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01/19/2025

One more Talking Heads giveaway on WNMC tonight! This one even more desirable perhaps ...

A deluxe reissue of Talking Heads '77, 3 CDs: the remastered original, a disc of demos and outtakes, and the third disc recorded live at CBGB's in 1977, all of which are previously unreleased; plus a 4th disc with the Atmos mix on blu-ray, all packaged in an 80-page hardcover book.

Listen to the Weekend Underground starting at 10pm tonight to find out how to make it yours.

01/17/2025

As mentioned on First*Light this morning . . .

01/17/2025

As reported on First*Light this morning . . .

01/16/2025

We are giving away one of these special edition sets of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense tonight on Evening Rock with Jen. Two CDs and DVD. Listen from 9-11pm and find out how you can make this set yours . . .

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12/27/2024

As mentioned on First*Light this morning...

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12/24/2024

Our top Jazz spins from 2024:

Artist | Release | Label
Ulysses Owens Jr | A New Beat | Cellar Live
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer | But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? | Mack Avenue
Etienne Charles | Creole Orchestra | Culture Shock
Diego Rivera | With Just a Word | Posi-Tone
Ada Rovatti | The Hidden World of Piloo | Piloo;
The Soul Jazz Rebels | Iconiq | Black Stamp
Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet + Gospel Choir | Wonderful! | Cellar
Monty Alexander | D-Day | PeeWee!
Randy Napoleon | The Door Is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill | OA2
The Jazz Defenders | Memory In Motion | Haggis
Andrew Bird Trio | Sunday Morning Put-On | Loma Vista
Planet D Nonet | Echoes of Harlem | Eastlawn
The Dave Stryker Trio | Groove Street | Strikezone
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck | Remembrance | Thirty Tigers;
Ruben Caban | Kangana | self-released
The Clayton Hamilton Jazz. Orch | And So It Goes | R.M.I
Julian Lage | Speak to Me | Blue Note

12/20/2024

Snow pic mentioned on First*Light this morning. Michael says: White Christmas is in the offing!

12/16/2024

Zakir Hussain was one of the great virtuosi of our time, who also happened to be one of the great cross-cultural collaborators of our time.

I first saw him back in the late 1980s at Lehigh University when he was touring with Ravi Shankar. Ravi Shankar was great--be in no doubt--but the thing that captured everyone in the audience I was in was the superhuman tabla player.

I am proud to have been in an audience that had to be admonished by Ravi to hold our applause until the rag was done. Propriety be damned, we had to let that young man know his efforts were very much appreciated!

He was born in 1951 in Mumbai. His father was Ravi Shankar's longtime collaborator, tabla master Alla Rakha. He trained with his father and from an early age accompanied Indian musicians on international tours.

His collabortations with Westerners started in the 1970s and continued through his life--Shakti with John McLaughlin, Planet Drum with Micky Hart, and various projects with Bela Fleck being the most familiar.

They were hugely influential on me and many, many others who were curious about the grand tradition of Indian classical music.

He was one of the greats and he leaves a huge muscial legacy behind to explore or re-explore. Sad to see him go so early.

--eric

Photo Credit: Jim McGuire Zakir Hussain, a renowned tabla virtuoso and percussionist who was instrumental in spreading the sound and splendor of classical

12/12/2024

If you missed the broadcast, just click on the pic to hear the interview.

Author Bill Morris discusses his new book, The Lions Finally Roar, and his appearance this coming Wednesday as part of the National Writers Series at thew City Opera House. For tickets and more info: www.cityoperahouse.org/node/626

Author Bill Morris discusses his new book, The Lions Finally Roar, and his appearance this coming Wednesday as part of the National Writers Series at thew City Opera House. For tickets and more info:

12/12/2024

Our guest on WNMC this afternoon: Bill Morris, author of The Lions Finally Roar, which follows the Detroit Lions from decades of disaster to their current success.

Interview right after the top-of-hour business at 2pm.

12/10/2024

Guest on Local Motion this week: John Piatek. Friday 5-6:30 PM

12/06/2024

As mentioned on Forst*Light this morning...

Created by Attilla Danko and maintained by CSCCharts, it's the astronomer's forecast. At a glance, it shows when it will be cloudy or clear for the next few days. It's a prediction of when Traverse City, MI, will have good weather for astronomical observing.

12/05/2024

What has been your favorite memory for the last 20 years?

12/04/2024

Our Top 16 Rock discs in 2024 . . .

Artist Title Label
Kim Gordon The Collective Matador
Waxahatchee Tigers Blood Anti-
The Decemberists As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again Y.A.B.B.
SPRINTS Letter to Self City Slang
Ride Interplay Wichita
Pillow Queens Name Your Sorrow Royal Mountain
The Jesus and Mary Chain Glasgow Eyes Fuzz Club
Boeckner Boeckner! Sub Pop
Jack White No Name Third Man
Habibi Dreamachine Kill Rock Stars
IDLES TANGK Liberator Music / Partisan Records
Man Man Carrot On Strings Sub Pop
Future Islands People Who Aren’t There Anymore 4AD
Real Estate Daniel Domino
The Black Keys Ohio Players Nonesuch
DIIV Frog In Boiling Water Fantasy

12/03/2024

Top Alternative Country in 2024:

Artist | Release | Label
Corb Lund | El Viejo | New West
Pokey LaFarge | Rhumba Country | New West
Swamp Dogg | Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St | Oh Boy
Jay Gavin | Road Ready | Good Time Charlie’s
Gurf Morlix | Melt into You | Rootball
The Western Swing Authority | 12 to 6 Central | Curve Music
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings | Woodland Studios | Acony
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets | Indoor Safari | Yep Roc
The Secret Sisters | Mind, Man, Medicine | New West
Jomo and the Possum Posse | Yesterday's Coffee | self;
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain

12/03/2024

Our Blues Top 10 in 2024

Artist
Album Title
Label

Tinsley Ellis
Naked Truth
Alligator Records

Canned Heat
Finyl Vinyl
Ruf

Sean Riley & The Water
Stone Cold Hands
Pugnacious

Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere
About Time
Blue Rock

Steve Shanahan
Blue Ranchero
8th Train

Sue Foley
One Guitar Woman
Stony Plain

Johnny Burgin
Ramblin' From Coast to Coast
Straight Shooter

Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind
Behind the Veil
Gulf Coast

Hudspeth & Taylor
Ridin' the Blinds
Hudspeth and Taylor

Bob Corritore
Bob Corritore & Friends: Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me
VizzTone

11/26/2024

Tommorow on Mornings: Scott Zimmerman, Community President at Mercantile Bank, a relatively new presence in Traverse City and a sponsor of the IAF Speaker Series. (www.tciaf.com for more info on the series, which gets rolling again in February).

We'll be talking about the world of banking and Mercantile's role in Traverse City. Starts at 7:30am.

11/13/2024

Brief interview with John Pournoor, who is appearing Thursday evening as part of NMC's International Affairs Forum. More details at tciaf.com

A brief talk with John Pournoor, appearing as part of NMC's International Affairs Forum at the Dennos Museum Center on Thursday, November 14th. tciaf.com for more information and tickets.