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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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Jake Shimabukuro

6-8
Nashville Sessions 2016 via Independent
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"When Music Is Tight, It All Becomes Beautifully Loose." Traditions! Returns Next Week

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COMPILATIONS

Georgia Rag
Great Blues Guitarists- String Dazzlers 1991 via Sony
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Blind Willie McTell - One Of The Great Blues Musicians Of The 1920s And '30s - Extraordinary Range On The Twelve-String Guitar - Read And Composed Music In Braille - Archivist & Field Recordist John Lomax Recorded McTell For The Archive of Folk Culture Of The Library Of Congress

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See You Later, Alligator
Swamp People 2013 via Rounder
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Bobby Charles Reworking The Bill Haley & The Comets Classic Written By Charles During His Lean Years

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Lyle Lovett

Peel Me A Grape
12th Of June 2022 via Verve
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A Jazz Vocal Standard; First Recorded By Cal Tjader With Anita O'Day, 1962

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Bella White

All I Gave To You
Just Like Leaving 2022 via Rounder
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Debut Release

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9:40 am
Summer of Soul (click for more info)

Join WYCE as we present "Summer of Soul" at the Wealthy Theatre on Tuesday, February 7th. 

During the turbulent summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park. The footage was largely forgotten-until now. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary - part electrifying music film, part historical record - created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. 

Join us as we celebrate this award-winning film "Summer of Soul" on the big screen at Wealthy Theatre on Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00. Arrive early for a special pre-show live set from DJ Dante Cope to kick off the evening at 6:30pm. Representatives from GRMIFI & Grand Stand Pictures will also be present.

More information and tickets are available at WEALTHY THEATRE DOT ORG.

Runa

The House Carpenter - Jolene
Stretched on your Grave 2010 via Independent
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Founded 2005 - Celtic Roots; Pushing The Boundaries Of Irish Folk Music Eighteen Years On

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Michigan Rattlers - That Kind Of Life
JAMMIES 23 Song of The Year Nominees 2023 via Independent
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One Of The Many Fine Song Of The Year Nominees For Jammies 23; The WYCE Jammie Awards 2/24 At The Intersection - Be There!

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Swampy Lee
Delmark - 50 Years of Jazz and Blues 2003 via Delmark
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Reginald Robinson - Ragtime Music Flourished From The 1890s To 1910s - The Genre Emerged From African American Communities In The Southern And Midwestern United States Evolving From Folk And Minstrel Styles

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Mud Morganfield

Midnight Lover
Portrait 2022 via Delmark
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Multi-Award Winning Eldest Son Of McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield - Guest Harmonica: Bob Corritore

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9:20 am

Woody Herman Big Band

Bamba Samba
A Taste Of Tradition 1993 via Tradition
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1959 - Charlie Byrd, Guitar

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Rachael & Vilray

Let's Make Love On This Plane (Full Band Version - Bonus Track)
I Love a Love Song! 2023 via Nonesuch
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Drawing On, And In Their Own Sly Way, Extending The Great American Songbook Tradition - Rachael Price: Co-Founding Member Of Lake Street Dive (Heard Here On 'YCE)

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Ibrahim Ferrer

Melodia del Rio [River Melody]
Mi Sueno 2007 via Nonesuch
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(My Dream) - 1953 Co-Founded Los Bocucos; A Member For Forty Years - Ry Cooder Brought Him Out Of Retirement In 1996 To Record The Seminal Buena Vista Social Club,Showcasing Ferrer's Talent As A Bolero Singer, Making Him Globally Known Outside Cuba

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Didon

A Faraway Land
Tunisian Tale 2023 via Electrofone
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Fusing Traditional North African And Arabic Instrumentation With Modern-Day Rhythms

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COMPILATIONS

Rhythm Of The Heart
Tribal Voices- Music from Native Americans 1996 via Independent
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Wayra - A Collection Of Song Featuring The Wooden Cedar Flute, One Of The Most Evocative And Lyrical Of The Native American Musical Instruments

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9:00 am
Civic Theatre: Once on this Island (click for more info)

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre presents Once On This Island, on stage January 20th through February 5th. 


This sweeping, universal musical follows Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl, as she searches for her place in the world, ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. 

Escape to the Caribbean at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre's production of the musical Once On This Island

Tickets and more information are available at GRCT dot ORG.

Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band

Still Doin' Time (In A Honkey Tonk Prison)
Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band 2017 via Independent
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Undercover: George Jones, 1981

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Stella!

Gotham Hotel
Stella Tells The Truth 2022 via Independent
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Southeast Michigan Roots Trio; Jen Sygit And Company - The Gotham: One Of The Most Legendary Sites Of Black History In Detroit

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8:40 am

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Lake Michigan Blues
A Tribute To James Yank Rachell 2008 via Independent
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Blues Spotlight: Richter & Banham - Tip Of The Hat To James "Yank" Rachell; The Elder Statesman Of The Blues - His Career As a Performer Spanned Seventy Years, Beginning Work In A Jug Trio With Hammie Nixon And Sleepy John Estes During The 1920's - Primary Exponent Of Blues Mandolin

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COMPILATIONS

Star Eyes
Groovin' High- The Ultimate Trumpet Collection 2004 via Savoy Jazz
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The Jazz Route: Donald Byrd & John Jenkins - Takes Us To Van Gelder Studios September 1957 For A One-Day Recording Session Of The Donald Byrd/John Jenkins Sextet. This Outing Has The Feel Of A True Jam Session – An Often Overlooked Gem From Savoy's Legendary Hard Bop Years Of The 50s - - - - - - Doug Watkins, Bass...Art Taylor, Drums...Curtis Fuller, Trombone...Tommy Flanagan, Piano...Donald Byrd. Trumpet...John Jenkins, Alto Saxophone

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8:20 am

Lucky 757

Glad All Over
Rockabilly Revival 2023 via Independent
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The Quartet Is Based Out Of The 757 Area Code In VA - New Rockabilly Into 'YCE

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Roland White & Friends

I Might Take You Back (with Lindsay Lou)
A Tribute To The Kentucky Colonels 2018 via Mountain Home
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Lindsay Lou, Vocals - Mandolin Player For the Kentucky Colonels, The Bluegrass Boys And Nashville Grass

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COMPILATIONS

Still Waters
Way Down Deep in My Soul- The Best of Sugar Hill Gospel, Vol. 2 1993 via Sugarhill [Country]
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The Osborne Brothers, Sonny & Booby; 'Grass Legends

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COMPILATIONS

Sitting on Top of the World
American Roots Music- HIGHLIGHTS 2001 via Palm Pictures (Audio
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1936 - Written By Walter Vinson And Lonnie Chatmon Six Years Prior; Recorded by The Influential Mississippi Sheiks

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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur

The Boll Weevil
Penny's Farm 2016 via Kingswood
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Adding Another Branch To The Song Historians Can Trace To One Written By Charley Patton In 1908, And Not Recorded By Him Until 1929 - A Version By Lead Belly Five Years Later Led To Its Becoming Well-Known - A 1961 Adaptation By Brook Benton Became A Pop Hit, Reaching Number Two On The Charts

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Noam Pikelny

Sugar Maple
Universal Favorite 2017 via Rounder
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Banjoist Extraordinaire - Co-Founding Member Of The Punch Brothers (Heard Her On 'YCE) - The sugar Maple Tree Is Long-Lived, Typically 200 Years

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8:00 am
Civic Theatre: Once on this Island (click for more info)

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre presents Once On This Island, on stage January 20th through February 5th. 


This sweeping, universal musical follows Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl, as she searches for her place in the world, ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. 

Escape to the Caribbean at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre's production of the musical Once On This Island

Tickets and more information are available at GRCT dot ORG.