This holiday troika of podcasts features two Local Spins on WYCE broadcasts and this week’s edition of “GR Live” to wrap up 2016 on an upbeat musical note. Happy New Year!
It was a week of looking back, and looking forward — at least when it comes to Local Spins-hosted podcasts.
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It started with the Dec. 23 edition of Local Spins on WYCE featuring an interview with singer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Stancil, formerly of the Grand Rapids bands Potato Moon and Quadraphonic, who now lives in California — and who has unfurled a fetching musical project with his sister, Laura (a duo dubbed Phil & Lu), as well as forming the pop/rock band Midnight Faces with Matthew Doty of Saxon Shore.
That podcast also featured the debut of new music by regional acts Straight Light, The Outer Vibe, Oliver Houston and Morgan Haner, plus a look back at 2016 releases by The Bootstrap Boys, Big Dudee Roo, The Legal Immigrants and The Go Rounds. Listen to the full podcast here.
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE with Phil Stancil (Dec. 23, 2016)
On Thursday, John Sinkevics of Local Spins also hosted the pre-New Year’s edition of “GR Live” at H.O.M.E. in The B.O.B. (filling in for regular host Quinn Mathews).
This week’s show boasted splendid, extended performances by the Vox Vidorra duo of Molly Bouwsma Schultz and Theo Ndawillie and the Eric Engblade Trio. (Vox Vidorra is playing the New Year’s Eve show at Wealthy Theatre with The Go Rounds, The Crane Wives and Seth Bernard; Engblade and The Underground Circus are playing Rockford Brewing.) Listen to that “GR Live” podcast featuring those performances here.
PODCAST: GR Live with Vox Vidorra and Eric Engblade (Dec. 29, 2016)
VIDEO: ‘GR Live’ with the Vox Vidorra Duo
Finally, on Friday, Local Spins on WYCE presented a “Year-in-Review” edition of the weekly program, featuring local and regional releases from 2016 as selected by West Michigan musicians and Local Spins writers. The podcast featured music from Vulfpeck, Joose the Conqueror, The Concussions, Matt Gabriel, The Crane Wives, Channing & Quinn, Lambo, Flushed, Coffin Problem, Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish, The Great Ones, Hoops, Red Tail Ring and Conrad Shock & The Noise.
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE (Dec. 30, 2016)
BONUS: For this week’s Local Spins Live podcast with special guest Matt Plessner (on WJRW), click online here.
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