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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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Norton Buffalo

Hoodoo Roux
King Of The Highway 2000 via Blind Pig
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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The Chiffons

A Love So Fine
The Chiffons Absolutely The Best 2004 via Laurie
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Double-Sided 45 RPM Single Reaching The Top 40 In 1963 By The Songbirds From The Bronx

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June Carter Cash

No Swallerin' Place
Keep On The Sunny Side 2005 via Sony
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1953 - The Song Was One Of Carter's Few Hits, Written By Mother Maybell And Sister Helen Carter

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Dewey Balfa

En Bas du Chene Vert (Under the Green Oak Tree)
En Bas Du Chene Vert (Under a Green Oak Tree) 1976 via Arhoolie Records
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Impassioned Ambassador For Cajun Music And Culture; A Driving Force In The Revival Of Traditional Cajun Music

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Pastor Champion

In The Service of The Lord
I Just Want To Be A Good Man 2022 via Luaka Bop
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Preacher, A Pastor, An Outsider Gospel Singer Who Was Raised In The Jim Crow South - Joined A Gang Before Becoming Born Again, Spending The Rest Of His Days Traveling With His Electric Guitar To Congregations And People's Homes Singing The Gospel

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9:40 am

Ollie Nightingale

Chokin' Kind
At His Best 2002 via Ecko
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(1973) - Spending Fourteen Years As The Leader Of Gospel/Soul Greats "The Dixie Nightingales - Embarking On What Turned Out To Be A Very Productive Twenty-Five Year Solo Careeer Beginning In 1972

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Lola Marsh

Something Stupid
Soundtrack: Better Call Saul 2018 via Madison Gate
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The Tel Aviv Duo Putting Another Indelible Stamp On Frank & Nancy's Mega International Hit; Number One Across A Multitude Of Global Charts - This Version Is From A Fourth Season Episode Of "Better Call Saul"

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Louis Prima & The Witnesses

Banana Split For My Baby
The Wildest! 1956 via Blue Note
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It's National Ice Cream Day - Yum! Yum!

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The True Falsettos

I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of
Slummin' 2012 via Earthwork Music
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Coming Out Hot And Swingin' From Traverse City - Joe Wilson & Kevin Gills - We Heard First Time Around In 1919 By Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band; Not to Be Mistaken For the Non-Original Jazz Band

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Keller Williams and The Travelin' McCourys

American Car
Pick 2012 via Sci-Fidelity / Mri
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A Song For Those Turning a Wrench On The Car This Morning

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9:20 am

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

She Belongs To Me
Dirt Does Dylan 2022 via NGDB
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Undercover: Bob Dylan, 1965 (Bringing It All Back Home) - The Dirt Band Using Their Eternal Sense Of Roots Music Genius To Explore The Songs Of Bob Dylan On This Latest Long-Player; Guests Include Jason Isbell, The War & Treaty, Steve Earle, Larkin Poe, And Rosanne Cash

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Deborah Silver

I Got Rhythm
Glitter & Grits 2020 via Independent
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Producer: Ray Benson - Excellent Singer Stamping Her Fine Signature On A Collection Of songs From The Great American Songbook

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Changui Majadero

Vamos Pa'l Guaso - Guantanamera C
El Changui Majadero 2016 via INDEPENDENT
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Cuban Changui Music Originated In The Early 19th Century In The Eastern Region Of Guantanamo Province - Arose In The Sugar Cane Refineries And In The Rural Communities Populated By Slaves - Changui Is Considered A Predecessor Of Son Montuno, The Ancestor Of Modern Salsa

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COMPILATIONS

Kamata Mariyam
Before Night Falls 2001 via Blue Thumb
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Fairuz: One Of The Leading Vocalists And Most Famous Singers In The History Of The Arab World; Known As The Soul Of Lebanon - The 87 Year-Old Musical Icon Is Held In High Regard In Lebanese Culture

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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.

COMPILATIONS

The Jug Band Special
Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues 2017 via World Music Network
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Whistler And His Jug Band, 1927 - Very Popular During The Second And Third Decades Of The Twentieth Century, Forming In Louisville In 1915 - Influenced Many Of The Jug Bands That Followed In Their Wake

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Janiva Magness

Lodi
Change In The Weather (Janiva Sings John Fogerty) 2019 via Blue Elan
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Guest Vocals: Sam Morrow - Their Voices Scratch Like His and Hers Sandpaper, Mate It With A Hard-Hitting Hammond B-3 And You Have Quite The Punch

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John Stewart

Get Rhythm
Airdream Believer 1995 via Shanachie
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Tip Of The Hat To Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two, 1956 - Johnny Joins John

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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

July, You're a Woman
Downey To Lubbock 2018 via Yep Roc
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Undercover: John Stewart, 1969

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Michaela Anne

Chasing Days
Oh To Be That Free 2022 via Yep Roc
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Second Long-Player For Yep Roc Records, Follow-Up To The Highly-Regarded "Desert Dove"

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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!

Sonny Terry

Skip To My Lou
Jawharp In Blues & Folk Music 1968 via Folkways
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Blues Spotlight: One Of The Initial Bluesmen Who Crossed Over Into Areas Not Normally Associated With The Genre Before He Came Along, Terry's Music Career Began On the Street Corners Of Raleigh, Spanning More Than Five Decades In Which He, And Partner Brownie McGhee Entertained Audiences Around The World. Their Piedmont Style Blues Has A Very Different Feel To Delta Blues, And Its Effect On Modern Music Has A Very Different Genesis To The Route Through Chicago That Gave Us Blues-Rock. Sonny's Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Ashe Are Some Of The Most Cherished Recordings In The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. Terry's Energetic Style Was Well-Known For Including Vocal Whoops And Hollers, and Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee Were Both Recipients Of A 1982 National Heritage Fellowship Awarded By The National Endowment For The Arts - Saunders Terrell Passed On In 1986.

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Sonny Terry

The Woman Is Killing Me
The Folkways Years- 1944-1963 1991 via Smithsonian Folkways
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October 24, 1911 GA - March 11, 1986 NY

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John Coltrane

But Not For Me
My Favorite Things 1961 via Atlantic / Wea
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'820' Jazz Presents: Steve Davis, Double Bass..Elvin Jones, Drums...McCoy Tyner, Piano...John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - - - - - A Selection From One Of The Most Influential And Acclaimed Figures In the History Of Jazz. This Date Fifty-Five Years Ago We Lost John Coltrane, A Revolutionary And Groundbreaking Saxphonist, Resetting The Parameters Of Jazz During His Decade As A Leader. Coltrane's Past Is Well-Known Up To This Point: A Member Of Miles Davis' First Great Quintet, And Developing His 'Sheets Of Sound' During Time With The Thelonius Monk Quartet. We Find This Morning's Very Tasty Track On Side Two Of Coltrane's Seventh Solo Release, "My Favorite Things", Recorded Over Three Days In October 1960; Three-Quarters Of What Would Become His Classic Quartet On This Track, Groovin' Sweet

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8:20 am

COMPILATIONS

China Grove, My Home Town
Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 2005 via Smithsonian Folkways
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"The Nashville Grass" Founded By Lester Flatt In 1969, After The End Of His Partnership With Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys; Flatt Hiring Most Of The Foggy Mountain Boys For The New Band

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Roger Miller

Heartaches By The Number
Words And Music By Roger Miller 1966 via Smash
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Solid Country Gold! - One Of The Very Few Songs Miller Did Not Write; Legendary Nashville Songwriter Harlan Howrd Takes That Honor

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Split Lip Rayfield

It's Been So Long
I'll Be Around 2009 via Split Lip Rayfield
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Quartet Of Wichita Pickers - Acquired The Nickname "Split Lip" Due To A High School Friends Constant Chapped Lips (Inspiration Is Everywhere)

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Pharis & Jason Romero

Sour Queen
Tell 'Em You Were Gold 2022 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Three-Time Juno Award Winners For Traditional Roots Album Of The Year

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Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin

Just a Few More Days
Blue Lightning 1991 via Rounder Select
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Old-Time Music Duo Capturing The Spiritual Essence And Core Of Tradition Music During Five Decades Together

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COMPILATIONS

Blackberry Picking
Guitarist- Composer Sampler 1997 via Kicking Mule
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Steel String Virtuoso Bob Hadley

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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.