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11/14/2025

Here's the recording of this morning's interview with novelist Joe Hill:

Joe Hill is coming to the Opera House as part of the National Writers Series on Saturday evening (11/15/25). Here's is our Mornings interview with him about his big new book, King Sorrow. https://nati

11/13/2025

Friday's interview with Don Julin, who is bringing an exciting new trio to the Alluvion on Saturday night 11/15. The group features Hayes Griffin on guitar and Tom Knific on bass. Check out thealluvion.org for tickets and more info

Don Julin brings some vinyl along and talks about his upcoming show at the Alluvion (Saturday, November 15). Check out thealluvion.org for more information

11/11/2025

Interview with Luke Winslow-King coming up on Crossroads at 5pm!

Luke is playing the Dennos on Sunday Nov. 23 at 6pm. Monday Crossroads host Jason does the interview, and we even get a bit of new material from Luke!

For tix/info on the concert:
https://www.simpletix.com/e/luke-winslow-king-tickets-228064

11/04/2025

The joy of community radio is discovering new music and new artists.

We're coming a bit late to the party, but let's just say Meredith Moon is really terrific.

We've got both her CDs now, though, so feel free to request!

Meredith Moon’s third album, From Here To The Sea, finds the Canadian-born songwriter and instrumentalist taking a slight detour from the Appalachian old-time roots of the album’s predecessor, Constellations. Produced and recorded in Ontario and Nashville by Colin Linden (Lucinda Williams, T-Bon...

10/30/2025

Our Top 30 from last week . . .

Rank ARTIST Record (Label)
1 AUTOMATIC Is It Now? (Stones Throw)
2 WATER FROM YOUR EYES It's A Beautiful Place (Matador/Beggars)
3 ROOMFUL OF BLUES Steppin' Out! (Alligator)
4 BILLY BRANCH AND THE SONS OF BLUES The Blues Is My Biography (Rosa's Lounge)
5 BUDDY GUY Ain't Done With The Blues (Silvertone/RCA)
6 GEESE Getting Killed (Partisan)
7 KIRK FLETCHER Keep On Pushing (Vizztone)
8 YATES MCKENDREE Need To Know (Qualified)
9 PACKAGING Packaging (Share It)
10 ARTICHOKE Artichoke (Self-Released)
11 BALTIMORE JAZZ COLLECTIVE self-titled (Stricker Street)
12 MUD MORGANFIELD Deep Mud (Nola Blue)
13 UPCHUCK I'm Nice Now (Domino)
14 CHEIKH LO Maame (World Circuit)
15 GIACOMO SMITH Manouche (Stunt)
16 WET LEG moisturizer (Domino)
17 MOTHER MOTHER Nostalgia (Warner)
18 BRAD MEHLDAU Ride Into The Sun (Nonesuch)
19 BLACK LIPS, THE Season Of The Peach (Fire)
20 DUST Sky Is Falling (Kanine)
21 GOLOMB The Beat Goes On (No Quarter)
22 SNOOPER Worldwide (Third Man)
23 AUTOCAMPER What Do You Do All Day? (Slumberland)
24 OSEES Abomination Revealed At Last (Deathgod)
25 SPRINTS All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
26 WEDNESDAY Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
27 DEAD TOOTH Dead Tooth (Trash Casual)
28 GREET DEATH Die In Love (Deathwish)
29 BITCHIN BAJAS Inland See [EP] (Drag City)
30 BARRY CAN'T SWIM Loner (Ninja Tune)

10/24/2025

$500 match up right now in honor of Biz, longtime host of Friday Afternoon Jazz and WNMC's Jazz Music Director. Biz has stepped back from his volunteer role, but we wanted to honor his 20+ years of music curation for WNMC!

231-995-1090 or....

WNMC is local radio from Northwestern Michigan College for the Grand Traverse area. We don't beam our programming down from satellites or consult playlists generated by focus groups in Los Angeles. We play what we — right here in Traverse City — think is great music. We hope you enjoy it, and wi...

10/23/2025

Closing Days of the Fall Fundraiser and a long way to go in raising funds. Last Crossroads show of the drive on right now. Please give to Community Radio, local volunteers, local programming, local support: Give Now by clicking below:

WNMC is local radio from Northwestern Michigan College for the Grand Traverse area. We don't beam our programming down from satellites or consult playlists generated by focus groups in Los Angeles. We play what we — right here in Traverse City — think is great music. We hope you enjoy it, and wi...

10/23/2025

Nic doing Jam Band for the Jazz Fan until 5pm. Give him a call: 231-995-1090 or ....

WNMC is local radio from Northwestern Michigan College for the Grand Traverse area. We don't beam our programming down from satellites or consult playlists generated by focus groups in Los Angeles. We play what we — right here in Traverse City — think is great music. We hope you enjoy it, and wi...

10/21/2025

And here's more thing you can count on from WNMC: interesting interviews, information about great college events. Christopher Preble is appearing Thursday as part of the International Affairs Forum-Traverse City series at the Dennos Museum Center

We cultivate the life of the mind in our northern Michigan community. Help pay for some fertilizer: https://www.nmc.edu/about/foundation/wnmc.html

Christopher Preble is appearing as part of the International Affairs Forum on Thursday, October 23. Reception begins at 6pm. Preble is Senior Fellow and Director of the Reimagining US Grand Strategy p

10/20/2025

Josephine and Michael on air today raising the funds that keep Coomunity Radio alive. Lend a hand! Call 231-995-1090 or . . .

https://www.nmc.edu/about/foundation/wnmc.html

10/18/2025

https://www.nmc.edu/about/foundation/wnmc.html

Well, it looks like we we've spent all of our money on records again!

Fall Fundraiser starts tomorrow at 8am!

And music is a pretty small portion of what we spend money on (the vast majority of what we play is sent to us for free!)

But we do have bills to obligations to meet, and your generosity is how we do it.

We've been federal funding free for thirty years or more. We dig up music gems and share them with you. You enjoy the music and the people who bring it to you. We run a fundraiser, and you do whatever you deem to be appropriate to keep the great music coming.

That's how it has worked since we started as a real public radio station more than 40 years ago.

And that's how we hope it will continue to be. More great music. More interesting personalities from our northern Michigan community. And more support from that same community.

WNMC: community radio, community supported. No stae money. No federal money. No corporate money. Just us.

And a whole load of records.

https://www.nmc.edu/about/foundation/wnmc.html

WNMC is local radio from Northwestern Michigan College for the Grand Traverse area. We don't beam our programming down from satellites or consult playlists generated by focus groups in Los Angeles. We play what we — right here in Traverse City — think is great music. We hope you enjoy it, and wi...

09/24/2025

This morning's interview with Amanda and Mike of Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings.

https://soundcloud.com/wnmcradio/golden-fowler-edit