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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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Brad Upton

Fine Back
Lionheart 2003 via Black Orchid Music
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Traditions! Returns Next Week

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Los Straitjackets

La Suegra AKA Mother in Law
Sing Along with Los Straitjackets 2001 via Yep Roc Records
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Nashville,TN - The Ultimate Surf Rockers Paying Tribute To Ernie K-Doe's 1961 Hit "Mother In Law"

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Watermelon Slim

Juke Joint Woman
Watermelon Slim & The Workers 2006 via Northern Blues
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The Musings Of A Ramshackle Grandeur - Multi-Award Winner - A True Character Of Americana; Slim Is The Real Deal

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COMPILATIONS

Pull My Daisy
There Is No Eye- Music for Photographs 2001 via Smithsonian Folkways
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David Amran Quartet - A Musician's Musician; Composer, Conductor, Jazz Virtuoso

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9:40 am
West Michigan Growers Group (click for more info)

West Michigan Growers' Group is a 501c3 non-profit that seeks to support local, sustainable farming in West Michigan. 

One of the ways you can support local farms is by purchasing a CSA share. 

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, which means you pay the farmer in the spring to enjoy a share of vegetables each week in the summer and fall. 

For more information on finding a CSA farm or to find more ways to support local farmers visit w-m-growers group dot org and tell your farmer you heard about them on WYCE!

COMPILATIONS

May We All Shout Together
The Folk Next Door 1996 via Uh Oh
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Jonesboro, AR; Delta Boogie Band

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The Dead South

Son of Ambrose
Chains & Stakes 2024 via Six Shooter
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Michigan Appearance: The Fillmore Detroit 12/7 - Fourth Release Recorded Over Two Weeks In Mexico City; A Collection In The Balance Of Darkness And Levity That Has Come To Define Their Unmistakable Brand

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9:30 am
Live Nation - Dispatch (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation presenting Dispatch at GLC Live at 20 Monroe.

Dispatch will be bringing their "AMPlifying Democracy" Tour to Grand Rapids on October 11th.

Dispatch is an indie roots band taking influence from Reggae and Nigerian street music.

More information on Dispatch at GLC Live at 20 Monroe is available at live nation dot com.

Tremoloco

Mi Novela
Dulcinea 2007 via Casa Julia Records
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Gulf Coast Roots Band Play A Singular Blend Of Mexican Folk And Zydeco - Tex-Mex Groove

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Jim Byrnes

St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Times 2014 via Factor
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Composer: W.C. Handy 1914

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9:20 am
Live Nation - Patton Oswalt (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation, presenting actor and comedian Patton Oswalt.

Patton Oswalt will be bringing his effervescent national tour to GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Friday, May 17th.

Oswalt has starred in several television and film roles, including the upcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire film.

Tickets for comedian Patton Oswalt are on sale now at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office and at livenation dot com

Toby Bresnahan

Kilavil Jig - Follow Me Up To Carlow - Morrisons
All In Good Time 2023 via Independent
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St. Patrick's Day GR Appearance: Today At Kusterer Brauhaus Beginning At 4 As Part Of The World Music On The Westside Series; I'll Be Hosting The Event, There With The WYCE Merchandise Table, Unlimited Conversation And Spirited Camaraderie

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Gaelic Storm

The Rocky Road to Dublin-Kid on the Mountain
Gaelic Storm 1998 via Higher Octave
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Traditional 19th-Century Irish Folk Song About A Man's Experiences As He Travels To Liverpool And Those He Encounters Along The Way

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The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

The Wild Colonial Boy
In Person at Carnegie Hall 1963 via Sony Legacy
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Traditional; Roud #677

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The Irish Rovers

Black Velvet Band
The Unicorn 1971 via Mca
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Roud #2146 - Published As A Broadside Ballad, 1793; However, She Has Other Plans

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Ben Traverse & Nick Veine

Molly Malone
Me Grief and Tears to Smother- Traditional Songs & Ballads of the Irish Diaspora 2023 via Earthwork
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Michigan Music - AKA "Cockles & Mussels" - First Known Recordings Beginning In 1876 Telling The Fictional Tale Of A Fishwife Who Plied Her Trade On The Streets Of Dublin

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9:00 am

Suzy Bogguss

It's Too Late
Praying' for Sunshine 2023 via Loyal Dutchess
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17th Release "Captures The Unvarnished Essence Of Southern Storytelling

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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry

Early Morning Rain
Shine A Light - Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad 2016 via Cooking Vinyl
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Composer: Gordon Lightfoot, 1966 - Billy Bragg And Joe Henry As They Performed In Waiting Rooms And Trackside At Railway Stations On A Journey Between Chicago And Los Angeles

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8:40 am

Sippie Wallace

Bedroom Blues
Women Be Wise 1992 via Storyville Records
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Blues Plate Special: Sippie's Early Career In Tent Shows Gained Her The Billing "The Texas Nightingale" - 1923 The Year She Made Her First Record Doing So For Seven Years Prior To Leaving Show Business And Becoming A Church Organist And Choir Director In Detroit Prior To Resuming Her Performing Career In The 1960's, Sippie Wallace Was Nominated Was Inducted Into The Michigan Women's Hall Of Fame - Her Influence On Generations Of Blues Musicians Is Undeniable, Passing On In 1986

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Malachi Thompson

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Lift Every Voice 1993 via Delmark
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The Jazz Spot: Riverside Recording Studios, Chicago 1983 - Merges Hard Bop, Free Reign, African Rhythms, And Gospel Stylings On This Release, Reminiscent Of Drummer Max's Roach Approach In Collaboration With The J.C. White Gospel Singers In The 1970's - "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) Originated During The Period Of Slavery, And Not Published Until 1867

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8:20 am
Live Nation - Patton Oswalt (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation, presenting actor and comedian Patton Oswalt.

Patton Oswalt will be bringing his effervescent national tour to GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Friday, May 17th.

Oswalt has starred in several television and film roles, including the upcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire film.

Tickets for comedian Patton Oswalt are on sale now at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office and at livenation dot com

Al Staehely

Long Legged Woman
Somewhere In West Texas 2023 via Quatro Valley
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Co-Founding Member Of Spirit

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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Invitation to the Blues
Old Yellow Moon 2013 via Nonesuch
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The Duo Met Each Other Fifty Years Ago - A Year Later In 1975 Rodney Became Part Of Harris' "The Hot Band" For The Next Twenty Years

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Alice Gerrard

How Now Brown Cow
Sun to Sun 2023 via Sleepy Cat
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A Career-High From The 89 Year Old Pioneer Who Has Helped Shape The Landscape Of American Folk For More Than Sixty Years - Her Recordings With Hazel Dickens During The 1960's And '70's Influenced A Generation Of Women Musicians

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COMPILATIONS

Turn Your Radio On
Way Down Deep in My Soul- The Best of Sugar Hill Gospel, Vol. 2 1993 via Sugarhill [Country]
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Composer: Albert Brumley, 1937 - The Legendary Chris Hilman With The Honors

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Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson

La Paloma
Loving You 2023 via ATO
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"The Dove" - Spanish Song That Has Been Produced And Reinterpreted In Diverse Cultures, Settings, Arrangements, And Recordings Over The Last 140 Years - Wonderful Rendering By Amanda Shires And The Late Bobbie Nelson, Elder Sister To Willie

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Micah Ling

Train On The Island
Kingdom Come 2014 via Earth Work
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GR Music - An Old-Time Mountain Ballad Recorded By J.P. Nestor And Norman Edmonds From A Field Recording In A Make-Shift Studio In Bristol, Tennessee For Victor Records During The Famous 1927 Bristol Sessions

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8:00 am
YWCA West Michigan (click for more info)

The YWCA West Central Michigan is a social justice organization with more than 100 years of experience providing service to, and advocating on behalf of the most vulnerable people in our community. 

The YWCA is the only provider of comprehensive domestic and sexual violence services to child and adult survivors in Kent County. 

In any given year, the YWCA, provides services to more than 4,000 individual survivors and family members, and responds to over 2,700 crisis calls related to domestic violence and sexual assault. 

To learn more about YWCA West Central Michigan visit Y W C A W C M I DOT ORG. Or if you are in need of help, please call their 24-Hour Confidential Helpline 616.454.YWCA (616.454.9922)