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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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Western Michigan University Jazz Orchest

Spring Fever
Travel Notes 2014 via BluJazz
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Dex Romweber Duo

Wish You Would (Reprise)
Is that You in the Blue 2011 via Bloodshot Records
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Chapel Hill, NC - One-Half Of The Seminal Two-Piece Flat Duo Jets

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Mavis Staples & Levon Helm

Trouble In My Mind
Carry Me Home 2022 via ANTI
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Recorded Live A Year Before Levon's Passing At An '011 Midnight Ramble In Woodstock Barn

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Lyle Lovett

Peel Me A Grape
12th Of June 2022 via Verve
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GR Appearance: With The Large Band, 7/15 - Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series - The Song First Recorded By Mae West For The Film "I'm No Angel" In 1933

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9:40 am
The Intersection - Domestic Problems / Knee Deep Shag (click for more info)

WYCE and Section live presents Domestic Problems with special guest Knee Deep Shag on Friday, June 3rd at The Intersection!

Domestic Problems are a six piece rock and pop band based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have been playing for over two decades and have built a national fan base through sharing the stage with legendary acts like Barenaked Ladies, Neil Young, Rusted Root, Pat Benatar, Joe Walsh, and Blues Traveller.

They are joined by special guest Knee Deep Shag.

Tickets available now at section live dot com.

WYCE Presents Domestic Problems with special guest Knee Deep Shag on Friday, June 3rd at The Stache!

The Velvet Underground

Who Loves The Sun
Loaded 1970 via Warner
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Final Album Recorded Featuring Founding Member Lou Reed Leaving Shortly Before Its Release; Sterling Morrison And Maureen Tucker One Year Later

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COMPILATIONS

If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
The War- A Ken Burns Film 2007 via Sony
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Kaye Starr, 1945 - The Film Tells The Story Of The Second World War Through The Personal Accounts Of A Handful Of Men And Women From Four American Towns

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Steve Cropper

Come On & Save Me
Dedicated 2011 via 429 Records
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Special Guests: Pops Staples And Albert King

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Steve Earle & The Dukes

Gettin' By
Jerry Jeff 2022 via E Squared
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The Album Honors The Hard-Living New York Native Who Became An Icon Of Texas Roots - We Lost Jerry Jeff In '020 - This Release Caps Off Earle's Hero Tribute, Recorded After the Deaths Of Each Of His Mentors; Townes In 2009 - Guy, A Decade Later

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Old Crow Medicine Show

Hillbilly Boy
Paint This Town 2022 via ATO
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GR Appearance: 6/23 Part Of the Meijer Gardens Concert Series

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9:20 am

Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens

Everybody Knows (River Song)
Cold World 2014 via Daptone
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Brooklyn, NY 1999 - Top Twenty Position On The Gospel Charts

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Leyla McCalla

Artibonite
Breaking The Thermometer 2022 via ANTI
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The Project Explores The Legacy Of Radio Haiti-Inter, Haiti's First Privately Owned Creole-Speaking Radio Station, And The Assassination Of Its Owner, Jean Dominique

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COMPILATIONS

The Three Bears
Putumayo Kids Presents- Animal Playground 2007 via Putumayo World Music
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Gary Rosen - Early 19th-Century British Fairy Tale Of Which Three Versions Exist

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COMPILATIONS

Fati_Ka
Rough Guide to Mali 2014 via World Music Network
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Anansy Cisse - Produced Over A Period Of Four Years Against A Background Of Political Turmoil In The Northwest African Country

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Folias

Whiplash Rides
Tango and Snow 2011 via Blue Griffin Recording
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WYCE Jammie Award Nominee - Flutist Carmen Maret And Guitarist Andrew Bergeron

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9:00 am
Kalamazoo State Theatre - Kamasi Washington (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting Kamasi Washington!

Legendary saxophonist and jazz composer Kamasi Washington will play the historic Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, September 1, 2022!

A multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer born and raised in Los Angeles, Kamasi Washington's three bodies of work to date--The Epic; Harmony of Difference; and Heaven and Earth-- are among the most acclaimed of the past decade. Washington has toured the world over, and collaborated and shared stages with Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine, Herbie Hancock and many more.

Tickets for Kamasi Washington at Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, September 1 are on sale now at kazoostate dot com.

The Kalamazoo State Theatre...West Michigan's home with the stars!

Charlie Musselwhite

Pea Vine Blues
Mississippi Son 2022 via Alligator
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Undercover: Charley Patton, 1929 - The Renowned 78 Year-Old Harmonica Master's New Album - A Front Porch Country Blues Feel; A Mix Of Originals And Timeless Delta Grooves

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Betty Carter

All I Got
Look What I Got! 1988 via Polygram Records
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Flint, Mi - Known For Her Improvisational Technique, Scatting And Other Complex Musical Abilities

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The Bellfuries

Bad Seed Sown
Workingman's Bellfuries 2015 via Histyle
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Lakewood, OH

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Suzie Brown

Til I Make It to You
Some See The Flowers 2022 via Mule Kick
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Heart Transplant Cardiologist Has Chased Her Unique Muse For A Decade - This Is Modern-Day Roots Music That Nods To The Soul Singers

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Jamestown Revival

Moving Man
Young Man 2022 via Thirty Tigers
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Zach Chance And Johnathan Clay Collaborated On Their First Song Together At Age Fifteen - The Group's Name Is Derived From One Of The First United States Settlements, And Homage To Creedence Clearwater Revival

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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!

Carey Bell

Walkin' By Myself
Mellow Down Easy 1991
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Blues Spotlight: A Blues Harp Master Whose Technique Incorporated The Wild Flares Of Little Walter, And The Intricate Melodic Style Of Big Walter Horton, Carey Bell's His Long Career As A Side-Man Has Been Punctuated By Solo Albums And Spells As A Band-Leader. Born In 1936 Macon, Bell Migrated To Chicago As Age Twenty, Scoring Work Almost Immediately, Hooking Up With Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins And Earl Hooker - Eventually Getting The Call From Willie Dixon To Join The Chicago Blues All Stars, A Position He Held For A Decade. Monumental Solo Albums Followed; His Place In the Chicago Blues Hierarchy Undisputed; Blowing Sweet For Fifty-Years. Carey Bell Harrington Passed On In 2007.

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Carey Bell

I'm Gonna Buy Me a Train Ticket [Alternate Take][#]
Carey Bell's Blues Harp 1969 via Delmark
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Blues Spotlight: November 14, 1936 MS - May 6, 2007 IL

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Freddie Hubbard

Breaking Point
Breaking Point 1964 via Blue Note Records
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James Spaulding, Tenor Saxophone...Eddie Khan, Bass...Ronnie Mathhews, Piano...Joe Chambers, Drums...Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet - - - - - - Recorded During A One-Day Session May 1964 At Van Gelder Studios. In Quintet Formation, Hubbard Leads With Pure Energy In The Ensemble, Giving Way To Generous Room For The Group To Work The Groove. Improvisation Is The Keyword For This Record; A Recording Far Ahead Of Mid-'60s Post-Bop.

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8:20 am

The Clumsy Lovers

People I've Been Meaning to Thank
Smart Kid 2005 via Nettwerk Records
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Vancouver, BC 1993

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Sad Daddy

Back In Arkansas
Way Up In The Hills 2022 via Independent
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A Quartet Of Well-Seasoned Arkansans Recording When Time Permitted Over The Past Dozen Years - This Album Is Distinct y Old-Time; A Family Band Up In The Hills

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Amy Ray

Jesus Was a Walking Man
Holler 2018 via Daemon/Compass
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Decatur, GA - Amy Turning 58 A Few Weeks Ago - Back On the Road With Emily In Early June - Indigo Girls On A Lengthy Tour Through January

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The Statler Brothers

Class Of '57
Country Music Then And Now 1972 via Mercury
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Top Ten Music Winning A Grammy Award In 1972 - Composed By Group's Reid Brothers, Each One Of The Four Singers Taking A Solo Turn At Reflecting On Several Of Their Classmates

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COMPILATIONS

Wayfaring Stranger
Cold Mountain 2003 via Sony
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One Of Jack White's Five Contributions To The "Cold Mountain" Soundtrack - White Performed The Song As His Character, Georgia In The Film -

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Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager

The Gift Of Robert Charles
Rough Cut 2018 via Alligator Records
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If Rapture Could Be Bottled, Then Spread On Vinyl, This Would Be It

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8:00 am
Kalamazoo State Theatre - Kamasi Washington (click for more info)

Support today on WYCE comes from Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting Kamasi Washington!

Legendary saxophonist and jazz composer Kamasi Washington will play the historic Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, September 1, 2022!

A multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer born and raised in Los Angeles, Kamasi Washington's three bodies of work to date--The Epic; Harmony of Difference; and Heaven and Earth-- are among the most acclaimed of the past decade. Washington has toured the world over, and collaborated and shared stages with Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine, Herbie Hancock and many more.

Tickets for Kamasi Washington at Kalamazoo State Theatre on Thursday, September 1 are on sale now at kazoostate dot com.

The Kalamazoo State Theatre...West Michigan's home with the stars!