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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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Manu Katche

Beats & Bounce
Manu Katche 2012 via Ecm Records
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Mapache

Reflecting Everything
Swinging Stars 2023 via Innovative Leisure
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Southern California Roots-Rock Duo - The New Album Into 'YCE

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Sara K

Like a Rolling Stone
Closer Than They Appear 1992 via Chesky Records
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Undercover: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Passes Near The Birthplaces Of Influential Musicians Muddy Waters, Son House, Elvis Presley And Charley Patton - Robert Johnson Is Alleged To Have Sold His Soul To The Devil At The Highway's Crossroads With Route 49 - Bessie Smith Died After Sustaining Serious Injuries In An Automobile Accident On Highway 61

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9:40 am

The Proven Ones

Loan Me A Dime
Wild Again 2018 via Roseleaf Records
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Composer: Fenton Robinson, 1967 - The All-Star Ensemble Having A Turn On The Boz Scaggs Classic. At The Time Of Recording, Scaggs, Duane Allman And The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section RanThe Song Through A Forty Minute Jam Session; Shortened To The Twelve Minute Masterpiece Appearing On Both "Boz Scaggs" And Duane Allman's "Anthology"

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9:30 am

Quartet San Francisco & Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band & Take Six

Huckleberry Duck
Raymond Scott Reimagined 2023 via Violinjazz
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New Arrangements Celebrating The Music Of Composer Raymond Scott

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Shemekia Copeland

Lord, Help the Poor and Needy
Outskirts Of Love 2015 via Alligator
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Mastery Of Roots Music Styles - Special Guest: Oliver Wood, Guitar

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9:20 am
Bells Brewery - Major Murphy (click for more info)

Support for WYCE 88.1 FM comes from Bell's Beer in downtown Kalamazoo. 

Bell's Eccentric Cafe welcomes Major Murphy, Crooked Spires, and Phabies on Thursday, September 7th at 8 p.m for a night of local music. 
More information for this 21 and up show is available at Bells-Beer-dot-com.
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Duke Robillard

Rumble
Six Strings Of Steel 2023 via M.C. Records
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Working Up Vintage Link Wray

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The Waxies

Saintly Ann
Down With The Ship 2015 via Independent
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GR Music!

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COMPILATIONS

Zulu King
Rough Guide to the Music of New Orleans 2012 via World Music Network
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The James Brothers With Trombone Shorty

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Ismael Lo

Baol Baol
Iso 1994 via Mango
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Senegalese Musician And Film Composer - A Member Of "Super Diamono" In The 1970's, The Ten-Member Band Fusing Indigenous Wolof Sabar Drumming And Urban Senegal Beats Into What Is Now Known As Mbalax Blues

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COMPILATIONS

Lam Plearn Toe Lhong Tong
The Sound Of Siam, Vol. 2 (Molam & Luk Thung from North East Thailand 1970-1982) 2014 via Soundway
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Onuma Singsiri; Active During The 1960's And '70's

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9:00 am

Cut Worms

Let's Go Out On The Town
Cut Worms 2023 via Jagjaguwar
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Music Project Of American Musician Max Clarke - For this Release, Sought After A More Homegrown Approach

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Josh Garrett Band

Dat's Alright With Me
Honey For My Queen 2015 via Independent
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Songwriter, Guitar Slinger Playing His Unique Brand Of Louisiana Roots And Soul

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Beausoleil

Little Darlin'
WYCE: Songs From The Second floor 2009 via WYCE
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Legends! Traditional And Original Music Rooted In The Folk Tunes Of The Cajuns And Creoles Of Louisiana

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8:40 am

COMPILATIONS

Pure Religion
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore Unearthly Black Gospel, 1926-1936 2014 via Tompkins Square
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Blues Plate Special: Blind Gussie Nesbit - January 12, 1910 SC - November 14, 1995 NC - - - - Gospel Blues Singer And Guitarist That Recorded For Victor, Columbia And Decca During A Five-Year Period Beginning In 1930. Not Much Is Known Of Nesbit's Life Other Than The Spare Details Of These Few Sessions. Nesbit Guested On Two Other Sacred Songs Jack Gowdelock; Those Recordings Were Never Issued.

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Charlie Haden Quartet West

Fortune's Fame
In Angel City 1988 via Polygram Records
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The Jazz Spotlight Presents: Recorded Over A Two-Day Session In 1988 For The Verve Record Label. At The Time, The Haden Quartet Had Emerged As A Premier Small Combo. On This Outing,Quartet West Is Honoring The Past Without Constraints To It. Passion For The Film Noir Of Hollywood During The 1940's Reflect Heavily Throughout This Album - - - - - - Alan Broadbent, Piano...Laurance Marable, Drums...Ernie Watts, Tenor Saxophone...Charlie Haden, Bass

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8:20 am
Bells Brewery - Major Murphy (click for more info)

Support for WYCE 88.1 FM comes from Bell's Beer in downtown Kalamazoo. 

Bell's Eccentric Cafe welcomes Major Murphy, Crooked Spires, and Phabies on Thursday, September 7th at 8 p.m for a night of local music. 
More information for this 21 and up show is available at Bells-Beer-dot-com.

Janiva Magness

What's the Matter with the Mill-
My Bad Luck Soul 2000 via Blues Leaf Records
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Undercover: Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy, 1930

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Northern Lights

Living In The City
Living in the City 1996 via Red House
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This Band Of New England Pickers Formed In 1975 And A Solid Three-Decade Career - Past Members Included Alison Brown, Heard Here On 'YCE

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LeRoy Van Dyke

Walk On By
Walk On By 1961 via Mercury
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Spin From the Vinyl Vault - Charting For 42 Weeks Staying At Number 1 For And Incredible 19 Weeks Straight; A Record Stood For Fifty-One Years - The 94 Year-Old Continues Performing On Limited Schedule

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COMPILATIONS

Betty and Dupree
Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways 2004 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Brownie McGhee - Written By Chuck Willis, Adapting The Song From A Traditional Ballad By An Unknown Composer In Early Part Of The 20th Century

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COMPILATIONS

Chilly Winds - Moira Smiley & Voco
Banjo Babes 2014 Album 2014 via Independent
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Composer, Song-Collector, Shape-Note Singer, And Multi-Instrumentalist

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8:00 am