WHFR News
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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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
WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples - PART ONE
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 PART ONE of WHFR Presents: The Music of 8bitpeoples, airing June 29th from 4-7pm EDT, our focus will be on the music of 8bitpeoples' two founders: Jeremiah Johnson (aka Nullsleep) and Detroit native Mike Hanlon (aka Tangible/Mesu Kasumai). Tune in to hear 3 straight hours of original 8-bit electronic compositions, and a few covers thrown in for good measure, by these two pioneers of the chiptune scene.
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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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WHFR Journal June 27, 1pm -- Summer Heat and Energy Costs -- What Can We Do?
Summer is here, temperatures are rising — and so are electric bills. That also means many Americans are facing a severely overlooked issue: power shutoffs. In 2024, over six hundred thousand American households had their power shut off due to an inability to pay. How do we protect the most vulnerable populations from the dangers of home power shutoffs?
This Just In: Episode 51
Episode 51 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 23rd, 2025 from 8-9pm and June 24th, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Gnod & White Hills - Changesaw [Alternative / Drone]
Charlie Syntari ft. Nosie Katzmann & Tony Dawson-Harrison - Piece of My Heart [Electronic / Pop]
David Byrne ft. Ghost Train Orchestra - Everybody Laughs [Alternative / Art Rock]
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett - Quick Trips [Folk]
Bret McKenzie - All I Need [Singer-Songwriter / Indie Rock]
The OneUps - Undertale the Two of Us [Funk / Video Game Cover]
Cole Quest and The City Pickers - She Talks A Lot (And I Like It) [Bluegrass]
The Bill Evans Trio - Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Remastered 2025) [Jazz]
The Beths - Metal [Indie Rock]
Current Swell - I Got Mine [Indie Rock / Canadian]
GrayBeat - Paper Shoes (Remastered 2025) [Electronic / Indie]
Chad Kouri - A Dance for Grounding [Avant Jazz]
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.
