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Playlist from 07/29/2025 @ 12:00am

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Digging through the crypts below WYCE, always looking for the weirdest music that never gets played.

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Durand Jones

Wait Til I Get Over
Wait Til I Get Over 2023 via Dead Oceans
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Japanese Breakfast

Orlando in Love
Single 2025 via Dead Oceans
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Charley Crockett

Lonesome Drifter
Single 2025 via UMG
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Dope Lemon

Electric Green Lambo (Clean)
Single 2025 via BMG
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Calibro 35

The Twang
Single 2025 via Record Kicks
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2:40 am
DGRI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc....bringing free summer programming like Relax at Rosa on Thursdays, street soccer leagues and farmers markets at Las Canchas, outdoor movies, and more. 

On Thursday July 31st, Relax at Rosa has live music from AL-EXIST (Al'Exist).

There will also be food trucks and Quinn Mathews' broadcast of WYCE's "GR Live" from Rosa Parks Amphitheatre at noon.

You can follow @ downtown gr inc  for details on upcoming event announcements from DGRI, and Downtown Gr dot Org (downtowngr.org)

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Yes, I'm Ready
Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready 2017 via Okeh
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Amy Black

Further On Up The Road
Memphis 2017 via Reuben Records
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Reigning Sound

Oh Christine
A Little More Time With Reigning Sound 2021 via Merge
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Albert King

Laundromat Blues
Born Under a Bad Sign [Stax Remasters] 1967 via Stax
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Sleepy John Estes

Sleepy John's Twist
Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon 2014 via Delmark
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2:20 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. 

Luke Winslow-King

Flash-A-Magic
Single 2025 via Bloodshot

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Pokey LaFarge

Sister Andre
Single 2024 via New West
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Los Machucambos

La Bamba
Percussive Latin Trio 1961 via London Records
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Kanola Band

Cissy Strut
KANOLA 2021 via Independent
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2:00 am
CASA of Kent County (click for more info)
Every child in foster care deserves a voice in the courtroom, and you can be that voice. 

Court Appointed Special Advocates - known by the acronym CASA - of Kent County is looking for dedicated volunteers to advocate for children in the child welfare system, ensuring they have the support and stability they need. 

No special background is required--just compassion and a desire to make a difference. 

CASA invites you to join them in bringing hope and positive change to a child's life. 

Learn more about becoming a CASA volunteer today.at casakentco dot org.  That's c-a-s-a-k-e-n-t-c-o dot o-r-g!

The Smokin Dobroleles

El Sisi Mito
The Smokin Dobroleles 2023 via Independent

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Whorled

Summertime - Hall Of The Mountain King
Reimagined 2023 via Independent
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Chip Fundy

The Night Before Confession
The Night Before Confession 2015 via Independent

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COMPILATIONS

Mitchell, I Had a Lovely Time
The Grand Rapids Compilation 2006 2006 via Independent

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Elroy Meltzer

Drive Through a Petting Zoo (Race
Resetting Sun 2019 via Independent
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1:40 am
Promo - Acoustic Cafe and Local Spins Replay on Sunday (click for more info)

WYCE's Specialty programming on Friday includes Acoustic Cafe from 9-11 am and Local Spins from 11 am until Noon.

If you can't catch the shows on Friday, you can now listen to a replay on the weekend. 

On Sunday, it's Acoustic Cafe from 3-5 pm and Local Spins from 5-6 right here on a World of Music, 88.1 FM WYCE, on our app, and streaming online at WYCE dot org.

DJ Abilities

The First Step
Phonograph Phoenix 2021 via Rhymesayers
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MISTER X Curt Cataract

I'm Not the One
Approaching Land 2019 via Cold Rhymes Records
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MISTER X Curt Cataract

The Living Infinite
Approaching Land 2019 via Cold Rhymes Records
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Lowdown Brass Band

Don't Wait! Right Now!
Lowdown Breaks 2018 via Independent
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Killer Mike

SOMETHING FOR JUNKIES (ft. Fabo) (Clean)
MICHAEL 2023 via TGS Music
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1:20 am
The Kent County Environmental Action Team (click for more info)
The Kent County Environmental Action Team is presenting a panel discussion on ground and surface water.

You're invited to attend this discussion at City Built Brewing Company on Tuesday, August 26, at 5:30 PM, to learn more about our most valuable resource.

Panelists include Dr. Peter Wampler, Professor of Geology at GVSU, Cara Decker, Director of Environmental Programs at Grand Valley Metro Council, and LGROW, Martha Vermeulen from Friends of Buck Creek, and Jannan J. Cornstalk, Director of The Water is Life Festival.

More information on this event is available on Facebook and the "Kent County Environmental Action Team."

Chirp

Greener
Chirp 2019 via Independent
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Free Hat

Getting Weird
The News From Where You Live 2023 via Independent
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Miss Tess

I Wanna Be A Cowboy
The Moon Is An Ashtray 2020 via Rights Records
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Joshua Ray Walker

Bronco Billy's
Glad You Made It 2020 via State Fair
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Mike And The Moonpies

Hour on the Hour
One to Grow On 2021 via Prairie Rose
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1:00 am
Michigan Irish Music Festival (click for more info)

The Michigan Irish Music Festival needs your help!  


Their volunteer portal for the festival is now open and seeking community members interested in volunteering at the festival, happening September 11-14, at Heritage Landing in Muskegon. 

Volunteer receive free admission on the day of their shift, plus a festival T-shirt

For more information, it's michiganirish dot org slash volunteer.

Lee Fields & The Expressions

Do You Know
Big Crown Vaults, Vol. 1 2020 via Big Crown
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Yola

Starlight
Stand For Myself 2021 via Easy Eye Sound
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Yola

Yola WYCE Station ID
Stand For Myself 2021 via Easy Eye Sound
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The Bamboos

Ex-Files
This Is How You Do It 2023 via Pacific Theatre / BMG
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Black Pumas

Black Moon Rising
Black Pumas 2019 via ATO Records
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Thee Sacred Souls

Weak For Your Love
Thee Sacred Souls 2022 via Daptone
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12:40 am
Bell's Brewery - July (click for more info)

Support for 88.1 WYCE-FM comes from Bell's Brewery.

Bell's Eccentric Café presents indie rock bands "Ducks Limited" with "Good Flying Birds" on Wednesday, July 30th in the Back Room. 

Doors are at 7, and music is at 8. 

More information on this 18 & up show is available at Bells Beer dot com. 

Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa '70 with Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker & Tony Allen Drum Solo
Live! 1971 via Mca
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12:20 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.

Nathan Kalish and the Wildfire

Two Girls One Hit
Desert Love 2008 via Independent

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Les Amazones d'Afrique

Wa Jo (feat. Jemiriye & Mamani Keita)
Single 2024 via Real World
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Good Looks

If Its Gone (Clean)
Single 2024 via Keeled Scales
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Zack Feinberg

What Happened
Single 2025 via Zippy
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Dehd

Loner
Flower of Devotion 2020 via Fire Talk
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12:00 am
The Kent County Environmental Action Team (click for more info)
The Kent County Environmental Action Team is presenting a panel discussion on ground and surface water.

You're invited to attend this discussion at City Built Brewing Company on Tuesday, August 26, at 5:30 PM, to learn more about our most valuable resource.

Panelists include Dr. Peter Wampler, Professor of Geology at GVSU, Cara Decker, Director of Environmental Programs at Grand Valley Metro Council, and LGROW, Martha Vermeulen from Friends of Buck Creek, and Jannan J. Cornstalk, Director of The Water is Life Festival.

More information on this event is available on Facebook and the "Kent County Environmental Action Team."