WYCE Fresh Picks

Jammies XIII - The year in Videos (part two)

2011-12-27T15:21:00.004-05:00

GRIFF & JOHN'S AFTERHOURS EXPERIENCE
Taste of the blues with John LaCross and The Verve Pipe's Craig Griffith. The Jammies night band will feature guitarist Donald Kinsey and vocalist Karisa Wilson.

GRUPO AYÉ
GR's authentic Afro-Cuban collective.

JOSHUA DAVIS
Steppin' in It frontman steps out on a super solo collection. This video details his 'Project Palestine' effort - be a backer!

LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS
Lansing band led by husband/wife team of Lindsay and Josh and featuring Mark Lavengood on dobro. Nominated for debut release 'A Different Tune'

MIDNIGHT CATTLE CALLERS
Seth & Dee Sutton lead the new country swing crew on their debut calling.

ORPHEUM BELL
Ann Arbor's Waits-ian/gypsy/hot club mashup.

RED TAIL RING
Laurel Premo & Michael Beauchamp debuted with two breathtaking feature-length albums - the purely traditional Mountain Shout and the all new Middlewest Chant.

VALENTIGER
They're actually pretty good without Kevin Murphy.

All I (official video) from Valentiger on Vimeo.

THE WEALTHY ORPHANS
The Jammies Wonder Wagon leaves the station with help from this East Hills collective featuring Rick Beerhorst.

Jammies XIII The Year in Videos (part one)

2011-12-27T13:31:00.013-05:00

It's not just the Grand Rapids music industry that's blowing up. Thanks to the efforts of many talented filmmakers, we can offer this picture of what to expect Jammies night.

ALEXIS
Dan & Matt had us at bicycle kick.

AN DRO
A feast of Celtic sounds from an esteemed collection of the area's finest traditional musicians.

CHAIN OF LAKES

Chain Of Lakes - Kind Of Quiet - Halfway House Sessions from Halfway House on Vimeo.

CHRIS BATHGATE
Ann Arbor folkie became a nationwide public radio darling.

THE CRANE WIVES
These twenty-somethings struck the GR scene like a bolt from the blue.

FIONA DICKINSON
A dark vision from a British songwriter living in Kalamazoo.

FOUR FINGER FIVE
Soul-drenched Muskegon trio's fan-funded third album.

the FUZZRITES
The party gets an essential blast of garage rock.

GIFT OR CREATURES
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon & Bethany Foote seek truth from the past. Red Sea Pedestrians can't make the show, but Ian Gorman is sitting in with the band.

GHOST HEART
4 men & a tire rim. Maybe Ghostie will make an appearance?

Ghost Heart - Wilderness - Halfway House Sessions from Halfway House on Vimeo.

WYCE JAMMIES XIII performance schedule

2011-12-16T13:36:00.033-05:00

13th annual WYCE Jammie Awards
The Intersection Lounge
Tuesday, February 14th Doors 5pm
Free! All Ages
Bring your donation of non-perishable food items or gently used clothing to take home some free music.

The Showroom Schedule

5:45 Bagpipe Processional by Grand Rapids and District Pipe Band

6:00 GHOST HEART

Awards: Listener Choice Best New Artist/Listener Choice Best Album

6:20 CREOLIZATION

Award: Best Release - Short Form

6:40 STEVE TALAGA

Award: Best Production/Engineering

7:00 THE FAINTING GENERALS

Award: Roots Album of the Year

7:20 FOUR FINGER FIVE

Award: Funk/Jam Album of the Year

7:40 GRUPO AYE

Award: Blues Album of the Year & Jazz Album of the Year

8:00 ORPHEUM BELL

Award: Alternative Album of the Year

8:20 JOSHUA DAVIS

Award: Best Americana Album

8:40 GREG NAGY

Award: 'Traditions!' Award

9:00 CHRIS BATHGATE

Awards: Rock/Pop Album of the Year

9:20 VALENTIGER

Award: Outstanding Female Artist / Outstanding Male Artist

9:40 AN DRO

Award: Song of the Year

10:00 THE CRANE WIVES

Award: Best New Artist

10:20 THE FUZZRITES

Award: Special Jury Prize

10:40 ALEXIS

Award: Album of the Year (The BIG Jammie)

Front Lounge Schedule - hosted by The Willeys

6:05 THE WEALTHY ORPHANS

6:30 THE WILLEYS

6:55 LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS

7:20 DAVE HARDIN

7:45 FIONA DICKINSON

8:10 JES KRAMER

8:35 GIFTS OR CREATURES

9:00 CHAIN OF LAKES

9:25 RED TAIL RING

9:50 MIDNIGHT CATTLE CALLERS

10:15 AFTERHOURS EXPERIENCE

WYCE JAMMIES XIII OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS

2011-12-05T16:08:00.041-05:00

The Jammies are back!
WYCE programmers will vote on the best regional music and present these awards at the 13th annual WYCE Jammie Awards ceremony, Tuesday, February 14th (Valentine's Day!) at The Intersection Lounge.

Album of the Year [ THE BIG JAMMIE]
All albums listed below are eligible

Special Jury Prize
A panel of local critics are being polled in "Best Album" and "Best New Artist" categories

Best Release - SHORT FORM
Alexis - Goldstar
Chain of Lakes - Kind of Quiet
Ella Riot - Love Child
Jacob Bullard - Late July
The MacPodz - The Truth
Jason Norman - Out & Down
Nicholas James Thomasma - Lone Star in the Northern Sky
Paucity - Wait Weight
Pistolbrides - EP
The Water Clocks - The Water Clocks
The Wildfire - The Wildfire

Best Album by a NEW ARTIST
Alexis - Goldstar
Centerville - Middle of Nowhere
Chuck Whiting & His Rowdy Friends - Calamity
The Crane Wives - Safe Ship, Harbored
The FUZZrites - Baby Cakes
Ghost Heart - The Tunnel
Gifts or Creatures - Pilot House
The Little Village - The Little Village
Matt Gabriel - People & Places
Midnight Cattle Callers - Midnight Cattle Callers
Poor Ol' Jim - Poor Ol' Jim
Red Tail Ring - Middlewest Chant and Mountain Shout
Small Houses - North

Best ALTERNATIVE Album
Chris Bathgate - Salt Year
Drunken Barn Dance - Grey Buried
The Fainting Generals - Employee of the Month for Life
Fiona Dickinson - Duende
Ghost Heart - The Tunnel
The Go Rounds - The Go Rounds
GRRRopolis - BOOF
The Mines - Fear is Easy
Papa Vegas - Gravity Wars
Radiator Hospital - Nothin' in My Eyes
Wicker Basket - The Translucent Foil

Best AMERICANA Album
Centerville - Middle of Nowhere
Corn Fed Girls - Papercuts
Creolization - Creolization
Dave Hardin - Miles of Nowhere
Erin Zindle - Scenes from the Fragile, Agile, Avian World
Gifts or Creatures - Pilot House
Joshua Davis - Magnolia Belles
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys - A Different Tune
Midnight Cattle Callers - Midnight Cattle Callers
Nicholas James & The Bandwagon - Saturday Night
Rick Beerhorst - A Little Piece of the Pie
Poor Ol' Jim - Poor Ol' Jim
Seth & May - New Flower
Small Houses - North
Susan Picking - Wonder in the Wander
Who Hit John? - Great Recession Blues
The Willeys - It's About Time

Best BLUES Album
Afterhours Experience - Volume 1
Greg Nagy - Fell Toward None
Root Doctor featuring Freddie Cunningham - Joy
Shari Kane and Dave Steele - Four Hand Blues
Steve Hilger Band - The River
Thirsty Perch Blues Band - Live at Grand Rapids Harley-Davidson
Working Class Heroes - The Kindness of Strangers

Best JAZZ Album
Max Colley III - My Father's World
Grupo Aye - Guajiro Del Corazon
Kayle Clements - XI
Ron DiSalvio - Happily Evans After
Fred Knapp Trio - Standards & More Vol. 1
Glenn Brown & Intergalactic Spiral - 001

Best FUNK/JAM Album
Back Forty - Play a Little Music and Drink a Little Booze
Ella Riot - Love Child
Four Finger Five - Soul in a Suitcase
Funktion - Step Into It
The MacPodz - The Truth
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus - Square Pegs Round Holes

Best ROOTS Album
Black Jake and the Carnies - Sundry Mayhems
The Boss Mustangs - The Boss Mustangs
Calvin Powers - Six Decades of Country
Chuck Whiting & His Rowdy Friends - Calamity
Creolization - Creolization
The FUZZrites - Baby Cakes
Orpheum Bell - The Old Sisters' Home
The Red Sea Pedestrians - The Electromagnetic Escape
Small Town Son - Burning Good Rubber
Those Eighty Acres - Those Eighty Acres
The Wildfire - The Wildfire

Best ROCK/POP Album
Alexis - Goldstar
Chain of Lakes - Kind of Quiet
The Crane Wives - Safe Ship, Harbored
Home Again - Forgotten Years
Jes Kramer - Nine
The Little Village - The Little Village
Matt Gabriel - People & Places
Nervous But Excited - You Are Here
Susan Buchanan - Mr. Crazy and Other Tales
The Water Clocks - The Water Clocks
Valentiger - Oh, To Know!

Best TRADITIONAL Album
An Dro - Tribe
Folias - Tango & Snow
Shari Kane & Dave Steele - Four Hand Blues
Fred Knapp Trio - Standards & More, Vol. 1
Grupo Aye - Guajiro Del Corazon
Joel Mabus - American Anonymous
Red Tail Ring - Middlewest Chant & Mountain Shout

Outstanding FEMALE Artist
Bethany Foote of Gifts or Creatures - Pilot House
Carmen Maret of Folias - Tango and Snow
Carolyn Koebel and Michele Venegas of An Dro - Tribe
Dee Foster of The Midnight Cattle Callers - The Midnight Cattle Callers
Emilee Petersmark and Kate Pillsbury of The Crane Wives - Safe Ship, Harbored
Erin Zindle - Scenes from the Fragile, Agile, Avian World
Jes Kramer - Nine
Juliet Bennett-Rylah of The Fainting Generals - Employee of the Month for Life
Katie Lee of Orpheum Bell - The Old Sisters' Home
Laurel Premo of Red Tail Ring - Middlewest Chant and Mountain Shout
Lauran Bittinger of Creolization - Creolization Live
Lindsay Lou - A Different Tune
May Erlewine of Seth & May - New Flower
Michelle Chamuel of Ella Riot - Love Child
Rachel Flanigan of Red Sea Pedestrians - The Electromagnetic Escape
Shari Kane - Four Hand Blues
Susan Buchanan - Mr.Crazy and Other Tales

Outstanding MALE Artist
Aaron Klein of Orpheum Bell - The Old Sisters' Home
Andrew Bergeron of Folias - Tango and Snow
Andy Willey and Chris Olsen of The Willeys - It's About Time
Brandon John Foote of Gifts or Creatures - Pilot House
Brent Shirey and Scott Rider of Valentiger - Oh, To Know!
Brian Samuels of Ultraviolet Hippopotamus - Square Pegs Round Holes
Chris Bathgate - Salt Year
Chris Eddy of The Fainting Generals - Employee of the Month for Life
Dan Rickabus of The Crane Wives - Safe Ship, Harbored
Dave Hardin - Miles of Nowhere
David Molinari of Creolization - Creolization Live
Dominic John Davis of Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over; Joshua Davis - Magnolia Belles
Fred Knapp of Fred Knapp Trio - Standards & More, Vol. 1
Fred Willson and James Spalink of An Dro - Tribe
Glenn Brown of Glenn Brown & Intergalactic Spiral - 001
Graham Parsons of The Go-Rounds - The Go-Rounds
Greg Nagy - Fell Toward None
Griff and John of Afterhours Experience - Afterhours Experience, Vol. 1
Ian Gorman of The Red Sea Pedestrians - The Electromagnetic Escape
Ira Cohen of The Red Sea Pedestrians - The Electromagnetic Escape and The Corn Fed Girls - Papercuts
Jeremy Quentin of Small Houses - North
Joel Ferguson of Papa Vegas - Gravity Wars
Joel Mabus - American Anonymous
Joshua Davis - Magnolia Belles
Kyle Rasche of Chain of Lakes - Kind of Quiet
Matthew Forbush and Dan Hurst of Alexis - The Night
Michael Beauchamp of Red Tail Ring - Mountain Shout and Middlewest Chant
Michael Cunningham of grrRoPolis - BOOF
Michael Shimmin of Red Sea Pedestrians, Joshua Davis, and Seth and May
Mickey Catalina of The Boss Mustangs - The Boss Mustangs
Nicholas James Thomasma of Nicholas James & The Bandwagon - Saturday Night
Nick VanderVliet of Who Hit John? - Great Recession Blues
Rick Beerhorst - A Little Piece of the Pie
Rob Froh of The Little Village - The Little Village
Robert Mulligan of Grupo Aye - Guajiro Del Corazon
Sam Cook-Parrott of Radiator Hospital - Nothin' in My Eyes
Seth Bernard of Seth & May - New Flower
Steve Talaga - The Shapeshifter
Tim Broderick of Ghost Heart - The Tunnel
Tommy Schichtel of The FUZZrites - Baby Cakes

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Goldstar" - Alexis
"Kind of Quiet" - Chain of Lakes
"No Silver" - Chris Bathgate
"Safe Ship, Harbored" - The Crane Wives
"Knock Once, Knock Twice, Zydeco" - Creolization
"Employee of the Month for Life" - The Fainting Generals
"No Canticle" - Ghost Heart
"Still Means the World to Me" - Greg Nagy and Jim Alfredson
"Something" - Jes Kramer
"Final Refrain" - Joshua Davis
"Ramblin' Cat" - Midnight Cattle Callers
"Poor Laetitia" - Orpheum Bell
"Keynahore" - Red Sea Pedestrians
"Sugar Wine" - Red Tail Ring
"A Little Piece of the Pie" - Rick Beerhorst
"Dark Eyes" - Root Doctor featuring Freddie Cunningham
"When We Run" - Seth and May
"P.Diddy" - The Little Village
"Giants" - Ultraviolet Hippopotamus
"Oh, to Know!" - Valentiger

Best PRODUCTION/ENGINEERING
Al McAvoy - The Willeys - It's About Time; Creolization - Live
Bill Chrysler and Four Finger Five - Soul in a Suitcase
Brandon John Foote and Seth Bernard - Gifts or Creatures - Pilot House
Dave Hardin & Kurt Ehinger - Dave Hardin - Miles of Nowhere
Ian Gorman - The Red Sea Pedestrians - The Electromagnetic Escape; Seth & May - New Flower; (with The Corn Fed Girls) - Papercuts
Dustin J. Anderson - The Little Village - The Little Village
Fiona Dickinson & Andy Catlin - Fiona Dickinson - Duende
Glenn Brown - Root Doctor - Joy; Susan Buchanan - Mr. Crazy and Other Tales; Glenn Brown and Intergalactic Spiral - Glenn Brown and Intergalactic Spiral
Greg Baxter - Nicholas James and the Bandwagon - Saturday Night
Greg Nagy and Jim Alfredson - Greg Nagy - Fell Toward None
Jim Roll - Chris Bathgate - Salt Year; Erin Zindle - The Fragile, Agile Avian World; Drunken Barn Dance - Grey Buried; Nervous But Excited - You Are Here
Joel Ferguson - Papa Vegas - Gravity Wars
John Stites - Steve Talaga - The Shapeshifter
Joshua Davis & Geoff Michael - Joshua Davis - Magnolia Belles
Justin VanHaven - Chain of Lakes - Kind of Quiet; The Wildfire - The Wildfire
Matt Ten Clay - The Fainting Generals - Employee of the Month for Life; grrRoPolis - BOOF; The Little Village - The Little Village
Laurel Premo (with Red Tail Ring) - Mountain Shout and Middlewest Chant
Midnight Cattle Callers - Midnight Cattle Callers
Rob Savage - Ultraviolet Hippopotamus - Square Pegs Round Holes
Robert Mulligan - Grupo Aye - Guajiro Del Corazon
Dan Rickabus and Ben Zito - The Crane Wives - Safe Ship, Harbored
The Go-Rounds - The Go-Rounds
Tommy Schichtel - Ghost Heart - The Tunnel; The FUZZrites - Baby Cakes; The Boss Mustangs - The Boss Mustangs
Valentiger - Oh, to Know!

Please offer corrections to: matt@grcmc.org

New Stuff - 11.30.2011

2011-12-01T16:28:00.003-05:00

SIGUR ROS - Inni
"inni is either the first-ever sigur rós live album, or second live film (and follow up to 2007's acclaimed iceland tour film heima). in fact, it is both: a 75-minute film and 105-minute double live album of the band captured in full flow at the close of their last tour in november 2008, here housed within one single fat package."

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - Ceremonials
This one topped 5 million views. #justsayin

PIERS FACCINI - My Wilderness
One of those remarkably adventurous albums that just won't get played...unless you do. Raised in France, Piers has collaborated over the years with a diverse cast that includes Rokia Traore, Ben Harper, Ballake Sissoko, Patrick Watson and others

FOUR FINGER FIVE - Soul in a Suitcase
Fan funded third album from Muskegon, MI trio

KATE BUSH - 50 Words for Snow

SONS OF FATHERS - Sons of Fathers
San Marcos, TX

ICEBIRD - The Abandoned Lullaby
RJD2 and vocalist Aaron Livingston

LIJADU SISTERS - Danger [originally released 1976]

Latest and Greatest - 11.17.2011

2011-11-17T12:05:00.003-05:00

THE MacPODZ - The Truth
New EP from guitarless Ann Arbor 5-piece.

SMALL HOUSES - North
Small Houses is a Michigan based indie/folk project featuring the songs and poems of Flint native Jeremy Quentin. North is a fan-funded project. Check him out on Daytrotter.

IAN SIEGAL & THE YOUNGEST SONS - The Skinny
"What would happen if you took the UK’s leading contemporary bluesman and put him in the midst of the music community of north Mississippi?"

DEER TICK - Divine Providence
Deer Tick, as they'll point out, is a band.

MASON JENNINGS - Minnesota
A piano-based record, his ninth.

SOMI! - Live at Jazz Standard
Born in Illinois to Rwandan and Ugandan immigrants, Somi has lived in Zambia and now makes San Francisco her home. Inspired by Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, she sings in English and three African languages.

WHITEHORSE - Whitehorse
Debut of Toronto-based husband/wife duo Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland

DALE WATSON & THE TEXAS TWO - Sun Sessions

Freshest Picks - 11.3.2011

2011-11-03T16:22:00.004-04:00

MARKETA IRGLOVA - Anar
Solo debut from 23-year-old film and Swell Season veteran.

PIETA BROWN - Mercury
Seems ages ago Pieta came down for her first Hat Trick Concert appearance. Here's her latest album, available on Red House Records.

DAN MANGAN - Oh Fortune!
We're finally all-in on this Vancouver musician and his adventurous new album. The band performed it in its entirety for CBC Radio 3; one of many video links is here.

MATES OF STATE - Mountaintops

YO-YO MA, STEWART DUNCAN, EDGAR MEYER & CHRIS THILE - The Goat Rodeo Sessions
featuring Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still

Inside the Goat Rodeo Sessions:

Outside the Goat Rodeo Sessions: