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Playlist from 05/21/2025 @ 12:00pm

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Variety is the spice of life...expect music from the 1920's to new music issued this year including new artists; plenty of old, new, and in between.... music from all decades and genres, with a love of blues, jazz, folk and rock!

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John Scofield

Do Like Eddie
Steady Groovin' 2000 via Blue Note Records
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New Translations

Voided Velvet (w Michigander)
Single 2025 via War Buddha
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Sade

Smooth Operator
The Best Of Sade 1994 via Sony
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Leo Kottke

Vaseline Machine Gun
6 & 12 String Guitar 1969 via Takoma
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2:40 pm
Promo - GR Live (click for more info)

WYCE invites you to tune in weekly for "GR Live," presented by DGRI...Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc., Thursdays at Noon here on WYCE and live on wyce dot org.. 

Hosted by Quinn Mathews, GR Live features live music from groups playing in the area and interviews with people in our regional music and arts community.

You can listen to GR Live on 88.1 FM WYCE, WYCE dot org, our WYCE Smartphone App, or your smart speaker.

Christine and the Queens

Science Fiction
Christine and the Queens 2015 via Atlantic
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The Devil Makes Three

Gracefully Facedown
Do Wrong Right 2009 via Milan Records
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2:30 pm
Live Nation - Hippo Campus (*Back end) (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation presenting Hippo Campus on May 29th.

Hippo Campus is an indie rock group out of Minnesota.

They'll be on tour with their latest record "Flood".  Special guest for this performance is Hotline TNT.

Tickets and more information on Hippo Campus at GLC Live at 20 Monroe are available at live nation dot com.

Johnny Cash

Folsom Prison Blues
The Legend Of Johnny Cash 2005 via Hip-O Records

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Afro Blue
Red Earth 2007 via Emarcy / Umgd
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2:20 pm
Local Spins 13 Year Anniversary (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Local Spins... proudly showcasing regional music for 13 years.

Local Spins celebrates its 13th anniversary with a birthday party tonight at 7 pm at SpeakEZ Lounge in Grand Rapids. 

The party will feature a performance by The Legal Immigrants, new Local Spins merch, and  "Local Spinsation Ale," created by Rockford Brewing. 

More details are at LocalSpins dot com. 

Jack White

High Ball Stepper
Lazaretto 2014 via Third Force

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Eric Lindell

Sunny Daze
Change In The Weather 2006 via Alligator Records
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Nick Drake

'Cello Song
The Hannibal Sampler 1992 via Hannibal
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

100 Days, 100 Nights
100 Days, 100 Nights 2007 via Daptone
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2:00 pm
Mac Woods Dune Rides *rescheduled (click for more info)

Today's Business WYCE Day Sponsor is Mac Woods Dune Rides... A family tradition since 1930, and now open for the 2025 season!

Mac Woods Dune Rides invites families to experience the Silver Lake Sand Dunes on one of their 40-minute dune tours.

More information online at Mac Woods Dune Rides dot com


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Jamie Cullum

High & Dry
Twentysomething 2004 via Umvd Import
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Angelica Garcia

The Devil Can Get In
Medicine For Birds 2017 via Warner Brothers
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June Carter Cash

Ring of Fire
Keep On The Sunny Side 2005 via Sony
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Mavis Staples

Can You Get To That
One True Vine 2013 via ANTI Records
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The Jaws of Brooklyn

I Keep Changing
Crush on You 2025 via Weekend Furlough
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1:40 pm
Bells Brewery - Railroad Earth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Bell's Beer...presenting "An Evening with Railroad Earth" in Bell's Beer Garden on Friday, June 13th.

Railroad Earth is bringing their bluegrass-influenced, Americana sound to Kalamazoo for one night only.

Tickets and more information for this *18 and up show, are available at Bells-Beer-dot-com.  

*Under 18 admitted only with a parent or guardian.

Tim Buckley

Buzzin' Fly
Happy Sad 1969 via Elektra / Ada
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Memphis Minnie

I'm a Bad Luck Woman
Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) 1991 via Legacy/Columbia
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1:30 pm
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Nina Simone

Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
Anthology 2003 via RCA
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1:20 pm
Bells Brewery - Railroad Earth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Bell's Beer...presenting "An Evening with Railroad Earth" in Bell's Beer Garden on Friday, June 13th.

Railroad Earth is bringing their bluegrass-influenced, Americana sound to Kalamazoo for one night only.

Tickets and more information for this *18 and up show, are available at Bells-Beer-dot-com.  

*Under 18 admitted only with a parent or guardian.

lola young

Messy
Single 2025 via Island
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Andrew Bird

Fitz and the Dizzyspells
Noble Beast 2009 via Fat Possum
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Femi Kuti

Oga doctor
Journey Through Life 2025 via Partisan
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Bat for Lashes

Horse & I
Fur and Gold 2006 via Caroline
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Haroula Rose

Grass Stains
Here The Blue River 2016 via Little Bliss Records
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1:00 pm
Mac Woods Dune Rides *rescheduled (click for more info)

Today's Business WYCE Day Sponsor is Mac Woods Dune Rides... A family tradition since 1930, and now open for the 2025 season!

Mac Woods Dune Rides invites families to experience the Silver Lake Sand Dunes on one of their 40-minute dune tours.

More information online at Mac Woods Dune Rides dot com


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Greg Brown

Fatboy Blues
Hymns to What is Left 2012 via Sawdust

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Grizzly Bear

About Face
Veckatimest 2009 via Warp Records
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Orquesta Akokan

Mambo Rapidito
Orquesta Akokan 2018 via Daptone
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Serita's Black Rose

Fix
Serita's Black Rose 2012 via Independent

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Keb' Mo'

Sunny And Warm
Good To Be 2022 via Rounder
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12:40 pm
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Beth Hart

Fat Man
Fire On The Floor 2017 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group
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The Decemberists

A Beginning Song
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World 2015 via Capitol
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12:30 pm
Kendall College of Art & Design (click for more info)

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

Built for creatives, by creatives, The Spark retail space invites visitors to shop for handmade goods from a diversity of local artists and makers. 

The Spark is located at 17 Fountain St. In downtown Grand Rapids. More at K-C-A-D dot E-D-U slash THE SPARK [kcad.edu/thespark]

Albert King

Funk-Shun
King Of The Blues Guitar 1989 via Atlantic / Wea
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Via Mardot

Crossfire
Higher Higher Burning Fire 2025 via Independent
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12:20 pm
Local Spins 13 Year Anniversary (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Local Spins... proudly showcasing regional music for 13 years.

Local Spins celebrates its 13th anniversary with a birthday party tonight at 7 pm at SpeakEZ Lounge in Grand Rapids. 

The party will feature a performance by The Legal Immigrants, new Local Spins merch, and  "Local Spinsation Ale," created by Rockford Brewing. 

More details are at LocalSpins dot com. 

Buddy Guy

Where the Blues Begins
Living Proof 2010 via Jive
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Thee Sacred Souls

Somebody Knew
Got A Story To Tell 2024 via Daptone
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Butcher Brown

Something New About You
Letters From The Atlantic 2025 via Concord Jazz
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Leadbelly

Good Morning Blues
Alabama Bound 1988 via RCA
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Los Coast

(Everything But) The Kitchen Sink
Samsara 2019 via New West
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12:00 pm
Mac Woods Dune Rides *rescheduled (click for more info)

Today's Business WYCE Day Sponsor is Mac Woods Dune Rides... A family tradition since 1930, and now open for the 2025 season!

Mac Woods Dune Rides invites families to experience the Silver Lake Sand Dunes on one of their 40-minute dune tours.

More information online at Mac Woods Dune Rides dot com


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