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Playlist from 05/08/2025 @ 1:00pm

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Femi Kuti

Corruption na Stealing
Journey Through Life 2025 via Partisan
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Patty Larkin

Johnny Was a Pyro
Strangers World 1995 via Highstreet
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Colin Hay

Waiting for My Real Life to Begin
Man @ Work 2003 via Compass Records

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Ally Venable

Money & Power
Money & Power 2025 via Ruf
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2:40 pm
Promo - Smart Speaker / APP (click for more info)

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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!

Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos

I'd Rather Be in New Orleans
I'd Rather Be in New Orleans (First Edition) 1999 via Flying Neutrinos
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Long John Baldry

Midnight in New Orleans
Long John Baldry Trio Live 2000 via Stony Plain
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2:30 pm
DGRI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. brings free summer programming like the Relax at Rosa live music lunch series on Thursdays, street soccer leagues and farmers markets at Las Canchas, outdoor movies, and more. 

Next Thursday, May 15, Relax at Rosa features live music from Elisabeth Pixley-Fink plus several area food trucks.

Quinn Mathews broadcasts WYCE's "GR Live" from Rosa Parks Amphitheatre beginning at 12 noon.

You can follow @downtowngrinc for details on upcoming event announcements from DGRI, as well as downtowngr dot org

COMPILATIONS

Randall Knife
This One's For Him- A Tribute To Guy Clark 2011 via Icehouse Music

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Colter Wall

Big Iron
Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs 2020 via La Honda/Thirty Tigers
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2:20 pm
Tip Top Deluxe -EMILY NENNI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Tip Top Deluxe, presenting Emily Nenni with special guest Dylan Earl, on Sunday, May 18th at 7 pm. Doors at 5pm

Emily Nenni is a singer-songwriter from the Bay Area, whose sound is inspired by girl groups of the 1960s to outlaw country. She'll be performing songs from her latest album, Drive and Cry

Tickets plus more information are on the Tip Top Deluxe Facebook page and ticket web dot com.

 

John Hammond

16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six
Wicked Grin 2001 via Virgin Records
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Barney Kessel

Mack The Knife
On Contemporary 2021 via Craft Recordings
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Sam Carlson

Back to the Truth (Again)
Becoming 2023 via Independent
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Lucinda Williams

Last Call For The Truth
Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart 2023 via Highway 20
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2:00 pm
Day Sponsor - One Day Ride Across Michigan (click for more info)

Today's WYCE day sponsor is The One Day Ride Across Michigan, also known as ODRAM (Oh-dram), which takes place on August 9 this year. 

This 150-mile bicycle ride starts at the Double J Ranch in Rothbury and travels across the state to Bay City State Park.

ODRAM supports Breakthrough T1D, the leading funder of Type 1 diabetes research.

More information and registration are available at ODRAM dot com.

Toots & The Maytals

Time Tough
True Love 2004 via V2. / Bmg
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Pat Metheny

And I Love Her
What's It All About 2011 via Nonesuch
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Chris Smither

Blues In A Bottle
Leave The Light On 2006 via Signature Records
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Beck

Bottle of Blues
Mutations 1998 via Geffen Records
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Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd

You So Fine
Young Fashioned Ways 2025 via Deep Rush / Thirty Tigers
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1:40 pm
Tyler Christopher Productions - Elvis Tribute Show May 23 (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Tyler Christopher productions, presenting The Return Of The King: "An Unrivaled Tribute To Elvis," Friday, May 23, at the Wealthy Theatre.

"The Return Of The King" is billed as a start-to-finish journey through Elvis's career, starring national tribute artist Tyler Christopher and The Roustabout Show Band.

Doors for the show on May 23 open at 6 PM.

Tickets for The Return Of The King: "An Unrivaled Tribute To Elvis" are on sale now at WEALTHY THEATRE DOT ORG.

Jill Jack

Old Man
The Love Hotel 2001 via Drum Dancer Records
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Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson

Old Maid Boogie
Bosses Of The Blues, Vol. 2 1990 via RCA
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1:30 pm
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Toots Thielemans

Take Five
East Coast West Coast 1994 via Private Music
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Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto

Sick 8
Electric War 2025 via Easy Eye Sound / Concord
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1:20 pm
Tip Top Deluxe -EMILY NENNI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from the Tip Top Deluxe, presenting Emily Nenni with special guest Dylan Earl, on Sunday, May 18th at 7 pm. Doors at 5pm

Emily Nenni is a singer-songwriter from the Bay Area, whose sound is inspired by girl groups of the 1960s to outlaw country. She'll be performing songs from her latest album, Drive and Cry

Tickets plus more information are on the Tip Top Deluxe Facebook page and ticket web dot com.

 

Various Artists

Tigana Santana (Brazil) - Das Matas
Putumayo Presents Jazz World 2025 via Putumayo Discovery
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Joe Marcinek Band

Gimmie One Second
The Groove Session 2025 via Vintage League Music
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Seth Walker

Up On The Mountain - Album version
Why The Worry 2025 via Royal Potato Family
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Ben De La Cour

Numbers Game
Sweet Anhedonia 2023 via Julian

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Craig Finn

Crumbs
Always Been 2025 via Tamarac
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1:00 pm
Day Sponsor - One Day Ride Across Michigan (click for more info)

Today's WYCE day sponsor is The One Day Ride Across Michigan, also known as ODRAM (Oh-dram), which takes place on August 9 this year. 

This 150-mile bicycle ride starts at the Double J Ranch in Rothbury and travels across the state to Bay City State Park.

ODRAM supports Breakthrough T1D, the leading funder of Type 1 diabetes research.

More information and registration are available at ODRAM dot com.