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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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BEATrio

Pellucidar
BEATrio 2025 via Thirty Tigers / The Orchard
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Jorma Kaukonen

Just Because
Dave's On Dickson; Fayetteville, AR 2011 via Fur Peace Ranch
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Written In 1929 - A 1948 Recording By Polka Maestro Frank Yankovic Is In The Grammy Hall Of Fame
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COMPILATIONS

Goin' Down to the River
Alan Lomax- Blues Songbook 2003 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1959 - Seminal Figure In Mississippi Hill Country Blues, And One Of The Most Vibrant Performers Of The 1960's Blues Revival

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9:40 am
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Flatt & Scruggs

Like A Rolling Stone
Nashville Airplane 1968 via Columbia
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Composer: Bob Dylan - The 27th And Final Recording By Flatt & Scruggs Prior To Their Breakup; Lester Resisted The Change In Direction, Earl Embraced It
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Hank Williams Jr.

Hand Me Down
Three Hanks: Men With Broken Hearts 1996 via Curb
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Collaborative Album Combining The Songs Of Hank Williams, Who Died In 1953, With Newly Recorded Accompanying Vocals From His Son Hank Jr. And Grandson Hank The III
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Sunny Sweeney & Jaime Lyn Wilson

Red Dirt Girl
Single 2023 via Aunt Daddy Records
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Revisiting The Title Track Emmylou Harris Lon-Player Red Dirt Girl; Winner Of The Grammy Award Twenty-Five Years Ago
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9:30 am
FMG - Tuesday Evening Music Club 2025 (click for more info)

Frederik Meijer Gardens and WYCE present:  The Tuesday Evening Music Club for 2025.

Tuesday Evening Music Club brings local and regional musicians and bands to the Meijer Gardens Amphitheater Tuesday nights, through August 26th. 

Admission is included for Meijer Gardens members and general admission tickets.

Next Tuesday, July 22nd, there's live music from The Grand Rapids Chorus- Sweet Adelines, and The Great Lakes Brass.

This series is supported by *Ayers Basement Systems, Meyer Music, Corporate Live, and 88.1 FM WYCE! 

The full lineup is at **MEIJER GARDENS dot ORG slash TEMC.

**(meijergardens.org/temc)

Bonnie Raitt

Finest Lovin' Man
The Bonnie Raitt Collection 1990 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Bonnie's Self-Titled Debut 1971
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Eddie Jefferson

So What
Body And Soul 1989 via Ojc
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The Progenitor Of The Style Known As Vocalese

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9:20 am
GRAM On The Green 2025 (click for more info)

The Grand Rapids Art Museum and WYCE proudly present our "GRAM on the Green" concert series for 2025.

Our annual free outdoor music series is made possible with support from Gentex Corporation as well as Bank of America.

GRAM on the Green continues July 24 with a performance by Caitlin Cusak, beginning at 6 pm on the Museum Terrace.

Guests can enjoy food trucks, a cash bar, WYCE merchandise, and iced coffee courtesy of Gentex, served exclusively on the first and last day of the series. The Museum will remain open afterward for Meijer Free Thursday Nights.

More information is at ART MUSEUM GR dot ORG (artmuseumgr.org)

The Elovaters

Roll Up
Endless Summer 2023 via Belly Full
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7 Piece Reggae Roots Band Rising On The Fertile Boston Concert Scene
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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Red Earth [Massane Cisse]
Red Earth 2007 via Emarcy / Umgd
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A Legacy Piece From Senegal Dedicated To A Great Warrior Who Lived In The Late 19th Century
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COMPILATIONS

Morillo
Rough Guide to Flamenco 2013 via various
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Al Toque Flamenco - A Trio Armed With A Repertoire Of Classic Flamenco Guitar Themes

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Cherish the Ladies

Cameronian Set- Tha M'Intinn Raoir-Duke of Gordon-The Cameronian-Lady of the House
One and All- The Best of Cherish the Ladies 1998 via Green Linnet
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One Of The Most Celebrated Irish Music Ensembles In History; Renowned For Their Exhilarating Mix Of Traditional Irish, Stunning Vocals, And Propulsive Step Dancing
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9:00 am
GRTV Media Presentation Suite (click for more info)

GRTV is offering a new service that allows community members and organizations to digitize their outdated home media through the launch of its "Media Preservation Suite." 


The Media Preservation Suite is geared toward community members and organizations interested in transferring VHS tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs and 8-millimeter film - into digital formats. 

Users must be GRCMC all-access members to use this service then complete a one-time certification training to learn how to use the digitization equipment and software. 

For more information including details on certification training, email help@grtv dot org.

Webb Wilder

Beautiful Delilah
Hillbilly Speedball 2025 via Landslide
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Hattiesburg, MS - New Release Contains a Reworking Of Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" (1958)
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James Luther Dickinson

Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
Dinosaurs Run In Circles 2009 via Memphis International
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Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Took It To The Top 5 On both The Pop And R&B Charts In 1945
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Neal & Leandra

Mean Streak
Hearts & Hammers 1994 via Red House
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Now Retired, For Twenty Years One Of The Most Respected Folk Duos In Acoustic Music
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8:40 am
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Fred Davis

Drifting Blues
Cleveland Blues 2023 via Colemine
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Blues Plate Special: Fred Davis, A Forgotten Bluesman In Blues History - Set In The Rust Belt Of Ohio Over Half A Century Ago - Worked The Circuit In And Around Cleveland And Fronted The Band - Dave & The Blues Express - For Reasons Never Explained, His Career Ended When He Was Jailed, And On Release Went To Work In A Factory Before Being Shot And Killed In A Liquor Store Parking Lot In 1988 - Fred Davis' Only Album Was Recorded In 1969, Unearthed By Colemine Records 56 Years Later

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Joe Sample

Blue Abyss
Children Of The Sun 2014 via PRA
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Jazz Spotlight: A Founding Keyboardist And Composer Of The Jazz Crusaders In 1960, Remaining A Part Of The Group Until Its Final Album In 1991. Sample's Solo Career Is Just As Impressive.

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8:20 am
GRAM On The Green 2025 (click for more info)

The Grand Rapids Art Museum and WYCE proudly present our "GRAM on the Green" concert series for 2025.

Our annual free outdoor music series is made possible with support from Gentex Corporation as well as Bank of America.

GRAM on the Green continues July 24 with a performance by Caitlin Cusak, beginning at 6 pm on the Museum Terrace.

Guests can enjoy food trucks, a cash bar, WYCE merchandise, and iced coffee courtesy of Gentex, served exclusively on the first and last day of the series. The Museum will remain open afterward for Meijer Free Thursday Nights.

More information is at ART MUSEUM GR dot ORG (artmuseumgr.org)

Lucinda Williams

Hard Road
Happy Woman Blues 1980 via Smithsonian Folkways
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Lake Charles, LA
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Yonder Mountain String Band

Alison
Love, Ain't Love 2017 via FROG PAD
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JamGrass Legacy Out Of Colorado Moving On 27 Years Together
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Marty Falle

Bury Me
Wanted In Kentucky 2025 via Country Cool Music
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Guest Vocals: Cary Greer, Singer Of The Bluegrass Band Crandall Creek Out Of Wheeling, WV - The Kentuckian Writing About The Stories, History And Legends Of Appalachia
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The Plate Scrapers

Homegrown Tomatoes
Single 2025 via Kretzer
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Progressive 'Grassers From Virginia - Forthcoming Due In A Few Weeks
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Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton

Gooseberry Rag
Wildflower Blues 2017 via Cinquefoil Records
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The Two Founding Members Of The Be Good Tanyas
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Grayson Capps

Early Morning Rain
Heartache, Misery & Death 2024 via Royal Potato
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Alabama Singer/Songwriter In The Truest Sense
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8:00 am
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum - "Ford After Five Swinging and Swearing In" (click for more info)
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is proud to announce "Ford After Five Swinging and Swearing In" Saturday, August 9, at 6 PM at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.

You're invited to grab your dancing shoes and join them on the Museum's plaza for swing music performed by 501 Swing Street, plus enjoy a reading of President Ford's famous swearing-in speech from August 9, 1974. 

More information on "Ford After Five Swinging and Swearing In" is available at ford library museum dot gov.