WHFR News
TOP TEN BLUES for July 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. LARRY MCCRAY: Heartbreak City (Keeping The Blues Alive)
2. TAJ MAJAL / KEB' MO': Room On The Porch (Concord Records)
3. DAVE SPECTER: Dave Specter -Live At Space (Delmark Records)
4. D.K. HARRELL: Talkin' Heavy (Alligator Records)
5. CAROLYN WONDERLAND: Truth Is (Alligator Records)
6. ANNIKA CHAMBERS / PAUL DESLAURIERS: Our Time To Ride (Forty Below Records)
7. TAD ROBINSON: Soul in Blue (Delmark Records)
8. DOUG MACLEOD: Between Somewhere And Goodbye (Reference Recordings)
9. THE BONESHAKERS: Live To Be This (Gulf Coast Records)
10. MARIA MULDAUR: One Hour Mama -The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue Records)
DJ~KittyLuv;)
WHFR Blues Music Director
"Cold Radio Fusion" Channels "Brain Ticket Death" This Tuesday
WHFR is celebrating 40 years on FM radio, officially in December. For quite a few of those years, I have done many different genres on several different shows. One of my favorites has always been Brain Ticket Death. Named after a Merzbow track, the show has always been about pushing the envelope of what is possible in making sounds not for the melodies, but from pure human expression. From 1999-2004, and 2014 until the pandemic, I presented both pre-recorded and live performances featuring such artists.
Join me for the 5th Tuesday, July 29th from 10 P.M. until midnight, when I will present noise for your listening pleasure on a special Cold Radio Fusion show. I might even have someone live on the air to help celebrate!
–Scott Boatright
This Just In: Episode 56
Episode 56 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs July 28th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 29th, 2025 from 3-4pm. This week it's a soundtracks spotlight show!
This week's playlist:
Anne Nikitin - From Dublin to The West [Soundtrack / Score]
Anne Nikitin - My Fourth Letter [Soundtrack / Score]
Johnny Flynn, Katherine Priddy, & Anne Nikitin - Four Letters of Love [Soundtrack / Folk]
Michael Giacchino - A Walk on the City [Soundtrack / Score]
Michael Giacchino - Carseat Drivers [Soundtrack / Score]
Matthew Wood - H.E.R.B.I.E.'s Lullaby [Soundtrack]
Andrea Datzman - Let Us Be Devoured (Studio Version) [Soundtrack / Folk]
Sarah Warne - Bookish Main Theme [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Doesn't Have To Be Like This [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Snooping [Soundtrack / Score]
Sarah Warne - Book Thoughts [Soundtrack / Score]
David Keenan - Stay Still [Soundtrack / Folk]
David Keenan - Requiem [Soundtrack / Score]
David Keenan - Served [Soundtrack / Score]
David Keenan - The Hum [Soundtrack / Folk]
Sean Bialo - Episode 1 - Yesterday of the Dumpster [Video Game Soundtrack]
Sean Bialo - Episode 2 - Feathered Fiends [Video Game Soundtrack]
Sean Bialo - Episode 3 - Eye Five [Video Game Soundtrack]
Sean Bialo - Episode 4 - Woe Partner [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.
WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples - PART TWO
Founded in 1999, 8bitpeoples is a netlabel and artist collective focused on chiptune (or 8-bit) music. Join Robbwith2bees as he shines a spotlight on the "bleeps and bloops" that The 8bitpeoples have released over the last 26 years, spanning a massive library of 140 releases and counting!
In the pre-recorded PART TWO of WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples, airing on July 27th from 4-7pm EDT, we highlight tracks from the first 70 releases from the label. Tune in to hear 3 straight hours of 8-bit electronica originally released between 1999-2006 and featuring artists such as Bit Shifter, Yuppster, Trash80, Anamanaguchi, Sebastian Boaz, Twilight Electric, Xinon, and more!
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday beginning at 4:00 pm with a rotating cast of WHFR DJs, taking in-depth looks into the many genres of music that WHFR has to offer. Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
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The Play It By Ear Jazz Show Pays Tribute To Keyboard Great Hal Galper
Tune in this Sunday, July 27, from 10:00am-2:00pm as The Play It By Ear Jazz Show will feature Harold Galper’s music in various settings; playing with Sam Rivers, The Brecker Brothers, and others.
This great American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer was born on April 18, 1938, in Salem, Massachusetts.
He studied music at the Berklee School of Music starting with classical music and switched to jazz from 1955 to 1958.
He is also an educator known internationally. Hal Galper passed away on July 18th, 2025. He was 87.
Dearborn's Mayor Talks Homecoming and We Learn About Salina Elementary's New Green Space on the "WHFR Journal" - Friday, July 25, at 1pm
Join us on Friday, July 25 at 1pm for the WHFR Journal. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud will share a behind the scenes look at this year's Homecoming Festival, which takes place August 1, 2, and 3 at Dearborn's Ford Field. You'll hear about activities, food, music, and some of the mayor's favorite things to do at the annual festival.
Concert of Colors Wrap Up
Thank you to the many WHFR listeners who stopped by our WHFR promotional tables during the 2025 Concert of Colors world music festival in Midtown Detroit last week. WHFR was on site July 17th at the Detroit Historical Museum and Third Man Records to experience some truly wonderful performances.
WHFR commends Sean Blackman and Ishmael Ahmed for their hard work... everyone here at the station loves being a media partner with this unique and exciting festival. We look forward to seeing what you have in store for next year!
This Just In: Episode 55
Episode 55 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs July 21st, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 22nd, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
David Fleming & John Murphy - Secret Harem [Soundtrack / Score]
The Mighty Crabjoys - The Mighty Crabjoys Theme [Soundtrack / Rock]
The Swell Season - Great Weight [Alternative]
Alex G - Afterlife [Indie Rock]
Steven Lemon - The Radio And Me [Indie Rock]
Will Hoge - Sweet Misery [Rock]
Panteón Rococó ft. Carín León, Sabino, Remmy Valenzuela & Lng_SHT - Parison [World / Rock]
Rodney Crowell ft. Ashley McBryde - Taking Flight [Country]
Poi Rogers - Tuesday In Las Cruces
Matt Bachman - Autumnal Cycle [Contemporary Jazz]
Joy Orbison ft. Overmono & Skiifall - Lippy [Electronic / World]
Object Collection - Magic Objects [Ambient / Experimental Electronic]
LEX The Lexicon Artist - My Type [Hip Hop / Rock]
Yazmin Lacey - Ain't I Good For You [R&B / Soul]
X & Ivy - Bust It [Electronic / Dance]
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.
The Concert of Colors is Here!
The Concert of Colors begins today, and you can join WHFR at a few select events on July 17th!
This Thursday, WHFR will be on-site for two of the four amazing performances happening at the Detroit Historical Museum. From 5:00-8:00pm we will be handing out free WHFR promo items, periodically calling into the studio with live on-air reports, and enjoying the Arab, Armenian, and Eastern jazz sounds of Victor Ghannam & Sean Blackman's Hye Salam featuring David McMurray (performing 5:30-6:15pm) and also the Moroccan-French power quartet Bab L' Bluz (performing 6:45-7:30pm).
Be there!
We then move over to Third Man Records (doors open at 7:30pm) for a 21st-century experimental chamber musical experience with Nebula Sound Ensemble (performing 8:00-8:40pm) and cosmic soundscapes from Detroit's own Beautiful Noise featuring Kash Killion, Scott Amendola, Ben Goldberg, Don Was, Gretchen Gonzales & Chris Peters (performing 9:00-10:00pm).
And if you can't be there, don't worry! WHFR will be broadcasting these Third Man Records performances on our airwaves; locally at 89.3 on your FM dial and streaming world-wide at www.whfr.fm.
The Concert of Colors takes place July 16-20, and it's all free!
To see the full line-up of all acts, activities and special events please visit www.concertofcolors.com.
This Just In: Episode 54
Episode 54 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs July 14th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 15th, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Katatonia - The Liquid Eye [Metal]
Humour - Memorial [Alternative / Indie Rock]
Aurelian Stireg - Yuna & Mayron (Mr Sampler Remix) [Electronic / Melodic Techno]
CIVIC - Gulls Way [Indie Rock]
Frayle - Walking Wounded [Metal / Hard Rock]
Sly Stone & Sal Filipelli ft. Del The Funky Homosapien - Big City [R&B / Soul]
Hotline TNT - If Time Flies [Indie Rock]
mary in the junkyard - drains [Alternative / Indie Rock]
Warkings - Nightfall [Metal]
Spirit'n'Jazz - 6 am [Jazz]
ZYFU - Life Codec [Electronic / Techno]
M-Dot & Confidence - Rollercoaster [Hip Hop]
The Indie Pea - Echoes and Answers [Indie Rock]
Mother Soki - Rivet Gun [Indie Pop]
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.
WHFR Journal Friday, 7/11 at 1pm -- Concert of Colors and Getting Back to Nature
Join us Friday, July 11 at 1pm on the WHFR Journal as we talk with renowned Detroit-based global music artist Sean Blackman regarding Concert of Colors, the free global music and diversity festival taking place next week here in Detroit. Sean is serving as Partner Liason for this year's festival and will share details about what we can expect at the five-day event. We'll also air a special episode of the PRX show, Sea Change Radio, to provide tips on being more attentive of your surroundings when in nature and reaping the benefits that follow. Join us at 1pm only on WHFR-FM.
"WHFR PRESENTS": THE MUSIC OF CHESS RECORDS PART TWO
From its origin in 1950 until 1975, CHESS RECORDS set the music world afire with some of the most spirited and most influential music ever to be heard previously. Founded in Chicago by Leonard and Phil Chess, the record label was home to great blues and rhythm and blues music and expanded into the worlds of early rock and roll, jazz and gospel music.
Artists such as Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry recorded for the label and served as a major influence on upcoming bands and musicians in the rock and roll world such as Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones and the Animals. Their legacy still stands tall today as many new blues artists look these artists and these recordings for their inspiration.
Tune in to WHFR PRESENTS for a second feature on the music of CHESS RECORDS Sunday, July 13, from 4-7pm EDT. WHFR Radio can be heard locally (Dearborn/Detroit) On 89.3fm and worldwide via the internet through the WHFR Website at whfr.fm.
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday beginning (usually) at 4:00 pm with a rotating cast of WHFR DJs, taking in-depth looks into the many genres of music that WHFR has to offer. Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
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On The Next "We Are Not Alone"...
Join us for We Are Not Alone with host David Twichell the first Monday of each month at 2PM. We cover the UFO phenomenon and all things paranormal and talk to special guests about their experiences and research.
On Monday, July 7, we will speak with Denise Stoner who has been associated with MUFON for the past 21 years. She is a certified hypnotist specializing in forensic, regressive hypnosis and author. Her involvement in the UFO field spans more than 40 years.
Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
This Just In: Episode 53
Episode 53 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs July 7th, 2025 from 8-9pm and July 8th, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' ft. Wendy Moten - Better Than Ever [Blues / AAA]
The OneUps - Dating Tale [Funk / Video Game Cover]
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Lonely Cosmos [Indie Rock]
Billie Marten - Clover [Indie Pop]
D/troit - Running on the Spot [Jazz / Insrumental Soul]
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett - Mama Rolls On [Folk]
Grackles - There Will Be Time [Indie / Americana]
Chad Kouri - Drift [Jazz / Avant]
Jody Redhage Ferber, Alan Ferber, and Mark Ferber - Paper Trombones [Jazz]
Hotline TNT - Candle [Indie Rock]
Wunderhorse - The Rope [Indie Rock]
Valeriana - Xico [Electronic / Ambient]
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.
"WHFR Presents": The Sounds Of "Freedom"
To wrap up the July 4th holiday weekend, WHFR PRESENTS will explore the music of FREEDOM RECORDS, a jazz music label based out of England, featuring some of the great American artists of the late '60s and 1970s.
The program will include giants in the avant-garde such as Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler and Anthony Braxton. Tune in this Sunday, July 6 from 4-7pm EDT to listen at 89.3FM locally (Dearborn/Detroit) or online at whfr.fm
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday beginning (usually) at 4:00 pm with a rotating cast of WHFR DJs, taking in-depth looks into the many genres of music that WHFR has to offer. Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
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