Season 5

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Having a Ball: Best of Season 5

S5 Ep514 | 57m 52s

Highlights from season 5 of the television series featuring music made in Michigan.

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Funktion

S5 Ep513 | 58m 18s

Funk powerhouse from Kalamazoo. Recorded live at Albert White Auditorium in East Lansing.

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Kevin Nichols and Blue Tuesday

S5 Ep512 | 58m 43s

Hard-driving blues from Jackson, Michigan. Recorded live at BluesFest 2013.

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Lowdown Brass Band

S5 Ep511 | 59m 16s

Second-line New Orleans sound meets hip-hop, reggae and funk.

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Big LLou and the Bluesville Revue

S5 Ep510 | 58m 16s

Big LLou Johnson hosts some of Chicago's hottest blues acts, recorded live at Bluesfest

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Phil Denny

S5 Ep509 | 56m 50s

Contemporary urban jazz led by blazing sax from Lansing native Phil Denny.

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Simien the Whale

S5 Ep508 | 55m 30s

Break-beat rock and indie-pop.

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Maurice Davis Quartet

S5 Ep507 | 56m 51s

Party blues from Flint, Michigan. Recorded live at BluesFest 2013 in Lansing's Oldtown.

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The Hard Lessons

S5 Ep506 | 55m 21s

High-energy indie-rock from Detroit.

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Rodney Whitaker Quartet

S5 Ep505 | 55m 47s

Jazz from a true master of the double bass, with some of the best players in the land.

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Mustard Plug

S5 Ep504 | 58m 24s

Ska-punk dance party music from Grand Rapids.

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Sugar Ray and the Bluetones

S5 Ep503 | 58m 30s

Sizzling blues harp from the legendary Sugar Ray. Recorded live at Lansing BluesFest 2013

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Mardra and Reggie Thomas

S5 Ep502 | 58m 48s

Jazz vocals from Mardra Thomas, Reggie Thomas and the Rodney Whitaker Quartet.

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Elliot Street Lunatic

S5 Ep501 | 57m 36s

Indie rock from Michigan's capital city.