This week’s special Thanksgiving weekend edition of Local Spins on WYCE lays out a banquet of tracks by Michigan acts. Plus, we celebrate the holiday with special performances by three Michigan stars.
Television and Radio Stars :Billy Strings and band on stage during the “Tonight Show.” (Screenshot)
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Musically, there’s a lot to be thankful for in 2024 — especially when it comes to the impact that Michigan artists have made regionally and nationally.
Thursday’s Thanksgiving lineup for much-hyped and much-watched television broadcasts alone put Michigan in the spotlight:
• Bluegrass guitar superstar and Grammy Award nominee Billy Strings and band delivered a rousing take on “Seven Weeks in County” during “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”;
• Actor, singer-songwriter, Michigan resident and Detroit Tigers/Lions fan Jeff Daniels uncorked a fun tribute to the first-place Detroit Lions before their tilt with the Chicago Bears at Ford Field;
Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish: New live album drops today. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
• Soulful Americana duo The War and Treaty, who launched their career in Albion, performed a holiday classic during the nationally televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. (Scroll down to watch videos of all of these performances.)
But that just scratches the surface: Local Spins on WYCE, which showcases Michigan music at 11 a.m. Fridays and 5 p.m. Sundays on WYCE (88.1 FM) and online at wyce.org, has debuted more than 375 songs by Great Lakes State artists so far this year and the show continued that trend by premiering nine new tracks by local and regional artists during its special Thanksgiving weekend show:
Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish (“30 Hours” from the band’s new “Live at Off the Record,” released today), Empress Eyes (the new single “Sober”), Abe Savas (“Different People,” officially being released next week), Black Note Graffiti (“Place You Lie” from their new alt-metal album, “Resist the Divide”), SPUDDIES (“Ascension”), Mad Hat Mojo (“Spending All My Time With You” from their new album, “Brooklyn Daze”), Saltbreaker (“Floating Aimlessly”), Ally Evenson (“One Trick Pony” from her new release, “Blue Super Love”), Y-Not (the new single, “Carpe Diem,” released just today) and FlyLiteGemini (“As Days Go By” from their upcoming new album, “Time Is an Island”).
Scroll down to the listen to the full radio show, which also features “thankful” tracks by Josh Rose, Miriam Pico and Aspen Jacobsen.
With the YouTube video racking up about 30,000 views in just 10 hours, Billy Strings’ performance of a song from his new album, “Highway Prayers,” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday night drew raves from Fallon: “That’s how you do it right there! Billy Strings. Catch him on tour now. Well done! Oh my goodness.”
VIDEO: Billy Strings, “Seven Weeks in County” (Tonight Show)
Jeff Daniels
VIDEO: Jeff Daniels, “Say Goodbye to the Same Ol’ Lions”
Click on this link: https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1554770
After singing the National Anthem ahead of last year’s Thanksgiving Day game at Detroit’s Ford Field, The War and Treaty wowed fans with another national TV appearance by performing a passionate rendition of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday morning.
VIDEO: The War & Treaty during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE (11/29/24)
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