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Trevor Lamb will join The Henry Ford Big Band for a magnificent performance on January 18th, 2025. They have selected a wonderful program of music that covers the gambit of the jazz idiom from Duke Ellington to Carla Bley and everything else in-between. Plus, a few tunes will feature the powerful vocal stylings of Oliva Van-Goor. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session for any and all questions to be asked.

Based in Detroit, Trevor began his music career at Wayne State University. He maintains several projects including the “Eat It Up Trio” performing regularly around Detroit, and several jam sessions held weekly at various venues with the goal of cultivating local talent in the metro Detroit region. Trevor has toured internationally in Japan, where he not only showcased his own talent but also hosted clinics for university students there. Trevor has a strong passion for the Detroit jazz scene, and he expresses that in his art.

The show will take place January 18th, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Adray Auditorium, located in the MacKenzie Fine Arts Center (Building F) at Henry Ford College.

Discounted tickets can be purchased here using code: WHFR20

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Tomorrow, Jan. 10 at 1pm on the WHFR Journal, we'll explore the concept that organization is more than just the physical space, its the mental space as well. Sometimes we hit rock bottom and look around the house and ask: "How did I get here?" Join us as we share a special PRX program called "The Lisa Show" that will share insights and tips about the benefits of and ways to organize. We'll be back with some local segments next week, but hope you're enjoying these handpicked specialty Journal shows in the meantime. Happy January and happy decluttering!

Episode 30 of This Just In, WHFR's pre-recorded new music showcase airing Mondays from 8-9p, airs January 6th, 2025.

This week's playlist:

Brunhilde - Souls Unchained [Metal]
Abaddon's End - Construct [Metal]
Luis Clemente - Balatro Main Theme [Video Game Soundtrack]
Lunar Noon - Forgettable Consequence [Indie Jazz]
Robbie Rivera - La Música [Dance / Electronic]
The Holophonics - Parking Garage Rally Circuit Main Theme [Video Game Soundtrack]
Mäsqueräde - Crawl Out [Metal]
Kelly Lee Owens - Higher [Dance / Electronic]
Duster - Space Trash [Space Rock]
CLUBZ - Palmeras [Alternative / Indie Rock]
Allegra Miles - Wonderland ᐸ3 [Alternative / Indie Rock]
Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza [Afrobeat / Celtic Fusion]
Sandveiss - Standing In The Fire [Rock]

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.

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On Tuesday, December 31, WHFR's SPIRITS REJOICE program will extend to six hours to say goodbye to the year 2024. Between the hours of 4-10pm EST, we will feature the program's favorite jazz and free improv recordings of 2024 and, unfortunately, say goodbye in tribute to the late great bassist BARRE PHILLIPS.

Mr. Philiips just passed away at the age of 90. He is known for his brilliantly creative approach to the double bass, quite often in solo and duo contexts. His work as a leader as well as in collaboration with many of the great free improvisers of the world will be featured in this special edition of Spirits Rejoice. We will also explore some of the fine jazz and free improv recordings of 2024 in retrospect, as we head into the year 2025.

SPIRITS REJOICE is heard weekly on Tuesdays via 89.3 FM in the Dearborn/Detroit area and worldwide via the internet at whfr.fm

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All of us here at WHFR wish you the very best during this holiday season. Many of your favorite WHFR personalities will once again gather around the studio this season to record special Winter Season Celebration programming, celebrating a variety of holidays that fall into these cold months, including Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year, and other winter holidays. There will be lots of wonderful independent music that you may have never heard before, plus alternative versions of your favorite traditional holiday songs.

Christmas Eve's on-air holiday festivities will begin on December 24th with a special Christmas-themed edition of Radio Vault and continue with our Winter Season Celebration Recordings starting at 1:00. The Winter Season Celebration shows will run through the night of 25th, with regular programming resuming on Thursday, December 26th, at 10:00am.

So light up the Christmas tree, throw an extra log into the fireplace, prepare your hot chocolate, and enjoy the holiday spirit while listening to our Winter Season Celebration programming on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2024, right here on WHFR.