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Playlist from 04/09/2025 @ 7:00am

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Music is what feelings sound like. - Unknown

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

The Holmes Brothers

Love Train
Speaking In Tongues 2001 via Alligator Records
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Lucky Dube

I Want to Know What Love Is
Taxman 1997 via Shanachie
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Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. He was murdered in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on the evening of 18 October 2007 at the age 43.
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Indigo Girls

Land of Canaan
Indigo Girls 1989 via Sony
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Caetano Veloso

Um Tom
The Best of Caetano Veloso 2003 via Nonesuch
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Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist.
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Band of Horses

On My Way Back Home
Infinite Arms 2010 via Fat Possum
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8:40 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.

Cassandra Wilson

Show Me a Love
Belly Of The Sun 2002 via Blue Note Records
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Ray Charles

I Can't Stop Loving You
Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music Vol 1 & 2 1962 via Concord
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8:30 am
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Ron Pope

Nobody's Gonna Make It Out Alive
American Man, American Music 2025 via Brooklyn Basement
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Samuel Nalangira

Cheza
Amayengo 2019 via Independent
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A native of Uganda, East Africa; Samuel Nalangira is a folk/world musician, dancer and choreographer.
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8:20 am
Music Econ Summit (click for more info)

Support For WYCE comes from the Michigan Music Alliance, presenting The Music Econ Summit, happening this weekend...April 11-13 at The Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation, 1530 Madison Ave Southeast.

The Music Econ Summit is an opportunity to learn about a sustainable career in the modern music industry. 

It will include panel discussions, workshops, networking, showcase opportunities, and actionable strategies for a music business.

Scholarships are available and students are welcome.

Registration information and more details on scholarships are at michiganmusicalliance dot org

Anti-Flag

Without End
American Spring 2015 via spinefarm records
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Anti-Flag was an American punk rock band formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1988. They stopped performing in 2023.

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Ben Wendel

Spring
What We Bring 2016 via Motema
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Ben Wendel is a Grammy nominated jazz saxophonist, bassoonist, and pianist.
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Ruthie Foster

Heartshine
Mileage 2024 via Sun
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K.D. Lang

I Dream of Spring
Watershed 2008 via Nonesuch
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8:00 am
Gilmore (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Gilmore - an event venue located at 5179 West River Drive in Comstock Park.

The Gilmore is proud to present comedian Samuel J. Comroe on Saturday, April 19

Comroe has performed live on America's Got Talent, Conan Obrien, and the Ricky Gervais' Comedy Competition.

Tickets for his performance on April 19 are on sale now at gilmorecomedy dot com

Brave Old World

Kolomeykes
Klezmer Music 1992 via Flying Fish Records
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The Clash

Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
London Calling [25th Anniversary Legacy Edition] 2004 via Sony
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Their third album, it was originally released December 14, 1979 in the UK.

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May Erlewine

Forgot Myself
What It Takes 2025 via 10 Good Songs
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local
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Adrian Wright

Give The World (Clean)
The Great Let Go 2024 via Independent
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local
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Molly

Shine
Shine [EP] 2019 via Independent
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local
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COMPILATIONS

Brothers Osborne - I Won't Back Down
Petty Country- A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty 2024 via Big Machine

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7:40 am
Mercantile Bank (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Mercantile Bank.

Mercantile Bank is proud to support WYCE's radio in-the-classroom programming, which features radio programming produced on-site at WYCE by local high school students.

If you're a high school teacher or administrator interested in being one of our next radio in-the-classroom partners, we'd love to hear from you.

Special thanks to Mercantile Bank...committed to amplifying local voices, and where communities come together to make an impact, Merc is here. 

Tony Allen

Hurt Your Soul (feat Nate Bone)
There Is No End (Clean Version) 2021 via Blue Note
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Tony Allen was a Nigerian/Ghanaian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. This is a posthumous release.
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The Concussions

Everyone's Fast Asleep
Fall in Love With the Concussions 2012 via Double Crown
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Local

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Howlin' Wolf

Sittin' On Top Of The World
The Real Folk Blues 1966 via Chess
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7:30 am
Farmlink- 25 in 25 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from West Michigan FarmLink, created to help local farms sell their products directly to local consumers. 

At wmfarmlink dot com, farmers and producers post products and members place their orders online.

Members can pick up orders at Farmlink's Grand Rapids warehouse, or delivery is also available. 

More information is at wmfarmlink dot com.

West Michigan FarmLink, creating community through food.

Laurie Morvan

You Don't Know About Me
Fire It Up! 2011 via Screaming Lizard
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Mike Rufo

All That's Real
living is 2025 via Independent
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7:20 am
GRTV Makers Camp 2025 (click for more info)

GRTV's Media Makers summer camp registration is now open! 

Grand Rapids high schoolers can get hands-on experience creating a live studio TV show, short film, or podcast - and get paid to do it! 

Campers will spend a week learning creative techniques and technical skills, workshopping with local professors, filmmakers, reporters, and radio personalities, all while getting experience with professional production equipment. 

By the end of camp, they'll have a finished project for their portfolio and a free membership to the Community Media Center. 

Applications are open now - spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. 

More information is available at bit.ly/grtvsummercamp

(*also at: g r c m c dot org slash learn slash summer camp. )


Antonio Carlos Jobim

Stone Flower
Stone Flower 1970 via Sbme Special Mkts.
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Jobim merged samba with cool jazz in the 1960s to create bossa nova
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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus

Welcome, Welcome
Songs For The Reaper 2008 via CDBY
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Michigan's Ultraviolet Hippopotamus played its last show in 2018.

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Organissimo

Jimmy Smith Goes to Washington
Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters 2003 via PKO
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local

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Mereba

Sanctuary
The Breeze Grew A Fire 2025 via Secretly Canadian
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Edie Brickell

Nothing
Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars 1988 via Geffen Records
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7:00 am
Gilmore (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Gilmore - an event venue located at 5179 West River Drive in Comstock Park.

The Gilmore is proud to present comedian Samuel J. Comroe on Saturday, April 19

Comroe has performed live on America's Got Talent, Conan Obrien, and the Ricky Gervais' Comedy Competition.

Tickets for his performance on April 19 are on sale now at gilmorecomedy dot com