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Playlist from 05/02/2025 @ 6:00pm

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A mix of music that spans eras and genres.

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Desmond Jones

So Deep
Squids 2024 via Independent

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Femi Kuti

Corruption na Stealing
Journey Through Life 2025 via Partisan
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Seratones

Power
Power 2019 via New West
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8:40 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.

Olmeca

El Solitario (The Lonely One)
Define 2021 via OneRPM
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Rhi

It Was Love
The Pale Queen 2019 via Tru-Thoughts
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8:30 pm
Bells Brewery -Jon Hayes & The Company w/ Deerfield Run (click for more info)

Support for 88.1 WYCE-FM comes from Bell's Brewery.

Bell's Eccentric Café presents "Jon Hayes & The Company w/ Deerfield Run & Writer's Round Feat. Jack Droppers, Pete & Bergie and

Carrie McFerrin" on Saturday, May 10th. 

Doors open at 7 pm, for a night of folk, indie, blues, and rock across each of these artists in the back room! 

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

Scone Cash Players

Laughing Because
Brooklyn To Brooklin 2022 via Daptone
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COMPILATIONS

The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)
Chicago The Blues Today! (1966) 2021 via Craft Recordings

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Olivia Wolf

Weed King
Silver Rounds 2025 via MTTM
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8:20 pm

DOMi & JD Beck

DOMi & JD BECK, Thundercat - BOWLiNG - Edited
NOT TiGHT 2022 via Apeshit/Blue Note
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Corridor

Porte Ouverte
Mimi 2024 via Sub Pop
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Japandroids

Midnight To Morning
Near To The Wild Heart Of Life 2017 via ANTI
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MJ Lenderman

Rip Torn
Manning Fireworks 2024 via Anti
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Cold Specks

Lingering Ghosts
Light for the Midnight 2025 via Mute
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8:00 pm
Grand River Folk Arts Society (click for more info)
The Grand River Folk Arts Society is a local nonprofit whose mission is to enrich lives and foster community through traditional music, dance, and song. 

Saturday, May 10th, the Grand River Folk Arts Society presents singer and songwriter Anne Hills at the "Wealthy Theatre Annex", 2 doors west of the Wealthy Theatre. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Friday, May 16, there's a contradance, with live caller and the band Gooder'n'Grits, at St. Adalbert's Hall,  701 5th St. NW, corner of Davis. Beginners are always welcome! Lessons start at 7 PM.

More information is available on Facebook by searching Grand River Folk Arts Society.

De la Soul

Eye Patch
Buhloone Mindstate 1993 via Tommy Boy
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Floki Sessions

Black Apple (W- Benny Bloom, Donald Harrison)
Boots In Place 2023 via Color Red
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Cecile McLorin Salvant

The World Is Mean
Ghost Song 2022 via Nonesuch
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Justin Avdek

You and I By the Fire
Songs For Cowboys (For People Who aren't Cowboys) 2025 via Independent
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Tinariwen

Ikyadarh Dim
Aman Iman 2007 via World Village
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7:40 pm
ASM GLOBAL - Herb Alpert Live (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from ASM Global, presenting Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass and Other Delights, on Sunday, May 11th at 7:30pm at DeVos Performance Hall.

Herb Alpert is touring for the first time in 35 years and will be playing a variety of his hits featuring a new "Tijuana Brass" band.

Tickets for Herb Alpert and The New Tijuana Brass are on sale now at Ticketmaster dot com.

Goose

Silver Rising
Everything Must Go 2025 via No Coincidence
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7:30 pm
Pyramid Scheme - Silent Spirit + Castleman.2 + Disco Behemoth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Pyramid Scheme, presenting Silent Spirit's album release show on Thursday, May 15th.

Silent Spirit is a West Michigan-based electronic musician.

Special guests for this all-ages show include Castleman.2 and Disco Behemoth.

Tickets, plus more info are at pyramidschemebar dot com 

Ginger Baker

Aiko Biaye
Why? 2014 via Montema
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7:20 pm

Dope Lemon

Howl With Me
Rose Pink Cadillac 2022 via BMG
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Los Mirlos

Contigo A La Selva
Corazon Amazonico 2019 via Independent
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COMPILATIONS

My Feet Can't Fail Me Now - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Our New Orleans [A Benefit Album for the Gulf Coast] 2021 via Nonesuch

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Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers

Stop And Listen
Big Road 2017 via VizzTone
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The Henhouse Prowlers

Space Man
Unravel 2025 via Dark Shadow

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7:00 pm
ASM Global - Star Wars May 4th with GRSO (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Grand Rapids Symphony...Presenting Star Wars: A New Hope,  in concert on Sunday, May 4 at Van Andel Arena.

This is an opportunity to watch the iconic film as the Grand Rapids Symphony performs John William's Oscar-winning score.

Tickets for Star Wars A New Hope in Concert live to film are available at Ticketmaster dot com.

This presentation is licensed by Disney Concerts.

Brand New Heavies

Ride in the Sky
The Brand New Heavies 1991 via Rhino Records
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Indian Man

Dual Winds (feat. La Perla Bogota)
Gran's House 2024 via Real World X
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Silent Spirit

Ruminations
Ruminations 2025 via Independent
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Leon Bridges

Simplify
Leon 2024 via Columbia
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Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham

Races Are Run
Cunningham Bird 2024 via Loma Vista
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6:40 pm
Pyramid Scheme - Desmond Jones (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Pyramid Scheme, presenting Desmond Jones with special guest RADO at the Pyramid Scheme, tomorrow night, Saturday, May 3rd.

Doors open at 8pm for this 18 and up show.

Desmond Jones is a five-piece funk/rock/jazz fusion band based in Grand Rapids.

Tickets plus more information on their May 3rd show are at pyramidschemebar dot com 

Ally Venable

Feel That Sting
Money & Power 2025 via Ruf
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John Mellencamp

Large World Turning
Mr. Happy Go Lucky 1996 via Polygram Records
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Tommy Emmanuel

Son of a Gun (Featuring Richard Smith)
Accomplice Two 2023 via CGP
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6:30 pm
Pyramid Scheme - Silent Spirit + Castleman.2 + Disco Behemoth (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Pyramid Scheme, presenting Silent Spirit's album release show on Thursday, May 15th.

Silent Spirit is a West Michigan-based electronic musician.

Special guests for this all-ages show include Castleman.2 and Disco Behemoth.

Tickets, plus more info are at pyramidschemebar dot com 

Theon Cross

Roots (feat. Shumba Maasai)
Intra-I 2021 via New Soil/Marathon
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Novalima

Alma
La Danza (Deluxe Edition) 2025 via Six Degrees
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6:20 pm
Promo - Smart Speaker / APP (click for more info)

Not near a radio? That's not a problem anymore.

In addition to our 24/7 live stream at WYCE dot org and our FREE Smartphone app, you can also listen to WYCE at home on your favorite smart speaker.

Simply tell your Amazon or Google smart speaker to "Play WYCE" ,-- and A World of Music will begin playing for you!

No matter where you are, you now have several ways to enjoy your favorite programmers, and a world of music on WYCE!

Space Orphan

Superphonic
Shut Up About The Sun 2016 via Independent
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Mike Farris

Bright Lights
The Sound Of Muscle Shoals 2025 via Fame Enterprises
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Cordovas

Deep River
The Rose Of Aces 2023 via ATO
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Jessie Baylin

Power In Words
Strawberry Wind 2018 via Blonde Rat/Thirty Tigers
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6:00 pm
ASM Global - Star Wars May 4th with GRSO (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Grand Rapids Symphony...Presenting Star Wars: A New Hope,  in concert on Sunday, May 4 at Van Andel Arena.

This is an opportunity to watch the iconic film as the Grand Rapids Symphony performs John William's Oscar-winning score.

Tickets for Star Wars A New Hope in Concert live to film are available at Ticketmaster dot com.

This presentation is licensed by Disney Concerts.