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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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Nicholas Payton

Jazz Is A Four-Letter Word
Afro Caribbean Mix Tape 2017 via Paytone Records
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Walter Trout

Saw My Mama Cryin'
Blues For The Modern Daze 2012 via Mascot Music
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Carole King

Jazzman
The Living Room Tour 2005 via Rockingale Records
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2:40 pm
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A Band of Bees

(This Is for The) Better Days
Octopus 2007 via Astralwerks
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John Brown's Body

Heart and Soul
Pressure Points 2005 via Easy Star

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2:30 pm
SC4A - JUMP INTO SUMMER (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Saugatuck Center for The Arts!

The Saugatuck Center for the Arts kicks off summer with its annual Jump into Summer celebration this Friday, June 6th.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Friday, with tunes from Chicago's "DJ Alexander Great," plus hands-on art activities, food trucks, and live music with Rudy de Anda and his 5-piece band at 7:30 p.m. 

SC4A's Jump into Summer is open to the public and all ages at no charge. Registration is strongly encouraged at S C 4 A dot org. (s4a.org)

Biscuit Miller

Butter my Biscuits
Blues With A Smile 2010 via Independent
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2:20 pm
FMG - Tuesday Evening Music Club 2025 (click for more info)

Frederik Meijer Gardens and WYCE are proud to once again present the Tuesday Evening Music Club for 2025.

Tuesday Evening Music Club brings local and regional musicians and bands to the Meijer Gardens Amphitheater on Tuesday nights, June 17th through August 26th. Performances are free for Meijer Gardens members and included in general admission for others.

This series is supported by *Ayers Basement Systems, Meyer Music, Corporate Live, and 88.1 FM WYCE! 

See the full lineup at **MEIJER GARDENS dot ORG slash TEMC 

**(meijergardens.org/temc)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Laugh About It
Let Me Get By 2016 via Concord
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Carrie Rodriguez

'50s French Movie
Seven Angels On A Bicycle 2006 via Back Porch
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Jenny Lewis

See Fernando
Acid Tongue 2008 via Warner Bros.
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Lucinda Williams

Buttercup
Blessed 2011 via Lost Highway
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Death Cab for Cutie

Title and Registration
Transatlanticism 2003 via Barsuk
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Kraftwerk

Titanium
Tour de France Soundtracks 2003 via Astralwerks
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2:00 pm
Revue Magazine - (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is Revue - - West Michigan's arts and entertainment guide published by Serendipity Media. 

Celebrating local music, dining, drinking, events, and more, Revue is available in print at more than 500 locations across West Michigan.

This month, Revue readers will help choose their favorite West Michigan restaurants, bars, and more! Voting for Round 2 of Best of the West is open now through June 20. 

More info on-line at revue W-M dot com. 

Coldplay

Yellow
Parachutes 2000 via Capitol
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Alejandro Escovedo

Smoke
Real Animal 2008 via Back Porch
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Neil Young

Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon 1992 via Warner Brothers
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Jamie Cullum

High & Dry
Twentysomething 2004 via Umvd Import
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1:40 pm
Tiger Solar -Solarize GR (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Tiger Solar.

Tiger Solar, in partnership with the City of Grand Rapids and the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, is presenting a Solarize GR Informational Session, Thursday, June 17, at 7 PM at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 134 Division Ave. North

The session is designed to offer information about installing and using solar in your home.

The event is open to the public at no charge, but registration is encouraged.

More details are at  grandrapidsmi dot gov, and searching "solarize."

Grant-Lee Phillips

Cry Cry
The Narrows 2016 via Independent
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Albert King

Born Under a Bad Sign
King Of The Blues Guitar 1989 via Atlantic / Wea
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1:30 pm
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Tommy Emmanuel

(The Man With The) Green Thumb
Endless Road 2005 via Favored Nations
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Sasha Evans

Blueberry Pie
Music Box 2016 via Independent
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1:20 pm
FMG - Tuesday Evening Music Club 2025 (click for more info)

Frederik Meijer Gardens and WYCE are proud to once again present the Tuesday Evening Music Club for 2025.

Tuesday Evening Music Club brings local and regional musicians and bands to the Meijer Gardens Amphitheater on Tuesday nights, June 17th through August 26th. Performances are free for Meijer Gardens members and included in general admission for others.

This series is supported by *Ayers Basement Systems, Meyer Music, Corporate Live, and 88.1 FM WYCE! 

See the full lineup at **MEIJER GARDENS dot ORG slash TEMC 

**(meijergardens.org/temc)

Louis Armstrong

What a Wonderful World
Greatest Hits 1990 via Sony
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Eliza Marshall

New Birth
New Birth EP 2025 via Real World X
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The Cave Singers

Cool Criminal
Banshee 2016 via Independant
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Magic Sam

Same Old Blues
Black Magic 2016 via Delmark
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1:00 pm
Revue Magazine - (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is Revue - - West Michigan's arts and entertainment guide published by Serendipity Media. 

Celebrating local music, dining, drinking, events, and more, Revue is available in print at more than 500 locations across West Michigan.

This month, Revue readers will help choose their favorite West Michigan restaurants, bars, and more! Voting for Round 2 of Best of the West is open now through June 20. 

More info on-line at revue W-M dot com. 

Drew Nelson

Wealthy Street
Immigrant Son 2005 via Mackinaw Harvest Music

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Carmen McRae

The Meaning Of The Blues
Bittersweet 1964 via Koch Jazz
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Amelia White

Home Sweet Hotel
Home Sweet Hotel 2016 via Pledge
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B.B. King

The Thrill Is Gone
The Best Of B.B. King 1987 via MCA
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12:40 pm
Long Road Distillers (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Less Traveled by Long Road Distillers, located at 959 Cherry Street SE in Grand Rapids.

Less Traveled, an East Hills cocktail bar,  offers custom-crafted cocktails and one of the neighborhood's few open patios for outdoor drinks.

Less Traveled by Long Road Distillers--respecting the craft, honoring the journey, and taking no shortcuts.


Gringo Star

Some Things Don't Change
Sweethearts 2025 via dizzybird

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Ralph Stanley

Oh Death
Clinch Mountain Sweethearts 2001 via Rebel Records
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Tracy Chapman

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman 1988 via Elektra / Wea
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12:30 pm
Beltline Bar _*trade (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Beltline Bar, at the corner of Division and 28th St. in Grand Rapids.

The Beltline Bar... Home of the Original Wet Burrito says,  "Thank you, West Michigan, for helping us celebrate a historic milestone -- over 6 million wet burritos sold!  We couldn't have done it without you! "

You're welcome to celebrate this tradition with us anytime. 

More information is at thebeltlinebar dot com

Trixie Whitley

Closer
Porta Bohemica 2016 via Unday Records
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COMPILATIONS

Black Coffee
Crossing Jordan 2003 via Sony

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12:20 pm
FMG - Tuesday Evening Music Club 2025 (click for more info)

Frederik Meijer Gardens and WYCE are proud to once again present the Tuesday Evening Music Club for 2025.

Tuesday Evening Music Club brings local and regional musicians and bands to the Meijer Gardens Amphitheater on Tuesday nights, June 17th through August 26th. Performances are free for Meijer Gardens members and included in general admission for others.

This series is supported by *Ayers Basement Systems, Meyer Music, Corporate Live, and 88.1 FM WYCE! 

See the full lineup at **MEIJER GARDENS dot ORG slash TEMC 

**(meijergardens.org/temc)

Karisa Wilson

Stronger
Stronger 2012 via Independent

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Real Estate

Flowers
Single 2024 via Domino
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Carolina Chocolate Drops

Hit 'Em Up Style
Genuine Negro Jig 2010 via Nonesuch
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Etta James

At Last
Her Best 1997 via MCA
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Matt Nathanson

Impossible People
Single 2025 via Acrobat
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Nat King Cole

Hit That Jive, Jack
Hittin' The Ramp (The Early Years 1936 - 1943) 2019 via Resonance
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12:00 pm
Revue Magazine - (click for more info)

Today's WYCE Day Sponsor is Revue - - West Michigan's arts and entertainment guide published by Serendipity Media. 

Celebrating local music, dining, drinking, events, and more, Revue is available in print at more than 500 locations across West Michigan.

This month, Revue readers will help choose their favorite West Michigan restaurants, bars, and more! Voting for Round 2 of Best of the West is open now through June 20. 

More info on-line at revue W-M dot com.