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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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Santana

Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) [live]
The Essential Santana 2002 via Columbia
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Franz Jackson & the Salty Dogs

St. Louis Blues
Yellow Fire 2001 via Delmark
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A Hearty Soloist And Charismatic Singer In The Chicago Tradition Reworking W.C. Handy, 1914 - St. Louis Blues Was Chosen For Preservation In The National Recording Registry

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Tremoloco

Sunday Sinners
Curandera Volume I 2023 via Independent
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Gulf Coast Roots - New Music Into 'YCE

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9:40 am

The Kentucky Headhunters

Lowdown Memphis Town Blues
On Safari 2017 via Plowboy Records
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Edmonton, KY - Grammy Award Recipients - Mixed Up A Hybrid Of Honky-Tonk, Blues, And Southern Rock And Blazed Their Own Path Into A Crowd Favorite

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Asamu Johnson

Few Months Behind
Got to Go 2012 via Independent
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Grand Rapids, MI - Appearing 6/20 At The Rogue River Blues Series In Rockford

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Rodney Crowell

Oh Miss Claudia
The Chicago Sessions 2023 via New West
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Jeff Tweedy, Producing - Recorded The Long-Player At Wilco's Loft Studio, Chicago - The New Album By The Legendary Texan

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TV Mike And The Scarecrows

Petals
Out At Sea 2014 via Royal Oakie
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Cosmic American Folk Stomp

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9:20 am
Humane Society West MI PSA 2023 (click for more info)

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Arkansauce

How Time Flies
Ok To Wonder 2023 via Independent
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Genre-Hopping String-Band Quartet - Bending The Rules And Blurring The Lines Between All Things Roots

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The Sweetback Sisters

Thank You
WYCE: Songs From The Second floor 2011 via WYCE
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Another Fine Selection From The WYCE Premier In-House Series

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COMPILATIONS

Rawagu
Putumayo Presents- World Reggae 2004 via Putumayo World Music
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Fusion Of Reggae And Kaneka Music - Genre-Crossing Kaneka Movement Is An Example Of How The Colonized People Of New Caledonia Incorporate Centuries-Old Traditional Musical Influences In Reclaiming Their Cultural Identity

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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Four Seasons
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn 2020 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Collaborative Release - A Testament To The Connective Power Of Music Across Seemingly Disparate Cultures; Merging American Old-Time Music And Chinese Folksong

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Ammar El Sherei

Ana Wehabieby
Oriental Music (1976) 2020 via WEWANTSOUNDS
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Egyptian Musical Icon - Prolific Arrangements Of Egyptian Soundtracks And Scores For Motion Pictures - In-Demand Composer For The Leading Stars Of The Arab World

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9:00 am
Culinary Cultivations (click for more info)

Support for WYCE today comes from Culinary Cultivations.


Culinary Cultivations is committed to providing only the best and most qualified and exceptional food service professionals for their client's events, functions and parties. 

Culinary Cultivation's team consists of professionals in all positions ranging from Chefs, Cooks and Dishwashers to service staff such as Servers, Bartenders and Event Managers. 

Culinary Cultivations prides themselves on honesty, transparency, diversity, and kindness to all team members and are always looking for food service professionals that want to make their own schedule.  

More information about becoming a Culinary Cultivations team member can be found by calling 616-808-1006 or by visiting Culinary Cultivations dot org!

Ben Levin

You Know You're So Fine
Take Your Time 2023 via VizzTone
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Cincinnati, OH - The Twenty-Three Year-Old Pianist Putting His Indelible Mark On The Blues

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Chloe Kimes

No Cigar
Chloe Kimes 2023 via Independent
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Folk-Singing Troubadour - Old-Soul Sensibility For Storytelling - Raised On The Lakeshores Of Northern Michigan

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The Sweet Lillies

More Of The Same
Equality 2023 via Americana Vibes
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The Boulder, CO String Quartet Appearing The Weekend Of 7/9 At Blissfest '23; Petoskey, MI

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8:40 am

Skip James

On My Own Blues
Rare and Unreleased 2003 via Vanguard
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Blues Plate Special: June 9, 1902 MS - October 3, 1969 PA - - - - - - One Of The Most Influential Early Bluesman, But His Importance As A Stylist Remained Undiscovered Until Brought Out Of A Long Retirement By The Folk/Blues Revival Of The Early 60's. Eerie Falsetto Vocals And Delicate Guitar Picking In The Minor Keys Gave Rise To This Strand Of Blues Played In The South Of The Delta Being Named The 'Bentonia School'. After Over 30 Years Of Retirement Skip Appeared At The 1964 Newport Folk Festival, Where Renditions Of His Old Songs Were Still Powerful And Moving. In Later Years Skip Toured With Mississippi John Hurt. Nehemiah James Passed On In 1969.

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Earl Hines

A Stanley Steamer
Here Comes Earl 1964 via Red Baron
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The Jazz Route: RCA Victor Recording Studios, NYC October 1966 - One Day Session Of The Earl Hines Trio And A First Take Rendering Of Stanley Steamer, Hines Wrote The Song On His Way To The Studio. Rudy Van Gelder, Engineering; Richard Davis, Bass...Elvin Jones, Drums...Earl "Fatha" Hines, Piano

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8:20 am

K. Jones & The Benzie Playboys

Bernadette
Morning Train 2016 via Independent
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Northwestern Lower Michigan - A Gumbo Of Traditional, Old School Zydeco And Cajun, Infused With Rock, Reggae And Blues; Pure Michigan

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Shady Grove Band

Do Unto Others
The Chapel Hillbilly Way 1994 via Flying Fish Records
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Classic Gospel Bluegrass

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COMPILATIONS

The Roving Gambler
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 via Nonesuch
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The Downhill Strugglers Retracing The Origins Of The English Broadside Ballad First Appearing During The 1820's - Immigration Brought It The Appalachians - First Recording, 1924

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Otis Taylor

Walk Right In
Recapturing The Banjo 2008 via Telarc
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Undercover: Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, 1930

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Michael Cleveland

Lonesome Desert
Fiddler's Dream 2016 via Compass
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Grammy Award Winning Album

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Willie Watson

When My Baby Left Me
Folk Singer, Vol. 2 2017 via Acony Records
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Founding Member Of Old Crow Medicine Show And Later A Hired Hand And Integral Part Of The Dave Rawlings Machine

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8:00 am
Culinary Cultivations (click for more info)

Support for WYCE today comes from Culinary Cultivations.


Culinary Cultivations is committed to providing only the best and most qualified and exceptional food service professionals for their client's events, functions and parties. 

Culinary Cultivation's team consists of professionals in all positions ranging from Chefs, Cooks and Dishwashers to service staff such as Servers, Bartenders and Event Managers. 

Culinary Cultivations prides themselves on honesty, transparency, diversity, and kindness to all team members and are always looking for food service professionals that want to make their own schedule.  

More information about becoming a Culinary Cultivations team member can be found by calling 616-808-1006 or by visiting Culinary Cultivations dot org!