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Playlist from 04/30/2024 @ 12:00pm

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Nina Capri

A little bit of this and that, with an emphasis on music that brightens the day and lifts your spirits. You'll hear new music, local music, world beat, and plenty of folk, rock, blues, and jazz.

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Renaissance

Carpet of the Sun
Tales Of 1001 Nights, Vol. 1 1990 via Sire Records / Warner Bros.
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Brad Vickers

Jaguar and the Thunderbird
Stuck with the Blues 2010
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The Icicles

La Ti Da
Arrivals & Departures 2007 via Microindie Records

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Bruce Cockburn

Last Night of the World
Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu 1999 via Rykodisc
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Harry Belafonte

Jump In The Line
Sing Your Song- The Music 2011 via Sony Masterworks
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2:40 pm
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Preston Reed

Night Ride
Handwritten Notes 2000 via Outer Bridge Records
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Amadou & Mariam

Sabali
Welcome To Mali 2009 via Nonesuch
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2:30 pm
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Sippie Wallace

Women Be Wise
Women Be Wise 1992 via Storyville Records
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Fleet Foxes

Lorelai
Helplessness Blues 2011 via Sub Pop

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2:20 pm
All In Hospitality-Donkey Taquiera Cinco de Mayo Party (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Donkey Taquiera (TACO-REE-UH)... a full-service taqueria and tequila bar in the heart of Grand Rapids, at the corner of Wealthy & Henry Street.


Donkey celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a two-day street party on Saturday May 4, and Sunday, May 5.


Donkey's ‍Cinco de Mayo Street Party includes an outdoor bar and food, street tacos, and live music from DaLagoa, La Furia Del Ritmo and Cabildo(KA-BEEL-DOH).


The event is open to the public and more information is available at donkeygr dot com

Third Coast Recording Various Artists

The Chain
Single 2019 via Independent
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City and Colour

If I Should Go Before You
If I Should Go Before You 2015 via Dine Alone Records
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Ben Folds

The Luckiest
Rockin' The Suburbs 2001 via Sony
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Nickel Creek

Elephant in the Corn
A Dotted Line 2014 via Nonesuch
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2:00 pm
Kalamazoo State Theatre - Cowboy Junkies (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting an evening with Cowboy Junkies on Wednesday, September 25th.

Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country rock band, that has been performing together since 1985.

They're on tour with their latest album, "Such Ferocious Beauty."

Tickets and more information are available at the Kalamazoo State Theatre box office and online at k-a-z-o-o state dot com.

Monty Alexander

What's Going On (Wa'a Gwan)
Harlem-Kingston Express, Vol. 2 - The Ri 2014 via Motema
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The Spinners

Rubberband Man
Best Of Spinners
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Wasting Time
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2015 via Concord
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Lettuce

Get Greasy
Crush 2015 via Independent
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1:40 pm
Bells Brewery - Belle & Sebastian (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Bell's Beer in downtown Kalamazoo. 

Bell's Eccentric Cafe welcomes Belle & Sebastian with support from Haley Heynderickx on Monday, May 6th at 8 p.m. 
More information for this 18 and up show is available at Bells-Beer-dot-com.

Emmylou Harris

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town 1978 via Warner Brothers
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Karisa Wilson

Little Girl
Little Girl 2007 via Independent

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1:30 pm
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Youssou N'dour

Shakin' the Tree
The Lion 1989 via Virgin Records
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Peter Mulvey

The Trouble With Poets
The Trouble With Poets 2000 via Signature Records
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1:20 pm
All In Hospitality-Donkey Taquiera Cinco de Mayo Party (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Donkey Taquiera (TACO-REE-UH)... a full-service taqueria and tequila bar in the heart of Grand Rapids, at the corner of Wealthy & Henry Street.


Donkey celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a two-day street party on Saturday May 4, and Sunday, May 5.


Donkey's ‍Cinco de Mayo Street Party includes an outdoor bar and food, street tacos, and live music from DaLagoa, La Furia Del Ritmo and Cabildo(KA-BEEL-DOH).


The event is open to the public and more information is available at donkeygr dot com

Pete Townshend

Give Blood
White City 1985 via atco
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Son Volt

These Are The Times
Electro Melodier 2021 via Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers
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Umphrey's McGee

Catshot
You Walked Up Shaking In Your Boots But You Stood Tall And Left A Raging Bull 2021 via Independent
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Mitch Woods

Take This Hammer (Ft Van Morrison
Friends Along The Way 2017 via eOne
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1:00 pm
Kalamazoo State Theatre - Cowboy Junkies (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting an evening with Cowboy Junkies on Wednesday, September 25th.

Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country rock band, that has been performing together since 1985.

They're on tour with their latest album, "Such Ferocious Beauty."

Tickets and more information are available at the Kalamazoo State Theatre box office and online at k-a-z-o-o state dot com.

Dave Matthews Band

Crush
Before These Crowded Streets 1998 via RCA
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Elton John

Grey Seal
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973 via Island
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12:40 pm
Busses By The Beach 2024 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Buses by The Beach, presenting its annual Bus Benefit 2024.

Running on May 24th through 27th, Memorial Day weekend, in Trufant, Michigan.

Buses By the Beach is a nonprofit in support of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, the world's largest Burn Support Organization based in Grand Rapids.  

The event will feature activities and live music throughout the weekend, including performances by Desmond Jones, Roosevelt Diggs, Hannah Rose Graves Band, Pocket Watch, and others.

Tickets and more information at BUSES BY THE BEACH DOT ORG.

James Taylor

chili dog
One Man Dog 1972 via Warner Bros
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Ghalia Volt

Shout Sister Shout
Shout Sister Shout 2023 via Ruf
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12:30 pm
Kendall College of Art & Design (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University.

K-CAD invites you to celebrate the talent of their graduating class at the 2024 Annual Student Exhibition, on view from April 29th through May 4th.

The annual student art exhibition is open to the public.

More details are at K-C-A-D dot E-D-U.

Chris Smither

Happier Blue
Happier Blue 1993 via Flying Fish Records
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Santana

Primavera
Supernatural 1999 via Sony Legacy
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12:20 pm
All In Hospitality-Donkey Taquiera Cinco de Mayo Party (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Donkey Taquiera (TACO-REE-UH)... a full-service taqueria and tequila bar in the heart of Grand Rapids, at the corner of Wealthy & Henry Street.


Donkey celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a two-day street party on Saturday May 4, and Sunday, May 5.


Donkey's ‍Cinco de Mayo Street Party includes an outdoor bar and food, street tacos, and live music from DaLagoa, La Furia Del Ritmo and Cabildo(KA-BEEL-DOH).


The event is open to the public and more information is available at donkeygr dot com

COMPILATIONS

Zwit Rwit
Cairo To Casablanca 1998 via Putumayo World Music

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Sail On!
Soul Of A Woman 2017 via Daptone
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Barenaked Ladies

Brian Wilson
Gordon 1992 via Warner Brothers
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Rod Stewart

Maggie May
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The Accidentals

Parking Lot
Parking Lot 2016 via Independent

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12:00 pm
Kalamazoo State Theatre - Cowboy Junkies (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Kalamazoo State Theatre presenting an evening with Cowboy Junkies on Wednesday, September 25th.

Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country rock band, that has been performing together since 1985.

They're on tour with their latest album, "Such Ferocious Beauty."

Tickets and more information are available at the Kalamazoo State Theatre box office and online at k-a-z-o-o state dot com.