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Playlist from 05/07/2025 @ 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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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Bob Dylan

Desolation Row
Highway 61 Revisited 1965 via Sony
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Po' Girl

9 hours to Go
Home To You 2007 via Nettwerk Records
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Emmylou Harris

A Ways to Go
Cowgirl's Prayer 1993 via Elektra
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2:40 pm
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Diana Krall

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
All For You (A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio) 1996 via Grp Records
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Eilen Jewell

79 Cents (The Meow Song)
Gypsy 2019 via Signature Sounds
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2:30 pm
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Los Coast

(Everything But) The Kitchen Sink
Samsara 2019 via New West
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Jukejoint Handmedowns

Buckaroo Rodeo
Call Of The Wild 2017 via Idle Hands

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Valerie June

Calling My Spirit
Owls, Omens, and Oracles 2025 via Concord
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2:20 pm
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Hey Ocean!

I Am A Heart
IS 2013 via Nettwerk
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Pokey LaFarge

End of My Rope
Rock Bottom Rhapsody 2020 via New West
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4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra

Abdul the Rabbi
Abdul The Rabbi 2012 via Independent
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Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fortunate Son - At The Royal Albert Hall London, UK April 14, 1970
At The Royal Albert Hall (1970) 2022 via Craft Recordings
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Billie Holiday

(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
God Bless The Child 1992 via Delta
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2:00 pm
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Dr. John

A Place in the Sun
Tribal 2010 via 429 Records
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Ryan Montbleau

75 and Sunny
Patience on Friday 2007 via Adrenaline Records
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Red Baraat

Bhangra Rangeela (Adil Omar Remix)
Bhangra Rangeela 2025 via Sinj
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Joni Mitchell

A Case of You
Blue 1971 via Reprise / Wea
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FREEMAN

(For A While I Couldn't) Play My Guitar Like a Man
Freeman 2014 via Partisan
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1:40 pm
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Suzanne Vega

(If You Were) In My Movie
99.9F 1992 via A&M
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Lizz Wright

(I've Got to Use My) Imagination
Fellowship 2010 via Verve Forecast
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1:30 pm
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Susan Tedeschi

'Til I Found You
Wait For Me 2002 via Artemis Records
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Gordon Lightfoot

If You Could Read My Mind
Gord's Gold 1975 via Warner Bros / Wea
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1:20 pm
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Haim

Relationships (clean)
Single 2025 via Columbia
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Zack Feinberg

Bittersweet Uke
Call It a Miracle 2025 via Zippy
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James Taylor

October Road
October Road 2002 via Sony
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Shawn Colvin

Baker Street
Uncovered 2015 via Concord
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The Subdudes

Papa Dukie & The Mud People
Behind The Levee 2006 via Back Porch
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1:00 pm
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Over The Rainbow
Alone In IZ World 2001 via Mountain Apple Company
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G. Love

Hot Cookin'
Lemonade 2006 via Brushfire Records
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Ceu

Ave Cruz
Ceu 2006 via Six Degrees
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Lucinda Williams

Hot Blood
Sweet Old World 1992 via Chameleon / Wea
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12:40 pm
Last Mile Cafe (click for more info)
Support for WYCE comes from Last Mile Café, located at 1006 Hall Street Southeast
in Grand Rapids. 

Last Mile Café is a local, Black, and woman-owned business that aims to change the narrative of coffee to be more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive. 

They sell only coffees with ethically and sustainably sourced beans, as well as compostable packaging and shipping materials. 

More info is at lastmile dot cafe

COMPILATIONS

Hot & Groovy
Putumayo Presents- The Caribbean 2006 via Putumayo World Music

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Jordan Hamilton

Cars (Clean)
Project Freedom 2024 via Mello Music Group
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12:30 pm
Live Nation - Hippie Sabotage (*BACKEND) (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Live Nation presenting Hippie Sabotage at GLC Live at 20 Monroe on May 14th.

Hippie Sabotage is an electronic and hip-hop duo, including elements of psych and indie rock.

Carpetman will be joining them on this tour.

Tickets and more information for Hippie Sabotage at GLC Live can be found online at live nation dot com.

Beach House

10 Mile Stereo
Teen Dream 2010 via Sub Pop
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Charlotte Day Wilson

Canopy
Single 2024 via XL
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12:20 pm
Grand Rapids Symphony - Common (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Grand Rapids Symphony, presenting  Common, on Thursday, May 15th at DeVos Performance Hall.

Hip-hop artist, film producer, poet, and actor Common will join the Grand Rapids Symphony for a showcase of his biggest hits, including the GRAMMY® Award-winning "Love of My Life" and the Academy Award-winning "Glory" from the film Selma.

Tickets for "Common with the Grand Rapids Symphony" are on sale now at grsymphony dot org

Sonny Rollins

Stairway To The Stars
Sonny, Please 2006 via Emarcy / Umgd
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The Henhouse Prowlers

Palomino
Unravel 2025 via Dark Shadow

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Kat Eaton

All Kinds Of Crazy
Talk To Me 2021 via Reason & Rhyme
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Bobby Rush

Im an Undercover Lover
Single 2024 via Deep Rush
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JJ Grey & Mofro

99 Shades of Crazy
This River 2013 via Alligator Records
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12:00 pm
Bruce Ling Day Sponsorship (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is Bruce Ling, representing Hawks and Owls String Band, the West Michigan Music Consortium, the Grand River Watershed Arts and Music Council, and the Great Lakes Music Camp.

Bruce notes, "springtime roads are now being used as crossings by newly awakened turtles, snakes, and frogs, plus rabbits, raccoons, possums, skunks, deer, and other animals.

Thank you for being aware and cautious while driving!

Peace!