can be found at audiotree presents dot com

WYCE Presenting Caroline Rose at The Pyramid Scheme Tuesday, March 15th!