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Playlist from 05/04/2025 @ 3:00am

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The "Red-Eye Express" Hauls Obscure Album Tracks; with an Occasional Theme De-Railed. The Snap, Crackle, Pop is Courtesy of the Boxcar's Victrola. All Aboard!!

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Battlefield Band

Heave Ya Ho
Rain, Hail Or Shine 1998 via Temple Records
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Stanley Clarke

How Is The Weather Up There
The Stanley Clarke Band 2010 via Heads Up
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Bruce Hornsby

The Way It Is
The Way It Is 1986 via RCA
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Tommy Castro - Jimmy Hall - Lloyd Jones

If That Ain't Love
Triple Trouble 2003 via Telarc
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5:40 am

J.D. McPherson

A Gentle Awakening
Signs & Signifiers 2012 via Histyle Records
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Aimee Mann

High On Sunday 51
Lost In Space 2002 via Superego Records
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Melody Gardot

If I Tell You I Love You I'm Lying
The Absence 2012 via Verve
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The R&B Bombers

The Kid Can't Help It
Bad Behavior 2008 via CD BABY.COM/INDYS
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Rosalia

Sakura
Motomami 2022 via Columbia
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5:20 am
Franciscan Life Process Center - Music Lessons (click for more info)
The Franciscan Life Process Center is now offering music lessons in piano, guitar, drums, and brass instruments, as well as beginning voice. 

Enrollment is open for weekly half-hour lessons, which are held at the Center's campuses in Lowell and Grand Rapids. 

There are immediate openings for children 8 years old through high school and adults of all skill levels, and lesson times are flexible.

More information is available online at LifeProcessCenter dot org.
 

The Clovers

Love Potion No. 9
Destination Lust: The World Of Love & Sex 2020 via Bear Family
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The Iguanas

Machete Y Maiz
Plastic Silver 9-Volt Heart 2003 via Yep Roc Records
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Roger Salloom

Little Stevie
Last Call 2009 via Florence Records
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Justin Johnson

Mystery Train
Drivin' It Down 2017 via Independent
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5:00 am
Bridge Street Ministries (click for more info)
Bridge Street Ministries believes that our communities' youth are our city's future.  

They know that investing in our youth is an investment in our future.  

To learn more about Bridge Street Ministries, and how their programs are investing in the future of Grand Rapids, and how you can join their efforts as a volunteer or other type of supporter, visit bsmgr dot org.

Stanley Clarke

Larry Has Traveled 11 Miles And Waited A Lifetime For The Return Of Vis
The Stanley Clarke Band 2010 via Heads Up
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Lee Roy Parnell

Hours In Between
Midnight Believer 2017 via Vector
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Ruth Gerson

Fresh Air
This Can't Be My Life 2010 via Wrong Records
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Jo Jo Gunne

Run Run Run
Jo Jo Gunne 1972 via Collectors' Choice
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4:40 am

Aimee Mann

Humpty Dumpty
Lost In Space 2002 via Superego Records
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Tommy Castro

Like An Angel
Right As Rain 1999 via Blind Pig
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R.E.M.

Man On The Moon
Automatic For The People 1992 via Warner Bros / Wea
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Garage A Trois

Antoine
Outre Mer 2005 via Telarc
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4:20 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.

The Iguanas

Flame On
Plastic Silver 9-Volt Heart 2003 via Yep Roc Records
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Wes Montgomery

After You've Gone
In The Beginning 2015 via Resonance
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June Carter Cash

No Swallerin' Place
Keep On The Sunny Side 2005 via Sony
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Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues

Cackalacky Twang
Country Man 2009 via Plantation #1
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4:00 am
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum - Casting Light (click for more info)
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is proud to announce the opening of a new showcase exhibit, "Casting Light: Photographs of the Vietnam War," commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

This exhibit, opening April 21, uses photographs to provide a moving, intimate, and powerful look at the Vietnam War, capturing how presidents grappled with the reality of war and the American public's changing responses to the conflict.

More information is available at fordlibrarymuseum dot gov. 

Robert Earl Keen

The Road Goes On Forever
Live At The Ryman 2005 via Koch Records
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Stanley Clarke

Sonny Rollins
The Stanley Clarke Band 2010 via Heads Up
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3:40 am
Kendall College of Art & Design (click for more info)

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

Kendall College of Art and Design is celebrating the accomplishments and creative talents of KCAD's graduating class at the 2025 Annual Student Exhibition, happening May 3-11 at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids. 

The exhibition is open to the public at no charge. 

Details at K-C-A-D dot E-D-U slash E-V-E-N-T-S.

The Iguanas

The First Kiss Is Free
Plastic Silver 9-Volt Heart 2003 via Yep Roc Records
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Big Boss Blues

If You Don't
Melting Pot 2015 via Independent
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Steely Dan

Bodhisattva
Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 via MCA
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Martin Barre

Protect & Survive
Away With Words 2013 via Purple Pyramid
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3:20 am
LAND CONSERVANCY OF WEST MICHIGAN PSA (click for more info)

The Land Conservancy of West Michigan works with the West Michigan community to permanently protect and care for nearby natural areas. 

By preserving and restoring West Michigan's unique ecosystems--from its big forests and wild rivers to its sandy lakeshore dunes--they give future generations the opportunity to experience and enjoy the natural wonders we treasure today. 

Learn how you can volunteer for The Land Conservancy of West Michigan, explore a nature preserve, attend an informational event, and support the permanent protection of nature in West Michigan at naturenearby dot org. 

Tommy Castro

Somewhere
A Bluesman Came To Town 2021 via Alligator
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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You?
Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing 2000 via Fat Note
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Natalie Merchant

Space Oddity
Live In Concert 1999 via Elektra / Wea
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Van Morrison

Natalia
Wavelength 1978 via Warner Brothers
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3:00 am