Today, we reveal the Top 10 songs of the year by Michigan bands and solo acts, based on airplay at Grand Rapids’ WYCE (88.1 FM). View the Top 10, listen to the music.
The Year’s No. 1 Song: Came courtesy of Myron Elkins, shown here playing Tip Top Deluxe. (Photo/Chelsea Whitaker)
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Talk about another banner year for Michigan music.
Fast-emerging stars dazzled the world – Billy Strings (from Muir), Greta Van Fleet (from Frankenmuth), The War and Treaty (from Albion) – while the region continued to spawn a growing number of impressive, up-and-coming artists who released infectious tracks spanning countless genres, hip hop to Americana.
Local Spins on WYCE, which spotlights music by Michigan artists at 11 a.m. Fridays and 5 p.m. Sundays on WYCE (88.1 FM) and online at wyce.org, debuted more than 400 new tracks by local and regional artists in 2023, as well as interviewing more than four dozen acts and studio owners to give listeners a unique peek into their creative process.
At No. 2 and No. 6: The War and Treaty (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
Many other programmers at the Grand Rapids community radio station were equally stoked about Michigan-bred music, thus filling the airwaves seven days a week.
Ultimately, through listener requests and programmer selections, WYCE music director Chris Cranick compiled a Top 10 list of the most-played tracks by artists from Michigan, revealed in today’s Local Spins on WYCE broadcast and podcast (which you can listen to by scrolling down to the bottom of this page).
So, sans a drum roll and without further adieu, here are the Top 10 most-played Michigan tracks of 2023 (including a song nominated for a Grammy Award, “Blank Page”):
1. Myron Elkins, “Hands To Myself”
2. The War and Treaty, “Ain’t No Harmin’ Me”
3. The Bootstrap Boys, “Call My Bluff”
4. Whorled, “Seven”
5. Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions, “Where You Are”
6. The War and Treaty, “Blank Page”
7. Cal in Red, “Can I Call You Tonight?”
8. Pretoria, “As If”
9. Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps, “Spill”
10. Earth Radio, “Space”
The No. 1 artist, Myron Elkins, plays The Stache inside The Intersection in Grand Rapids at 8 p.m. Saturday, and Earth Radio joins Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers for a New Year’s Eve show at Grewal Hall at 222 in Lansing. (Dutcher Snedeker and Hannah Laine of Earth Radio also play Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids on Friday evening, Dec. 29, along with Normal Mode.)
Listen to the full radio podcast here, a show that also includes new music from Pablo Eskobear, Jake Allen and Jessie Berkshires.
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE (12/29/23)
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