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Playlist from 08/27/2024 @ 9:00am

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yaeji

Fever
With A Hammer 2023 via XL Recordings
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Louis Cole

Don't Care (feat. Genevieve Artadi)
Quality Over Opinion 2022 via Brainfeeder
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Tanukichan

Lazy Love
Sundays 2018 via Company Records
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Halo Rider

Where My Body Sleeps
Ghost Of A Radio 2024 via Firenze
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Hailu Mergia

Addis Nat
Lala Belu 2018 via Awesome Tapes From Africa
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11:40 am
GRPL-Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition (click for more info)

The Grand Rapids Public Library is proud to announce the 57th Annual Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition. 

The competition is open to Kent County ages 5 through adult who reside in or attend school in Kent County.

Poets can submit one original, unpublished poem now through February 28th.  

Submitting poems is free and winners selected in different categories have their poems published in Voices, plus a cash award.

More information about  the 57th Annual Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition is available at grpl dot org. 

Yussef Dayes

Tioga Pass (feat. Rocco Palladino)
Black Classical Music 2023 via Nonesuch
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11:30 am
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Nx Worries

WalkOnBy (feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Rae Khalil) (Clean)
Why Lawd 2024 via Stones Throw
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Let Them Knock
100 Days, 100 Nights 2007 via Daptone
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11:20 am
Turnstiles GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Turnstiles -an eclectic entertainment venue on the West side of Grand Rapids.

Wednesday, Turnstiles has an EDM night with Saw.wav Takeover beginning at 9 PM.

Thursday, August 29, is a funk night at Turnstiles with a Melophobix Groovitational starting at 8PM.

And Friday at 9,  there's live music from Widows Hatchet, User-Friendly Killer Robots, and Run Silent at 9pm. A cover charge is required.

Turnstiles hours, plus more information on live music is online at Turnstiles G R dot com

Mdou Moctar

Oh France
Funeral For Justice 2024 via Matador
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serpentwithfeet

Ellipsis (featuring Orion Sun) (Clean)
GRIP 2024 via Secretly Canadian
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Jordan Hamilton

Union Station
Project Freedom 2024 via Mello Music Group
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Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Love Is the Only Way
Colorblind 2006 via WEA/Reprise
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11:00 am
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Taj Mahal

Corrina
Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa 2024 via Lightning Rod
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COMPILATIONS

David Tayorault (Cote d'lvoire) - Fela's Afrobeat
Putumayo Presents World Beats 2024 via Putumayo Discovery

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Sierra Green & The Giants

This Is A Man's World
Here We Are 2024 via Big Radio
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Hozier

July
Unaired 2024 via Columbia
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Yoav and Jabulile Majola

Egomania
Unyazi 2024 via Platoon
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10:40 am
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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus

North Coast
Songs For The Reaper 2008 via CDBY

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10:30 am
FMG Concert Series (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park presenting the Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens now through September. 

This year's concert series features a diverse lineup of performers, including remaining performances from Leslie Odom Jr., Buena Vista Social Orchestra and Keb Mo' and Shawn Colvin amid terraced lawn seating surrounded by views of gardens and sculptures.

Tickets and more information are available at Meijer Gardens dot org slash concerts.

Herbie Hancock

Nefertiti
A Jazz Collection (Live) 1991 via Sony
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Durand Jones

I Want You
Wait Til I Get Over 2023 via Dead Oceans
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(REQUESTED)

Terry Reid

May Fly
Superlungs 2005 via Astralwerks
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10:20 am
Turnstiles GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Turnstiles -an eclectic entertainment venue on the West side of Grand Rapids.

Wednesday, Turnstiles has an EDM night with Saw.wav Takeover beginning at 9 PM.

Thursday, August 29, is a funk night at Turnstiles with a Melophobix Groovitational starting at 8PM.

And Friday at 9,  there's live music from Widows Hatchet, User-Friendly Killer Robots, and Run Silent at 9pm. A cover charge is required.

Turnstiles hours, plus more information on live music is online at Turnstiles G R dot com

Levitator

Cadillac
A Vision Unforseen 2024 via Independent
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Alex Harris

Way Up
Back to Us 2024 via Shanachie Entertainment
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Adrian Wright

Sound of the Drum (Clean)
The Great Let Go (Trailer) 2024 via Independent
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Glass Animals

How I Learned To Love The Bomb
I Love You So Effing Much 2024 via Republic
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10:00 am
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PARALLELZ

Letters at the Door
Strange Mythologies 2024 via Independent
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Major Murphy

Raincloud (Under My Skin)
Fallout 2024 via Winspear
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RyneShyne

OOO OOO
RYN3SHYN3 2024 via Midwest Gold
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9:40 am
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks (click for more info)
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks is partnering with Premier and Chill Foundation West Michigan to provide a free skate and build a demo for all ages and skill levels.

On Wednesday, August 28th, members of the Premier team, skatepark builders, and local artists will guide a skate demo workshop at Clemente DIY Skate Park. 

GR Outdoor and Chill Foundation will provide a limited supply of free rental skateboards and safety equipment for the skateboarding class.

The class begins at 5:30 and offers introductory-level training that is free and open to the public. 

Registration is available online AND in person.

Learn more about this and other free workshops at friendsofgrparks dot org

The Red Clay Strays

Devil In My Ear
Made by These Moments 2024 via RCA
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9:30 am
FMG Concert Series (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park presenting the Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens now through September. 

This year's concert series features a diverse lineup of performers, including remaining performances from Leslie Odom Jr., Buena Vista Social Orchestra and Keb Mo' and Shawn Colvin amid terraced lawn seating surrounded by views of gardens and sculptures.

Tickets and more information are available at Meijer Gardens dot org slash concerts.

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Babylon System
Survival 1979 via Polygram Records
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Dr. Dog

Fine White Lies
Dr. Dog 2024 via We Buy Gold
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Tyler Childers

Purgatory [Hallelujah Version]
Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven 2022 via RCA
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9:20 am
Turnstiles GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Turnstiles -an eclectic entertainment venue on the West side of Grand Rapids.

Wednesday, Turnstiles has an EDM night with Saw.wav Takeover beginning at 9 PM.

Thursday, August 29, is a funk night at Turnstiles with a Melophobix Groovitational starting at 8PM.

And Friday at 9,  there's live music from Widows Hatchet, User-Friendly Killer Robots, and Run Silent at 9pm. A cover charge is required.

Turnstiles hours, plus more information on live music is online at Turnstiles G R dot com

Lake Street Dive

Get Around
Good Together 2024 via Fantasy
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Ani DiFranco

The Thing At Hand
Unprecedented Shhh 2024 via Righteous Babe
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The Dip

Head On A Swivel
Love Direction 2024 via Dualtone

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Free Radicals

Checkpoint _ Dompass _ Hajiz feat. EQuality Jitsvinger Prince Alfarra Lindi Yeni
White Power Outage, Vol. 2 2022 via Independent
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9:00 am
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