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Playlist from 07/16/2025 @ 9:00pm

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Ladama

Night Traveler
Ladama 2017 via Six Degrees
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The Tiger Passion

Paper Wings
Bouncing Light into Crowds 2007 via Goldfinch Versus Starling

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Adrian Younge + Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Verao No California (Summertime In California)
Hyldon - Jazz Is Dead 023 2025 via Jazz Is Dead
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Charlie Watts

Take the A Train
Watts At Scott's 2004 via Sanctuary Records
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11:40 pm
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.

Funktion

Make You See
Funk Prelude 2009 via Independent

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Elliott Smith

No Name No. 5
Either-Or 1997 via Kill Rock Stars
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11:30 pm
Vertigo - NEW STANDARDS SPONSORSHIP (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Vertigo Music of Grand Rapids, proudly presenting New Standards, airing every Sunday night from 6 to 8 pm. 

Host Larae brings you the very best of the latest new music releases weekly on 88.1 FM WYCE.

Vertigo Music offer tens of thousands of new and used LPs, CDs, and cassettes from all genres, with new stock daily.  

More information is available at Vertigo Music Dot GR.

Miya Folick

Love Wants Me Dead
Erotica Veronica 2025 via Stop Talking / Nettwerk
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Enzo Rao & Glen Velez

Waiting for You
Ettna 1993 via Independent
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11:20 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.


Chris Wiser

Where I Am
Casually Intense 2017 via Independent
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Boston

Hollyann
Third Stage 1986 via MCA
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Puss N Boots

The Great Romancer
Sister 2020 via Blue Note
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Parker Millsap

She
Other Arrangements 2018 via OkraHoma/Thirty Tigers
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11:00 pm
CASA of Kent County (click for more info)
Every child in foster care deserves a voice in the courtroom, and you can be that voice. 

Court Appointed Special Advocates - known by the acronym CASA - of Kent County is looking for dedicated volunteers to advocate for children in the child welfare system, ensuring they have the support and stability they need. 

No special background is required--just compassion and a desire to make a difference. 

CASA invites you to join them in bringing hope and positive change to a child's life. 

Learn more about becoming a CASA volunteer today.at casakentco dot org.  That's c-a-s-a-k-e-n-t-c-o dot o-r-g!

Groundtruther

Kingda Ka
Altitude 2007 via Thirsty Ear
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National Velvet

Bam Bam
National Velvet 1987
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Beware Wolves

Something Worthwhile
Beware Wolves, Vol. 7 2025 via Aqualamb
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Jesca Hoop

Love Is All We Have
Kismet 2007 via Red Int / Red Ink
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10:40 pm
DGRI (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Downtown Grand Rapids Inc....bringing free summer programming like Relax at Rosa on Thursdays, street soccer leagues and farmers markets at Las Canchas, outdoor movies, and more. 

On Thursday July 17th, Relax at Rosa has live music from Hannah Laine.

There will also be food trucks and Quinn Mathews' broadcast of WYCE's "GR Live" from Rosa Parks Amphitheatre at noon.

You can follow @ downtown gr inc  for details on upcoming event announcements from DGRI, and Downtown Gr dot Org (downtowngr.org)

Franz Ferdinand

Night Or Day
The Human Fear 2025 via Domino
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Solomon Burke

Atta Way to Go
Nashville 2006 via Shout Factory
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10:30 pm
Vertigo - NEW STANDARDS SPONSORSHIP (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from Vertigo Music of Grand Rapids, proudly presenting New Standards, airing every Sunday night from 6 to 8 pm. 

Host Larae brings you the very best of the latest new music releases weekly on 88.1 FM WYCE.

Vertigo Music offer tens of thousands of new and used LPs, CDs, and cassettes from all genres, with new stock daily.  

More information is available at Vertigo Music Dot GR.

Ruston Kelly

Weeping Willow
Dirt Emo, Vol. 1 2019 via Rounder
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Bruce Cockburn

Mountain Call
Further Adventures of Bruce Cockburn 1978 via Rounder / Pgd
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10:20 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.


Red Baraat

Bhangale (feat. Delicate Steve)
Bhangra Rangeela 2025 via Sinj
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EL-P and Killer Mike

Sea Legs [Clean]
Run the Jewels (clean) 2013 via Fat Beats
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Ric Ocasek

True To You
This Side Of Paradise 1986 via Geffen
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Mike Farris

Her
The Sound Of Muscle Shoals 2025 via Fame Enterprises
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10:00 pm
Lowell Arts - Solo Seven Exhibition (click for more info)

Lowell Arts announces the Solo Seven exhibition, featuring work by 7 exceptional artists from Michigan. 

A body of work from each artist is on, and a wide range of styles and media are represented. 

The exhibition is open to the public at the Lowell Arts Gallery, 223 W Main St. in Lowell. 

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Saturday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

For additional information, it's www.lowellarts dot org.


Judy Niemack

Moanin'
Blue Nights 2007 via Blujazz
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Kate Bush

And Dream Of Sheep
Hounds Of Love (2018 Remastered) 1985 via Parlophone/Fish People UK
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Jeff Beck

Elegy for Dunkirk
Emotion & Commotion 2010 via Rhino Records
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Johnnyswim

Monte Carlo
When The War Is Over 2025 via Independent
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9:40 pm
SectionLive Presents - Flipturn (click for more info)

Support for WYCE comes from The Intersection, presenting Flipturn on Thursday, July 31st. 

Flipturn stops in Michigan following the release of their second album, Burnout Days--a record suspended between modern indie rock and New Wave nostalgia.

Doors will open at 7 pm, and the show begins at 8 pm.

Tickets plus more info are at SECTION LIVE dot COM.

Aaron Frazer

Love Is
Introducing 2021 via Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound
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Freddy Fender

Ya No
Interpreta el Rock 2003 via Arhoolie Records
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9:30 pm
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Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts

The Constant Lovers
Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts 1995 via Compass Records
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The HercuLeons

The Lucky One
The HercuLeons 2025 via True Lonesome
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9:20 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.


ALO

Warmth Of the Night
Frames 2025 via Brushfire
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The Blue Aeroplanes

Anti- Pretty
Swagger 1990 via Chrysalis
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Rodney Crowell

Shelter from the Storm
The Outsider 2005 via Sony
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Hozier

Sedated
Hozier 2014 via Columbia
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9:00 pm
Michigan Irish Music Festival (click for more info)

The Michigan Irish Music Festival needs your help!  


Their volunteer portal for the festival is now open and seeking community members interested in volunteering at the festival, happening September 11-14, at Heritage Landing in Muskegon. 

Volunteer receive free admission on the day of their shift, plus a festival T-shirt

For more information, it's michiganirish dot org slash volunteer.