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!
This Just In: Episode 50
Episode 50 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 16th, 2025 from 8-9pm and June 17th, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Tangents - Forge [Experimental Rock]
YME - Game Boy [Electronic]
Theo Evan - Shh [Trance / World]
Overdrive Orchestra - Written In Sand [Local Prog / Hard Rock]
Ko're - Shaye [Afro Beat / World]
Paper Lady - Silt [Dream Pop / Indie Rock]
Sofi Tukker & Seu Jorge - Bread (butter version) [Bossa Nova / World]
Verraco - Total [Electronic]
"WHFR PRESENTS": Spotlight On Strata East Records PART THREE
WHFR PRESENTS will conclude its feature on the legendary independent record label, STRATA EAST, with a three-hour feature of their jazz recordings from the mid '70s and into the '80s. More music from the founders Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell as well as the Heath Brothers and the Brass Company (which included Detroit's own Bernard McKinney aka Kiane Zwadi).
WHFR Journal Special Juneteenth Program - Friday, 6/13/25 at 1pm
Join us on tomorrow's WHFR Journal when we share a fun debrief of Pawchella 2025. We'll also share a special PRX program from the series I SEE YOU on Juneteenth, which originally aired July, 2022. Many view Juneteenth as a celebration for those slaves in Texas who finally received word on June 19th, 1865, that they were free. In 2021, Juneteenth was made a national holiday. Some scholars are now questioning that move. Host Eddie Robinson chats with the woman who was the driving force behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, Miss Opal Lee, and more.
PAWCHELLA THANKS!
WHFR thanks our Loyal Listeners for helping to make PAWCHELLA 2025 such a great event this year!
Twenty-one animals were adopted over the weekend thanks to the extra visibility this event brings to Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit.
This Just In: Episode 49
Episode 49 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase, airs June 9th, 2025 from 8-9pm and June 10th, 2025 from 3-4pm.
This week's playlist:
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Flowers in the Spring [Metal / Drone]
Transaphonic - Stay [Electronic / Trance]
Fancy - Lady Of Ice (Bekim! Remix) [Electronic]
BK Duke - Bass What [Electronic]
CIVIC - The Hogg [Indie Rock]
CIVIC - Gulls Way [Indie Rock]
Watchhouse - Rituals [Folk / Americana]
This Sunday on "WHFR Presents"...
WHFR Presents a Quiet Storm, Sunday with MissyJ. Please tune in from 4pm until 7pm for a melody of slow jams.
Spreading love and positive vibes in our community, we are WHFR Dearborn!!
