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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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The Djangotones

Ode To Jimby
The Djangotones 2008 via Independent
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Anna Wilson

Cherokee Maiden
Countrypolitan Duets 2011 via Music World Ent
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Anna Wilson, Billy Dean - American Songwriter Cindy Walker Wrote It For Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys, 1941 - Thirty-Five Years Years A Number One Hit For Merle Haggard & The Strangers

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Van Morrison

Blueberry Hill
Accentuate The Positive 2023 via Exile
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Undercover: Fats Domino, 1958

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Mendocino
You Can Count on Me 2000 via Artemis Records
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6 String Drag - Working Up The Big One For The Sir Douglas Quintet, 1969

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Nat Myers

Roscoe
Yellow Peril 2023 via Easy Eye Sound / Concord
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Michigan Appearance: 11/10 The Ark, Ann Arbor - This Release Is A Collection Of Jumpy Blues Songs About Hopping Trains And Burning Up Highways

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You Win Again
Good Rockin' Tonight- The Legacy of Sun Records 2001 via Sire / London/Rhino
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Mandy Barnett With The Jordanaires - Written By Hank Williams In 1952, One Day After His Divorce From Audrey Was Finalized - The Song Was Likely Inspired By His Tumultuous Relationship With His Ex-Wife

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Joe Krown

Gumbo Boogie
Tribute 2023 via Sledgehammer Blues
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Excellent Album! New To the 'YCE Blues Alley

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Robert Finley

Gospel Blues
Black Bayou 2023 via Easy Eye Sound / Concord
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New Into The 'YCE Blues Alley - Gospel Music Played A Crucial Role In His Early Development; Dan Auerbach, Producing

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9:30 am
GLC Live at 20 Monroe - NEEDTOBREATHE-ROUND #2 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation, presenting Grammy- nominated Need To Breathe...bringing The Caves World Tour to Van Andel Arena on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 7:00PM. 

Also appearing is special guest, Judah The Lion.Tickets for Need To Breathe are on sale now at Ticketmaster dot com and at the Van Andel Arena Box Office.

Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers

Cold Pines and Red Dirt
Miles from Home 2008 via Dionysus Records
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Moving On Thirty-Five Years Of Hillbilly Sass

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Rosco Gordon

Jelly Jelly
Memphis, Tennessee 2000 via Stony Plain Music
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Earl Hines And Billy Eckstein, 1947 - Gordon Was A Pioneer Of The Memphis Blues Style, Developing A Piano Style Known As The "Rosco Rhythm," With The Emphasis On The Off-Beat

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9:20 am
HEAD AND THE HEART (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe, presenting The Head and The Heart, playing live in Grand Rapids on Tuesday November 7th.

Since their self-titled debut album in 2011, the band has toured extensively and performed 18 times on national television.

Their latest tour in support of their fifth and most recent studio album, Every Shade of Blue, stops in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Tickets are still available at live nation dot com or at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office.

John Allmark

Bye Bye Blackbird
The John Allmark Jazz Orchestra Featuring Clay Osborne 2001 via Whaling City Sound
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Published In 1926 - First Recorded By Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra In 1926 - Did Not Take it Long To Become A Jazz Standard

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Shinobu Sato

Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Little Signs Of Autumn 1993 via Waterbug Records
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One Of The Earliest Performance Of The Song Was In The 1870's By The Fisk Jubilee Singers - A Traditional Spiritual Dating Back To The Era Of Slavery In The United States

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COMPILATIONS

Kanarini Mou Glyko
The Rough Guide to Greek Cafe 2010 via World Music Network
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Dilek Koc Accenting Our Morning Coffee And Pastry At A Quaint Greek Cafe This Morning - Koc: Major Player In The Turkish And Middle Eastern Folk Music Scene

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Mariaa Siga - Ni Mama
Putumayo Presents Global Reggae 2023 via Putumayo Discovery
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Senegalese Singer/Songwriter Favors A Warmer, Breezy Style While Painting Her Acoustic Palette

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Hosanna Nkosi Yami
The Rough Guide to South African Gospel 2003 via World Music Network
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Traditional - Davey Angels

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Joemy Wilson

And Your Bird Can Sing
Beatles On Hammered Dulcimer 1989 via Dargason
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Revolver, 1966 - Covering The Beatles On The Hammered Dulcimer, An Ancestor Of the Piano Harkening Back To the 15th Century

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The Deadstring Brothers

It's Morning Irene
Cannery Row 2013 via Bloodshot Records
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No Longer Together - Detroit-Based Roots-Rock Band That Played With An Exile on Main St.-Era Rolling Stones Swagger

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Viv & Riley

Sauvie Island
Imaginary People 2023 via Free Dirt
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For This Album's Inspiration, The Duo's Artistic Rebirth Came About In Durham, Visiting Longtime Friends Involved In The Old-Time Music Scene; Themselves At One-Time Heavily Embedded In the Award-Winning Group "The Onlies"

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8:40 am

COMPILATIONS

Wilkins Street Stomp
Masters of The Boogie Piano 2003 via Delmark
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Blues Plate Special: Rufus George "Speckled Red" Perryman; October 23, 1892 GA - January 2, 1973 MO - - - A Louisiana-Born Boogie-Woogie Pianist Who Became A Fixture On The Club Scene In Memphis And St. Louis. Played The Detroit Bars During the 1920's Prior To Record Sales Dropping Off During The Great Depression, Red Didn't Record Again Until 1938, Backed By Slide-Guitarist Robert Nighthawk. Still Active In the Early 1960's, Red Recorded A Few Sides For The Folkways Labels And Playing For New Audiences Until Age Caught Up With Him. George "Speckled Red" Perryman Passed On In 1973

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McCoy Tyner

Ruby, My Dear
Trident 1975 via OJC - Milestone
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The Jazz Spot: Fantasy Studios; Berkeley, Early Winter 1975 - This Post-Bop Masterpiece Finds McCoy Tyner In Peak Form, Surrounded In His Favored Trio Configuration With Ron Carter And Elvin Jones. The Project Is Tyner's First-Full-Length Trio Album Since 1964. Before His Passing In 2020, McCoy Tyner Was the Last Living Link To John William Coltrane - This Is Traditions!

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8:20 am
HEAD AND THE HEART (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe, presenting The Head and The Heart, playing live in Grand Rapids on Tuesday November 7th.

Since their self-titled debut album in 2011, the band has toured extensively and performed 18 times on national television.

Their latest tour in support of their fifth and most recent studio album, Every Shade of Blue, stops in Grand Rapids on November 7th.

Tickets are still available at live nation dot com or at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office.

Del McCoury Band

I Fell in Love
Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass 2018 via McCoury Music
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The 'Grass Legend Turning 85 In A Few Weeks And Back On The Road For A Series Of Performances

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Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

Spread Your Wings
Never Gonna Let You Go 2003 via Evolver
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Second Album Together

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Charles Wesley Godwin

Take Me Home, Country Roads
Family Ties 2023 via Big Loud
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The New Album Into 'YCE Continues The West Virginian's Songwriting Tales Of Friends, Family And Foundation - Undercover: John Denver, 1971

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Curly Seckler & The Nashville Grass

Mother Maybelle
Take A Little Time 1980 via CMH
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Vintage Vinyl - Special Guests: Johnny Cash And Marty Stuart - - - Seckler Played Mandolin In The Foggy Mountain Boys For Thirteen Years Prior To The Breakup Of Flatt & Scruggs (1962) - Took A Break From the Music Business Until 1973 Joining Lester Flatt In "Nashville Grass" - Upon Flatt's Passing In 1979 Seckler Became The Leader Of The Band Until Retiring 1994

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Oh, Susannah
Beautiful Dreamer- The Songs of Stephen Foster 2004 via Emergent
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Michelle Shocked - Written In 1847 By Stephan Foster; Considered The First Minstrel Song To Enter The Middle-Class Market

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Bunkhouse Blues
Fresh Faces at MerleFest 2004 2004 via Merlefest Records
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Austin, TX; The Two High String Band - Playing Their Unique Pickin' Since 1995

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Ruby With the Eyes That Sparkle
Cold Mountain 2003 via Sony
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Traditional - Stuart Duncan And Dirk Powell

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