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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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Mary Lou Williams

St. Louis Blues
A Grand Night for Swinging 2008 via Highnote
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Jimmy And The Mustangs

Hotel San Jose
Another Round 2016 via Independent
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Emerging From The Punk Scene In Southern California During '80s - First Gig: Opening Up For The Go-Go's

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Glenna Bell

Pig In Lipstick Blues
Lone Star- Songs and Stories Straight from the Heart of Texas 2016 via Independent
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Houston, TX - Throwback To The Singer/Songwriters Of The Civil Rights Era; Woody Guthrie, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson, Etc.

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(REQUESTED)

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Little Sadie
Dona Got a Ramblin Mind 2007 via Music Maker
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Composer: Unknown - Early 20th-Century American Folk Ballad Written In Dorian Mode - In The First Sound Recording By Clarence Ashley, Little Sadie May Have Been A Prostitute

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9:40 am

River Rogues Jazz Band

The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives Me
The River Rogues Jazz Band 2013 via Independent
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The Kent County's Hot Dixie-Jazz Collaborative Invigorates The Spirit Of The Traditional New Orleans Sound

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Kevin Connor and Swing 3PO

A Good Reuben
Doin' The New Lowdown 2018 via Independent
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Seattle, WA - The Group Plays Dance Music Rooted In The Swing Tradition - Reuben Sandwich: Dreamed Up At Omaha's Blackstone Hotel In 1925 By Reuben Kulakofsky, A Local Grocer, To Feed A Group Of Late-Night Poker Players. The Hotel's Owner, Holding Aces Liked It So Much He Put it On The Menu Of The Plush Horse, The Hotel Restaurant

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Marc Cohn & Blind Boys of Alabama

Amazing Grace
Work To Do 2019 via BMG
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GR Appearance: Tonight; Gracing The Stage Of The Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series

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COMPILATIONS

Some Summer Day
Down the Dirt Road- The Songs of Charley Patton 2001 via Telarc
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Kid Bangham: Former Guitarist For The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joining A Unique Roster Of Musicians Paying Creative Tribute To Charley Patton; A Prime Architect Of The Delta Blues Sound, And One Of The Great Recorded Voices In American Folk Music

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9:20 am

Paul McCartney

My Very Good Friend The Milkman
Kisses On The Bottom 2012 via Hear Music
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Undercover: Fats Waller, 1934 - Eric Clapton Covered It Seventy-Six Years After On "Clapton"; McCartney Two Years Later

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COMPILATIONS

Chesapeake Born
Classic Maritime Music From Smithsonian Folkways 2004 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Tom & Mark Wisner - The Maritime Musical Tradition Encompasses An Ocean Of Songs From People Who Have Lived And Worked On The Water, Maritime Stories From Martha's Vineyard To The Bahamas And Beyond

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Yiddish Glory

Tulchin feat. Loyko, Sophie Milma
The Lost Songs Of World War II 2018 via Six Degrees
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Songs Resurrected By Yiddish Glory, Written By Holocaust Victims And Survivors In The Soviet Union - These Are Historically Important Soviet Yiddish Songs Of World War II; None Of Them Have Been Performed Since 1947 - A Remarkable Story Of Folklorists In The Soviet Union Who Risked Their Lives Collecting Songs From Jewish Red Army Soldiers, Jewish Refugees, Victims And Survivors Of Ukrainian Ghettos

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Air An Paistin Fionn (The Fair-Haired Child)

Marches - March Of The King Of Laois - Macallistroms March
The Corner House Set 2016 via World Music Network
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Ancient Melody Of A Traditional Irish March, Honoring An Irish Hero From The 16th Century - Laois (Lows) Is A County In Ireland Located In The South Midlands

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9:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.

Lydia Loveless

Crazy
Indestructible Machine 2011 via Bloodshot Records
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Kalamazoo Appearance: 7/24 Supporting The Drive-By Truckers

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S.G. Goodman

The Heart of It
Teeth Marks 2022 via Verve Forecast
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Self-Produced Second Album - The Kentucky Songwriter Offers Vivid Portraits Of Complex People, Synthesizing Decades Of Southern Music Into A Singular Vision

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Sonny Landreth

Angeline
Levee Town 2000 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Michigan Appearance: 7/14 The Ark, Ann Arbor - Joining John Hiatt & The Goners 7/21 Meijer Gardens Summer Concert Series

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The Staples Jr. Singers

I Know Going To Miss Me
When Do We Get Paid 2022 via Luaka Bop
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David Byrne's Label Luaka Bop Records Has Re-Issued This Little-Known '70s Gospel Album By The Staples Jr. Singers, Three Siblings Under The Age Of Fourteen - First And Only Album Recorded In Tupelo, MS

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Chris Stapleton

Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning
From A Room, Vol. 1 2017 via Mercury
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Michigan Appearance: 7/8 Comerica Park, Detroit - 7/21 Soaring Eagle Casino - Willie Nelson Released It As The Third Single From The "Always On My Mind" Album, Reaching No. 2 On The Charts

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8:40 am

Johnny Adams

Never No More
Walking On A Tightrope (The Songs Of Percy Mayfield) 1989 via Rounder / Pgd
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Blues Spotlight: Renowned Around His Crescent City Home Base, Johnny Adams Sang Gospel Professionally Before Crossing Over To The Secular World In 1959. Adams' First R&B Hit Recording In 1962 Was Produced By A Teenaged Mac Rebennack. Waxing Some Outstanding Follow-Ups, Adams Hit A Prolonged Dry Spell, Resurfacing In 1968 With An Impassioned R&B Revival Of Jimmy Heap's Country Standard "Release Me". Signing to Rounder Records Introduced Johnny To A New Audience, Recording Nine Critically-Acclaimed Albums For The Label, Earning Him A Number Of Awards, Including The Prestigious W.C. Handy Award. Laten John Adams, Jr. Passed On In 1998.

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COMPILATIONS

I Won't Cry
Feelin' Right Saturday Night The Ric & Ron Anthology 2019 via Concord
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Blues Spotlight: Johnny Adams; January 5, 1932 LA - September 14, 1998 LA

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Bill Evans

Yesterdays (take 1)
Live At Art D'Lugoff's- Top Of The Gate 2012 via RESONANCE RECORDS
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'820'Jazz Presents: Eddie Gomez, Bass...Marty Morell, Drums...Bill Evans, Piano - - - - Recorded At The Village Gate In Greenwich Village October 1968 With Evans In His Preferred Trio Formation. This Two-Night Performance Is Historic, Not Seeing The Light Of Day For Forty-Four Years. Why It Was Shelved For All Those Years Is Still Being Debated - What We Do Know That This Moment In Time For The Bill Evans Trio Was An Important Step Their Evolution.

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8:20 am

Wilco

Hints
Cruel Country 2022 via dBpm
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Chicago, IL - A 21-Track Double Album Recorded Live In Their Chicago Studio - The Simple Melody Harkens Back to Jeff Tweedy's Earliest Work With The Pioneering 'Uncle Tupelo'

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COMPILATIONS

Tombstone Blues
Cool Blue Rocks- Rock 'N' Roll in the Bluegrass Tradition 2003 via Sugar Hill Records
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Tim O'Brien - Undercover: Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited 1965)

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Luke Winslow-King

Honeycomb
If These Walls Could Talk 2022 via Ghost River
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Michigan Appearances Include 7/10 Blissfest, Harbor Springs; 7/21 Lowell Showboat

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The Driftwood Singers

Band Of Diamonds, House Of Gold
The Driftwood Singers 2012 via Trailer Fire
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Really Nice Pedal Steel Work

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Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson

Dark Holler Blues
Friends Of Old Time Music 1964 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Mountain Shout: Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson - Ashley Began Playing the Medicine Shows In The Southern Appalachians As Early As 1911, Both As A Solo Artist And Member Of Old-Time String Band "The Carolina Tar Heels" Gaining Initial Fame During The Late 1920's. 'Dark Holler Blues' Is An Early 1960's Reworking Of Ashley's 1929 Song With Son-In-Law Doc Watson. Doc Was Instrumental In Ashley's "Rediscovery", Bringing Him Out Of The Mountains And Onto The Seminal Stages Of The Folk Revival

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Peter Elman

Colorado Crossing
Durango Saloon 1990 via Acorn Music
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Guest Musicians On The Album Include Darol Anger And Flaco Jimenez

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8:00 am
Tuesday Evening Music Club (click for more info)

The recently expanded Tuesday Evening Music Club brings talented local and regional musicians to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Amphitheater stage every Tuesday evening throughout June, July and August!

Concerts begin at 7 pm and there's room for picnics! These outdoor performances are included in Meijer Gardens membership and for any general admission visitor to the Gardens on Tuesdays. 

The Tuesday Evening Music Club is generously supported by WYCE, Corporate Live and Meyer Music.

The full lineup and additional information can be found at at Meijer Gardens dot org slash tuesday.