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Ice Cold by Backstreet Blues Band
07/05/2025 - 1:11pm
Always Blues
Circle of Friends by Everette Harp
07/05/2025 - 1:08pm
Better Days
When Next We Meet (We Will Reminisce) by Everette Harp
07/05/2025 - 1:03pm
Better Days
I Just Can't Stop Thinking About You by Everette Harp
07/05/2025 - 1:01pm
Better Days
Light From The Underground
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) by Steppin' In It
07/05/2025 - 12:56pm
Simple Tunes For Troubled Times
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Happy 4th of July
From our WHFR family to yours, have a happy and healthy Independence Day!
WHFR Journal this Friday, July 4 at 1pm: Community and the Tick
On this 4th of July holiday edition of the WHFR Journal, we'll talk about a sense of connection to the community we come from with a PRX special from December of 2024 called "Top of Mind - Community Traditions that Connect Us to Home" It’s the season for nostalgia, so we’re looking at how community traditions help us feel connected to the place we live. Is there a certain holiday, or time of year, when you’ll go out of your way to be in your hometown? The podcast shares stories from around the country of Christmas traditions, Fourth of July festivities, summer music jams and a host of quirky celebrations from small town America. Also, we'll talk about the dreaded pest the tick and your host shares her story of contact with this nasty bug and how to avoid getting bitten. Tune in Friday at 1pm and Happy 4th of July from the WHFR Journal.
SPIRITS REJOICE SAYS HAPPY CANADA DAY
It's a well known fact today that jazz and improvised music is not strictly an American thing. While it was born and raised in the USA, artists from the world over have made significant contributions to the music. Canada is no exception.
On this day, July 1, we honor our friends to the north by observing Canada Day. The Spirits Rejoice Program, heard Tuesdays from 6-10pm EDT, will feature many of the great Canadian improvising artists past and present. Tonight's program will also feature music from American drummer Rashied Ali on this the date of his birth as well as many new recordings into the libraries here at WHFR.
Spirits Rejoice is a long running program of jazz and improvised musics heard weekly 6-10pn EDT on WHFR Radio, 89.3 locally (Dearborn/Detroit) and worldwide via the internet at whfr.fm.
This Just In: Episode 52
Episode 52 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 30th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 1st, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Chemical Empire - Under My Skin [Metal]
In the Pines - Sunbeam Dream [Indie Rock]
Mitsuo Hagita & Kaoru Ito - Fine del Labirinto - Completion [Video Game Soundtrack]
Mitsuo Hagita & Kaoru Ito - Nebbioso - Into the Fog [Video Game Soundtrack]
Dre Island - Cold World [Reggae]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES [Psychedelic Rock]
CAP-JAMS - OPENING DEMO - HYPER STREET FIGHTER II CAP-JAMS Ver. [Video Game Soundtrack]
Capcom Sound Team - Title - Game Bomb!!! [Video Game Soundtrack]
Iron & Wine ft. I'm With Her - Robin's Egg [Indie Rock / Alternative]
Lulina - Nos [World / Indie Rock]
Cass McCombs - Peace [Indie Rock]
X CLUB. - Desire To Stay [Electronic / House]
WAKIL & Kelli Wakili - Take Your Best Shot - Main Theme [Video Game Soundtrack]
Tune in to This Just In each week as we feature a unique playlist of music recently received at the station, in a variety of musical formats.
To submit your music for airplay consideration, please visit the Contact Us tab on our website: https://whfr.fm.
TOP TEN BLUES for June 2025
Please join Highway 61 for the best in new Blues releases and local area Artists' music every Friday, 2:00 – 6:00pm, with host DJ~KittyLuv;) 'making~waves'.
Here is our latest Top Ten Blues new releases being aired at WHFR-FM 89.3:
1. DAVE SPECTER: Dave Specter -Live At Space (Delmark Records)
2. D.K. HARRELL: Talkin' Heavy (Alligator Records)
3. TAD ROBINSON: Soul in Blue (Delmark Records)
4. WILLIE BUCK AND BOB CORRITORE: Oh Yeah! (VizzTone/SWMAF)
5. LARRY MCCRAY: Heartbreak City (Keeping The Blues Alive)
6. POPA CHUBBY: I Love Freddie King (Gulf Coast Records)
7. CAROLYN WONDERLAND: Truth Is (Alligator Records)
8. SOUTHERN AVENUE: Family (Alligator Records)
9. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: Look Out Highway (Forty Below Records)
10. DOUG MACLEOD: Between Somewhere And Goodbye (Reference Recordings)
DJ~KittyLuv;)
WHFR Blues Music Director
