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Playlist from 08/18/2017 @ 12:00pm

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On the Line

Lydia
Color Tour 2017 via Independent
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Local quartet!

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The Milk Carton Kids

Secrets of the Stars
Monterey 2015 via Anti-
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Rosanne Cash

Black Cadillac
Black Cadillac 2006 via Capitol
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Jake Kershaw

Never Make Your Move Too Soon
Piece Of My Mind 2017 via Independent
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Local musician--and he's just 16 years old!

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2:40 pm
Promo - Concert Calendar (click for more info)

Check out "WYCE dot org" to stay in tune with Grand Rapids area concerts. 

Our online concerts and events calendar lets you know the best local spots to hear live music by WYCE-approved musicians.

Please send concert listings to calendars@wyce.org

Concert Calendar is a free service of Grand Rapids Community Media Center.

Julian Lage

Persian Rug
Arclight 2016 via Mack Avenue
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Steve Forbert

It Doesn't Matter Much
Evergreen Boy 1999 via Koch Records
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Brazz Tree

Out of Time
Spiral On 2007 via BT Music
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(REQUESTED)

Jonathan King

Everyone's Gone to the Moon
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Ruthie Foster

Welcome Home
Let It Burn 2012 via Blue Corn Music
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2:20 pm
Promo - In-Studio Performances (click for more info)

Tune in to WYCE for intimate in-studio interviews - and live performances - from local and touring musicians. We bring you up close to some of our favorite acts as they share brand new songs - often before they're even released - with stories and insights behind the music.

Then, check out "WYCE dot org" for an audio archive of recent in-studio performances. While you're there, browse our calendar of upcoming artist visits!

Sun Seeker

Won't Keep Me Up At Night
Biddeford 2017 via Third Man
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Punch Brothers

Rye Whiskey
Antifogmatic 2010 via Nonesuch
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Awesome show at Meijer Gardens last Sunday!

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Sonny Clark

Cool Struttin'
Cool Struttin' 1958 via Blue Note

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2:00 pm
Day Sponsor: Wharton Center (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Worldwide Music Ventures presenting An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Tuesday, October 31st, in Wharton Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Michigan State University.

Tickets through the Wharton Center Box Office - 1-800-WHARTON

1-800 W-H-A-R-T-O-N

Claudia Gomez

Soltarlo
Tierradentro 1995 via Xenophile
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Jan James

To Believe
Color of the Rose 1995 via Blue Palace
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The Decemberists

Calamity Song
The King Is Dead 2011 via Capitol
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The Accidentals

Arizona Stars
Odyssey 2017 via Sony Masterworks
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Traverse City band! Today is the official release date for this new record.

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1:40 pm
Red House Concerts - The Accidentals (click for more info)

Tickets are now on sale for The Accidentals Odyssey Album Release tour, appearing at the historic Frauenthal Center in Muskegon on Friday, October 27.

Red House Concert Series is proud to bring The Accidentals to Muskegon during their national tour supporting their first major label album "Odyssey", released TODAY on Sony Masterworks. 

The Accidentals - named by Yahoo Music as one of the 10 artists to watch in 2017 - will be appearing with special guests The Crane Wives and Jake Allen.

Tickets available online at startickets.com, or by phone 231-727-8001 or in person at The Frauenthal Center Box Office, 425 W. Western Ave in Muskegon

Sounds Of April & Randall

Midnight Rush
Sounds Of April & Randall 2017 via Soaring Records
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Old Salt Union

Tuscaloosa
Old Salt Union 2017 via Compass

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Jimmy Cliff

Ship is Sailing
Rebirth 2012 via UMe
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1:30 pm

Chubby Carrier

I Wanna Go Back
Zydeco Stuff 2017 via Swampadellic Records
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Haim

Something to Tell You
Something to Tell You 2017 via Columbia
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1:20 pm

Gregory Porter

Liquid Spirit
Liquid Spirit 2013 via Blue Note
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David Rawlings

Money is the Meat in the Coconut
Poor David's Almanack 2017 via Acony Records
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Shai No Shai

Caravan
Human Condition 1996 via RCA
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Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

Ride
Time To Discover 2000 via RCA
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G. Love & Special Sauce

Baby's Got Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce 1994 via Sony
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1:00 pm
Day Sponsor: Wharton Center (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Worldwide Music Ventures presenting An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Tuesday, October 31st, in Wharton Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Michigan State University.

Tickets through the Wharton Center Box Office - 1-800-WHARTON

1-800 W-H-A-R-T-O-N

Paula Cole

Nice Work If You Can Get It
ballads 2017 via 675 Records
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Melissa Ferrick

Back in Love
Listen Hard 2002 via Right on Records
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Mohammed Alidu & the Bizung Family

Take a Look
Land of Fire 2010 via CD BABY.COM/INDYS
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12:40 pm
WYCE presents Kevin Morby (click for more info)

WYCE joins The Pyramid Scheme in welcoming Kevin Morby - live in concert - Saturday, September 2nd.

Kevin Morby is out on tour in support of his fourth solo album, City Music.

The Pyramid Scheme is a pub and music venue in the Heartside neighborhood.

Tickets and more details can be found at Pyramid Scheme Bar dot com

Corey Harris & Henry Butler

Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You?
Vu-Du Menz 2000 via Alligator Records
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Randy Newman

It's a Jungle Out There
Dark Matter 2017 via Nonesuch
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Chelsea Williams

Boomerang
Boomerang 2017 via Blue Elan
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The Coryells

Love and Happiness
The Coryells 2000 via Chesky Records
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12:20 pm