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Playlist from 06/18/2025 @ 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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Dire Straits

Brothers in Arms
Sultans Of Swing- The Very Best Of Dire Straits 1998 via POL
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Martin Sexton

13 Step Boogie
In The Journey 1990 via Kitchen Table Records
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David Byrne & Fatboy Slim

A Perfect Hand
Here Lies Love 2010 via Nonesuch
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Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival

Sucker For The Pain
Retrograde 2025 via J & R Collective
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2:40 pm
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.

Ray Charles

Mess Around
The Birth of Soul Volume One 1991 via Capital
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Buckwheat Zydeco

When The Levee Breaks
Lay Your Burden Down 2009 via Alligator Records
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2:30 pm
Long Road Distillers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Less Traveled by Long Road Distillers, located at 959 Cherry Street SE in Grand Rapids.

Less Traveled, an East Hills cocktail bar,  offers custom-crafted cocktails and one of the neighborhood's few open patios for outdoor drinks.

Less Traveled by Long Road Distillers--respecting the craft, honoring the journey, and taking no shortcuts.


FREEMAN

(For A While I Couldn't) Play My Guitar Like a Man
Freeman 2014 via Partisan
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The Whiskey Charmers

Fire And Flame
Lost On The Range 2021 via Independent
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2:20 pm
Pyramid Scheme - Azymuth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Pyramid Scheme presenting Azymuth and the Grand Rapids Soul Club on Tuesday, June 24th.

Azymuth is a jazz-funk group from Brazil. 

Doors will open at 7 pm, and the show begins at 8 pm.

Tickets plus more info are at PyramidSchemeBar dot Com.

Amy Rigby

'Til the Wheels Fall Off
'Til the Wheels Fall Off 2003 via Signature Sounds
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Amos Lee

Arms Of A Woman
Amos Lee 2005 via Blue Note Records
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Johnny Cash

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
The Essential Johnny Cash 2002 via Sony

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Jack Johnson

Bubble Toes
Brushfire Fairytales 2000 via Universal
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Willie Nelson

She's Back In Town
Oh What A Beautiful World 2025 via Legacy
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2:00 pm
Gilmore - Blue Water Brunch (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is the Blue Water Grill, at Northland Drive on Versluis Lake in Grand Rapids.

The Blue Water Grill encourages you to create a new weekend tradition at their Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar--featuring premium vodkas, mixes, fresh garnishes, and spices. 

Brunch offerings rotate weekly, including steak and eggs, waffles, French toast, breakfast pizza, and more!  Plus, a new Summer Menu is on the way!

There are more details at bluewatergr dot com.


Sylvan Esso

Wolf
Sylvan Esso 2014 via Partisan
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Beatlejazz

My Sweet Lord
Reunion 2025 via Yama
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Wilco

Hate It Here
Sky Blue Sky 2007 via Nonesuch
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Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys

Hat's Off
Release Your Shrouds 2012 via Earthwork Music
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Phish

Wolfman's Brother
Hoist 1994 via Elektra / Wea
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1:40 pm
Fulton Street Market: BIPOC Market Night (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Fulton Street Market ... presenting their First BIPOC Night Market of the year, Tuesday, June 24 from 6-8:30 PM.

At the June BIPOC Night Market, visitors can experience the vibrant spirit of West Michigan's Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-owned businesses.

BIPOC Night Markets feature several local vendors, live entertainment, and global cuisines at a variety of food vendors, all designed to foster community connection and celebrate creativity.

More information is available at fultonstreetmarket dot org.

Sonny Landreth

True Blue
The Road We're On 2003 via Sugarhill [Country]
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The Ragbirds

Book of Matches
Finally Almost Ready 2009 via The Ragbirds

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1:30 pm
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Karisa Wilson

Bossa Nova (a Samba!)
Little Girl 2007 via Independent

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Sarah McLachlan

Time
Afterglow 2003 via Arista
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1:20 pm
Pyramid Scheme - Azymuth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Pyramid Scheme presenting Azymuth and the Grand Rapids Soul Club on Tuesday, June 24th.

Azymuth is a jazz-funk group from Brazil. 

Doors will open at 7 pm, and the show begins at 8 pm.

Tickets plus more info are at PyramidSchemeBar dot Com.

Reverend Freakchild

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
A Bluesman Of Sorts 2025 via Treated and Released
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Tom Waits

Wrong Side of the Road
Blue Valentine 1978 via Elektra / Wea
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Daisy May

Fast
Mother Moon 2007 via Earthwork

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Rosie Flores

Wrong Side of His Heart
Rockabilly Filly 1995 via Hightone Records
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Caroline Spence

Clean Getaway
True North 2022 via Rounder
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1:00 pm
Gilmore - Blue Water Brunch (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is the Blue Water Grill, at Northland Drive on Versluis Lake in Grand Rapids.

The Blue Water Grill encourages you to create a new weekend tradition at their Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar--featuring premium vodkas, mixes, fresh garnishes, and spices. 

Brunch offerings rotate weekly, including steak and eggs, waffles, French toast, breakfast pizza, and more!  Plus, a new Summer Menu is on the way!

There are more details at bluewatergr dot com.


Etta James

A Change Is Gonna Do Me Good
Let's Roll 2003 via Private Music
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Ghost Funk Orchestra

- Fuzzy Logic
An Ode To Escapism 2020 via Karma Chief/Colemine
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DJ Shadow

Sad And Lonely
The Less You Know, The Better 2011 via Roc-A-Fella
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Robin Trower

The Future Starts Right Here
Come And Find Me 2025 via Artone
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12:40 pm
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Grace Potter

Shout It Out
Daylight 2019 via Concord
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The Big House Blues Band

La Grange
We Knew Them When 2006 via Vinyl Wall

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12:30 pm
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Channing & Quinn

The Stalker Song
Temporary Things 2014 via Independent

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Paul Revere & the Raiders

Indian Reservation
The Essential Paul Revere & The Raiders 2011 via Sony
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Johnny Winter

Mojo Boogie
Deluxe Edition 2001 via Alligator Records
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12:20 pm
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Bruce Springsteen

Spirit in the Night
Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. 1973 via Columbia Records
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The Blind Boys of Alabama

Spirit in the Sky
Atom Bomb 2005 via Real World
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Barrence Whitfield and The Savages

Hangman's Token
Dig Thy Savage Soul 2013 via Bloodshot Records
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Billy Strings

Takin' A Slow Train
Billy Strings EP 2016 via Independent

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Alexis Cunningham

Nice To Know You
Single 2025 via Independent
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12:00 pm
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