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Having a Ball: Best of Season 5
Highlights from season 5 of the television series featuring music made in Michigan.
S5 Ep514 | 57m 52s
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Funktion
Funk powerhouse from Kalamazoo. Recorded live at Albert White Auditorium in East Lansing.
S5 Ep513 | 58m 18s
Kevin Nichols and Blue Tuesday
Hard-driving blues from Jackson, Michigan. Recorded live at BluesFest 2013.
S5 Ep512 | 58m 43s
Lowdown Brass Band
Second-line New Orleans sound meets hip-hop, reggae and funk.
S5 Ep511 | 59m 16s
Big LLou and the Bluesville Revue
Big LLou Johnson hosts some of Chicago's hottest blues acts, recorded live at Bluesfest
S5 Ep510 | 58m 16s
Phil Denny
Contemporary urban jazz led by blazing sax from Lansing native Phil Denny.
S5 Ep509 | 56m 50s
Simien the Whale
Break-beat rock and indie-pop.
S5 Ep508 | 55m 30s
Maurice Davis Quartet
Party blues from Flint, Michigan. Recorded live at BluesFest 2013 in Lansing's Oldtown.
S5 Ep507 | 56m 51s
The Hard Lessons
High-energy indie-rock from Detroit.
S5 Ep506 | 55m 21s
Rodney Whitaker Quartet
Jazz from a true master of the double bass, with some of the best players in the land.
S5 Ep505 | 55m 47s
Mustard Plug
Ska-punk dance party music from Grand Rapids.
S5 Ep504 | 58m 24s
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones
Sizzling blues harp from the legendary Sugar Ray. Recorded live at Lansing BluesFest 2013
S5 Ep503 | 58m 30s
Mardra and Reggie Thomas
Jazz vocals from Mardra Thomas, Reggie Thomas and the Rodney Whitaker Quartet.
S5 Ep502 | 58m 48s
Elliot Street Lunatic
Indie rock from Michigan's capital city.
S5 Ep501 | 57m 36s