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]
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.
"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.
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.
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]
"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.
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?
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.
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]
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:
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!
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]
WHFR Journal Friday, June 20 at 1pm - Summer Reading, Pride, Plants, and the Solstice
Join us this Friday, June 20th on the WHFR Journal as we talk about the Dearborn Public Library's Summer Reading Program, Pride Month and the Ann Arbor Pride Fest, an update on indigenous plants to look out for this summer season, and some insight into exactly what the Summer Solstice brings to this part of the region. That's the WHFR Journal, Friday, June 20 at 1pm only on WHFR-FM and whfr.fm. Happy Summer!