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!
Lou Ann Barton, Guest Vocals - A Well-Traveled Thoroughfare As Storied And Rich In Legend Throughout The Southern United States As Robert Johnson's Mythical Crossroads
Undercover: Guy Clark
The Basic Gist Is That It Doesn't Matter If You Are A Soldier Or A Factory Worker, You're Still A Working Man
NIA Centre is Grand Rapids' own African American cultural center...providing programming and events to promote an understanding of the past, a sharing of the present, and a cultivation of the future.
First Recording And Release, 1963; Written By Billy Edd Wheeler That Same Year; John Stewart On Lead Vocal - Classic Coal Mining Song, Telling The Story Of The Millions Of Mining Families That Left The Appalachian Region During The 1960's To Look For Work In The Factories Of The Midwest
Bobbie Gentry, 1967 - The Song Selected By The Library Of Congress For Preservation In The National Recording Registry
Support for WYCE comes from Frederik Meijer Gardens, presenting the Fifth Third Bank Summer Concert Series.
Thursday, September 4, Frederik Meijer Gardens welcomes Motown Music icon Smokey Robinson, along with special guest Avalon Cutts-Jones.
Tickets plus more information on this show are available at MEIJER GARDENS dot ORG slash CONCERTS.
On The Border
1945 - His Voice And Nine-String Guitar Were Quite Distinctive - As A Youth Wandered Across America Busking Every Chance He Got - Recorded With Sonny Boy Williamson, Peetie Wheatshaw And Robert Nighthawk - Fifteen Year-Old Muddy Waters Accompanied Big Joe In The Early 1930's - Honored With A Marker On The Mississippi Blues Trail
One Of The Best-Known American Songs Of The Great Depression
Oladokun is performing as part of St. Cecilia's Acoustic Café Folk Series.
Other performers in the series include the Milk Carton Kids on September 9, acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke on September 23, as well as performances from Sierra Hull, Josh Ritter, the Yonder Mountain String Band, and Sam Bush.
Tickets for Joy Oladokun plus all other shows are on sale at SCMC GR dot ORG or via phone at 616-459-2224.
Bulgarian Folk-Dance
South African Music Pioneer/Anti-Apartheid Activist; Exiled For Many Years
Rasha: Renowned Sudanese Singer, Musician And Songwriter
The West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology invites young adults unclear on their career paths to check out the "Step Year" Program.
Step Year at WMCAT (wim-cat) is a tuition-free program for young adults to explore college and career options, and help them find their next steps, whether it's schooling, a trade certificate, a new job, or a different path entirely.
Kent County adults ages 18-24 can apply now for Step Year at WMCAT dot ORG slash STEP YEAR (wmcat.org/stepyear)
A Brother Duo Working The Folk Traditions Of The Crescent City
Composer: Rodney Crowell - Willie's 77th Solo, And One Hundred Fifty- Forth Album Overall
Swedish-American Labor Activist, Songwriter, And Member Of The Industrial Workers of the World, Organizing Workers Under The IWW Banner, Writing Political Songs And Satirical Poems, And Making Speeches - Executed By Firing Squad On November 19, 1915; Utah's Sugar House Prison
Blues Plate Special: Blind Boy fuller Was a Mentor To Brownie McGhee And Also Employed Sonny Terry, Who Would Later Form A Duo With McGhee - Fuller Was One Of The Most Popular Of The Recorded Piedmont Blues Artists, Alongside Blind Blake, Josh White, And Buddy Moss
Jazz Spotlight: Veteran Pianist Hank Jones Is Hardly Slowing Down At The Age Of 87 - This Session, Recorded In 2006 Is In A Potent Trio Formation With Jimmy Cobb And Christian McBride, Keeping A Few Old Warhorses Fresh, And Giving Ample Space To Stretch Out; A Delightful Setting Of Three Titans With Proven Grace And Finesse
Oladokun is performing as part of St. Cecilia's Acoustic Café Folk Series.
Other performers in the series include the Milk Carton Kids on September 9, acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke on September 23, as well as performances from Sierra Hull, Josh Ritter, the Yonder Mountain String Band, and Sam Bush.
Tickets for Joy Oladokun plus all other shows are on sale at SCMC GR dot ORG or via phone at 616-459-2224.
American Storytelling Songs That Cut To The Quick
With The Clinch Mountain Boys; Highly-Influential Bluegrass Group Founded In 1946
25 Year-Old Original New Voice In Songwriting, Mining The Rare Duality At The Heart Of Her Artistry -
Woody Paying Tribute To Migrant Laborers Who Feed The Nation
HomeSpun GR!
First Recorded by Bo Carter In 1928
