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Playlist from 05/04/2024 @ 12:00am

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Anything funky, greazy, groovy, or stanky. Also anything that's sweet, smooth, soars, or soothes. And everything else that twangs, buzzes, swings or moves. Bring your buzz, or not- but this is a show for those who listen deep into the music.

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Greene String Quartet

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Molly on the Shore [Vinyl] 1988 via Hannibal
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Frou Frou

Must Be Dreaming
Details 2002 via Mca
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JeConte

Evermore
Down by The Bayou 2015 via Red Parlor
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Annbjorg Lien

Luseblus
Aliens Alive 2002 via Northside Records
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Norway, not Ireland
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2:40 am
YWCA West Michigan (click for more info)

The YWCA West Central Michigan is a social justice organization with more than 100 years of experience providing service to, and advocating on behalf of the most vulnerable people in our community. 

The YWCA is the only provider of comprehensive domestic and sexual violence services to child and adult survivors in Kent County. 

In any given year, the YWCA, provides services to more than 4,000 individual survivors and family members, and responds to over 2,700 crisis calls related to domestic violence and sexual assault. 

To learn more about YWCA West Central Michigan visit Y W C A W C M I DOT ORG. Or if you are in need of help, please call their 24-Hour Confidential Helpline 616.454.YWCA (616.454.9922)

Todd Thibaud

Already Gone
Squash 2000 via Tone Cool
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Amy Speace

Some Dreams Do
Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne 2019 via Windbone
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New Age Doom & Lee "Scratch" Perry

Step In Space
Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe 2021 via We Are Busybidies

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2:20 am
Kids Food Basket (click for more info)

Did you know that half a million children in Michigan live in food insecure households? 

More than 34,000 of those children live right here in West Michigan.

The only way we will realize a hunger-free community is by getting there together. 

Kids' Food Basket is a food equity nonprofit supporting West Michigan kids and families by increasing access to healthy, nourishing meals.

More information at kids food basket dot org.

George Duke

AshTray
DreamWeaver 2013 via BPM
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Mr. B

I Almost Lost My Mind
Shining The Pearls 1995 via Blind Pig

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Charlotte Gainsbourg

Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping
5-55 2007 via Vice Records
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Lonesome Joy

Loving You Is The Easiest Thing To Do
Lonesome Joy 2024 via Independent
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Gaye Adegbalola

These Blues Are Mine
Is It Still Good To Ya 2015 via Hot Toddy
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2:00 am
West Michigan Blues Society-Ghalia Volt (click for more info)
The West Michigan Blues Society is sponsoring a fundraising concert featuring blues artist Ghalia Volt on Tuesday, May 21, at Billy's Lounge in Grand Rapids.

Ghalia Volt is a blues/rock singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter from Belgium where she performed punk and rockabilly in bands and busked on the streets of Brussels .

Doors open at 6:00 PM. Tickets and  VIP booths are available online and at the door.

For more information on the show and to purchase tickets its wmbs dot org

Mark Lemhouse

Salem
The Great American Yard Sale 2005 via Yellow Dog Records
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Catherine Russell

Lucille
Bring It Back 2014 via World Village
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The Gospel Hummingbirds

Trouble Don't Last
Taking Flight 1995 via Blind Pig
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Ekova

Taksim
Heaven's dust 1998 via Six Degrees
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1:40 am
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The Fusionauts

Floaties
Floaties 2000 via n/a

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Brian Tarquin

La Sierra Del Norte [Feat. Carl Verheyen]
Beyond The Warrior's Eyes 2024 via BHP Music-Guitar Trax
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1:20 am
City of Grand Rapids Free Summer Fitness Classes (click for more info)

The City of Grand Rapids, in partnership with Priority Health and Downtown Grand Rapids Inc., is hosting another summer of free outdoor fitness in parks and public spaces across the city.

The city offers 16 dance, cardio, and yoga classes that will run weekly from now until August 22nd. 

These fitness classes will be held weekly, Monday through Thursday, and are free of charge; no registration is required.

Cancellations due to weather will be announced on the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Facebook page. 

More information is available on the city of Grand Rapids website at grandrapidsmi dot gov

Erin Zindle

Stretch My Love
Scenes from the Fragile, Agile, Avian World 2011 via Independent

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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble

Minor Vee
Forked Tongue 2008 via Cuneiform
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Mike Zito

Darkness
Life Is Hard 2024 via Gulf Coast
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Tony Furtado

The Stark Raven
Roll My Blues Away 1997 via Rounder Select
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Chambao

El Canto de la Ballena
Con Otro Aire 2008 via Sony International
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1:00 am
Paws With A Cause - Retriever Fever (click for more info)

West Michigan families and their dogs are invited to Paws With a Cause's annual Retriever Fever...a dog-friendly gathering on Saturday, September 21, at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids.

 

Retriever Fever is a friendly competition between Labrador Retriever and Golden Retriever fans with retriever races, and PAWS merch sales contributing to deciding which dog breed is named "Top Dog."

 

It includes food trucks, games and activities, community vendors, Dog CPR/First Aid Demos, Pet Headshots, and the opportunity to learn about the life-changing impact of a PAWS Assistance Dog .

More information is at pawswithacause dot org

 

Centro-matic

Estimate x 3
Candidate Waltz 2011 via Undertow Music
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Sierra Hull

Lullaby
Weighted Mind 2016 via Rounder
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Allison Krauss, harmony vocals
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BrhyM

Foreign Sounds
Deep Sea Vents 2024 via Thirty Tigers
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12:40 am
GLC Live at 20 Monroe - Judah and the Lion (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from GLC Live at 20 Monroe presenting Judah The Lion.

Judah The Lion is an American folk band out of Nashville.

They'll be bringing their "The Process Tour" to GLC Live at 20 Monroe on October 13th.

More information and tickets are available at the GLC Live at 20 Monroe box office and online at live nation dot com.

COMPILATIONS

Secret Love
Cup of Tea 1996 via Quango
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Artist is Statik Sound System

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Zora Young

Learned My Lesson
Learned My Lesson 2001 via Delmark
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Cabildo

La Ola
Sin Fronteras 2018 via Independent
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Martina Topley-bird

Ragga
Anything 2004
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feat. Tricky
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12:20 am
Writers Alley: "Mom Always Says" (click for more info)
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Mother's Day?

The Writers Alley presents "Mom Always Says,"... a fundraiser for CASA of Kent County, on Saturday, May 4th, at The Fountain Street Church Community Center in downtown Grand Rapids.

Mom Always Says will tell Stories of Motherhood in Celebration of Mother's Day, and features keynote speaker and Pulitzer-prize nominated poet Linda Nemec Foster.

Mom Always Says is underwritten by Fountain Street Church. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The program starts at 6:00 p.m.  

Ticket prices include a charcuterie buffet and light beverages.

For tickets and more information, it's thewritersalley dot com


Chatham County Line

Stone
Hiyo 2024 via Yep Roc
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Sachal Ensemble

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Mai Ni
Song Of Lahore 2016 via Universal Music Classics
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w/ Madeline Peyroux
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D-Town Brass

Escape Hatch
Golden Belt 2016 via Independant
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Johnny Adams

Lonely Drifter
I Won't Cry 1991 via Rounder / Pgd
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12:00 am
GRTV Classes generic (click for more info)

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