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Playlist from 09/02/2025 @ 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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Barney McClure

Spot
Show Me! 2015 via 0A2 records
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Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

Find Your People
Strangers No More 2023 via Magnolia Music
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James Taylor

Before This World - Jolly Springtime
Before This World 2015 via Concord
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Nickodemus

N'Dini [Tal M Klein Remix]
Sun People Remixed 2010 via Eighteenth Street
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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.

Fretland

Do You Think of Me
Could Have Loved You 2021 via Soundly
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Wood & Wire

Brand New Day
Wood & Wire 2013 via Independent
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2:30 pm
Organicycle (click for more info)

Support for WYCE is from Organicycle...proud to partner with area businesses for composting, including Founders Brewery.

For businesses or organizations curious about composting, Organicycle is a West Michigan company dedicated to composting 100% of collected waste into nutrient-rich soil for use on farms and gardens of all sizes.  

Their compost bags are available locally at Founders Brewing Store.

More information about organicycle and their composting service is at organicycle.org. 

Wise-Magraw

Entrainment
How the Light Gets In 2010 via Red House Records
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Mellow Fellows

Street Party
Street Party 1990 via Alligator Records
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2:20 pm
Long Road Distillers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Long Road Distillers, home to The Rickhouse -- a private event space located at their Grand Rapids distillery on Leonard Street.

From weddings to holiday parties, every gathering at The Rickhouse is underscored by a commitment to craft and community.

Long Road Distillers...taking pride in respecting the craft. Honoring the journey. Taking no shortcuts.

Learn more at long road distillers dot com.


Kelly Joe Phelps

The House Carpenter
Shine Eyed Mister Zen 1999 via Rykodisc
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The Bad Livers

Hogs on the Highway
Hogs On The Highway 1997 via Sugarhill [Country]
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DJ Wally

Nothing Stays the Same
Nothing Stays the Same 2003 via Thirsty Ear
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COMPILATIONS

Dimdanana
Putumayo Presents- World Lounge 2002 via Putumayo World Music

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2:00 pm
Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum - Greatest Generation Celebration (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Greatest Generation Celebration Committee, presenting Michigan's Greatest Generation Celebration, September 1-7.

This celebration marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and recognizes the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. 

Activities include an Honor Parade and World War II flyover, lectures from World War II historians, a WWII film festival at Studio Park, and a Whitecaps night at LMCU BallPark.

Information on all events is at GGCelebration dot org or on Facebook at Greatest Generation Celebration 2025.

Colin Hay

Can't Find My Way Home
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 2021 via Lazy Eye/Compass

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Joe Bonamassa

Bird On A Wire
Black Rock 2010 via Premier Artists
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Red Tail Ring

J in the Broom Straw
The Heart's Swift Foot 2013 via Independent
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Michigan music!

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Grupo Fantasma

That Night
Problemas 2015 via Blue Corn Music
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1:40 pm
Bells Brewery - Southern Culture On The Skids (click for more info)

Support WYCE comes from Bell's Brewery. 

Bell's Eccentric Cafe presents Southern Culture on the Skids as a part of their Beer Garden Summer Concert Series on Sunday, October 5th.

Doors open at 7:00pm and music starts at 8:00pm. 

More information for this 18 and up show is available at Bells Beer dot com.

Richard Smith

Cedars And Solitude
Tangos 2014 via Indepenent
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Madeleine Peyroux

Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)
Secular Hymns 2016 via Impulse
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1:30 pm
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Lazy Lester

I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis)
All Over You 1998 via Texas Music Group
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Corb Lund

September
Cabin Fever 2012 via New West Records
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1:20 pm
Long Road Distillers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Long Road Distillers, home to The Rickhouse -- a private event space located at their Grand Rapids distillery on Leonard Street.

From weddings to holiday parties, every gathering at The Rickhouse is underscored by a commitment to craft and community.

Long Road Distillers...taking pride in respecting the craft. Honoring the journey. Taking no shortcuts.

Learn more at long road distillers dot com.


Sly5thAve

Shiznit Featuring Jesse Fischer
The Invisible Man_An Orchestral Tribute To Dr. Dre 2018 via Tru-Thoughts
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Mighty Blue Kings

Jumpin' at the Green Mill
Meet Me in Uptown 1996 via R-Jay
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COMPILATIONS

Big Mimma - Pani Mottu
Rough Guide to the Best World Music You're Never Heard 2016 via World Music Network

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

North
South 2014 via FU:M
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Don Henley

Boys of Summer
Building the Perfect Beast 1984 via Geffen Records
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1:00 pm
Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum - Greatest Generation Celebration (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Greatest Generation Celebration Committee, presenting Michigan's Greatest Generation Celebration, September 1-7.

This celebration marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and recognizes the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. 

Activities include an Honor Parade and World War II flyover, lectures from World War II historians, a WWII film festival at Studio Park, and a Whitecaps night at LMCU BallPark.

Information on all events is at GGCelebration dot org or on Facebook at Greatest Generation Celebration 2025.

Jamestown Revival

California (Cast Iron Soul)
Utah 2014 via INgrooves
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Claudette King

Can I Walk You To Your Car
We're Onto Something 2010 via Blues Express
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Kila

The Compledgegationist- O'Callaghan's Fight of Fancy-The Compledgegationis
Lemonade & Buns 2000 via Green Linnet
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Alison Brown

Wolf Moon
Simple Pleasures 1990 via Vanguard Records
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12:40 pm
Eastown Street Fair (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Eastown Community Association presenting the 52nd Annual Eastown Street Fair on Saturday, September 6th, from 9am to 9pm.

The Eastown Street Fair takes place on Wealthy Street (between Giddings and Lake Dr)and features over 150 local vendors, live music all day, food, and a beer tent. 

WYCE invites you to stop by our booth to browse our newly updated, large selection of pre-owned vinyl LPs and CDs, plus WYCE merch, including new tie-dye t-shirts, new hats, travel mugs, and more!

More information about the Eastown Street Fair is at eastown dot org.

(REQUESTED)

Asleep At The Wheel

Sugar Moon
It's A Good Day 2010 via BISMEAUX PRODUCTIONS
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Jim Shearer & Charlie Wood

Seduced
The Memphis Hang 2008 via Summit Records
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12:30 pm
Swift Printing - Swift Anniversary (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Swift Printing... celebrating 75 years as a woman-owned, third-generation family business!

Swift Printing invites you to their community open house on Thursday, September 25, from 4:30 to 7:30 PM at the Bridge Street parking lot (433 Bridge St. NW.)

The event includes live music from the Bridge Street Band, as well as a ribbon-cutting, remarks from former Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss, local celebrities in a dunk tank for charity, and more!  

Information is at SwiftPrinting dot com.

Rokia Traore

Lalla
Beautiful Africa 2013 via Nonesuch
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Mike Stinson

Late For My Funeral
Hell And Half Of Georgia 2013 via Poplar Cove
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12:20 pm
Long Road Distillers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Long Road Distillers, home to The Rickhouse -- a private event space located at their Grand Rapids distillery on Leonard Street.

From weddings to holiday parties, every gathering at The Rickhouse is underscored by a commitment to craft and community.

Long Road Distillers...taking pride in respecting the craft. Honoring the journey. Taking no shortcuts.

Learn more at long road distillers dot com.


Tucker Woods

Break Down The Gates
Single 2025 via Pleasantville
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Quantic

September Blues
Atlantic Oscillations 2019 via Tru-Thoughts
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COMPILATIONS

Streets Of Calcutta
The Rough Guide To The Asian Underground 2003 via World Music Network

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Gordon Lightfoot

Minstrel of the Dawn
Gord's Gold 1975 via Warner Bros / Wea
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12:00 pm
Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum - Greatest Generation Celebration (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Greatest Generation Celebration Committee, presenting Michigan's Greatest Generation Celebration, September 1-7.

This celebration marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and recognizes the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. 

Activities include an Honor Parade and World War II flyover, lectures from World War II historians, a WWII film festival at Studio Park, and a Whitecaps night at LMCU BallPark.

Information on all events is at GGCelebration dot org or on Facebook at Greatest Generation Celebration 2025.