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NIK THOMPSON NAMED PERMANENT HOST OF SUNDAY BEST ON 89.1, WEMU

YPSILANTI:   89.1 Jazz host, Nik Thompson, has been named the permanent host of Sunday Best, Sundays 10a-1p, on 89.1,WEMU, Eastern Michigan University’s public radio station.  Thompson has been serving as interim host of the traditional jazz program since longtime host, Dr. Arwulf Arwulf, stepped down in early February.  Thompson will continue hosting 89.1 Jazz on Saturdays (5-8a) through the end of April when a new host will be named.

WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY MARCH 26 TO April 1, 2012:  LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

1.       GREGORY PORTER  “Be Good”   (Motema Music)

2.       ESPERANZA SPALDING   “Radio Music Society”  (Heads Up/Montuno)

3.       KENNY GARRETT “Seeds From The Underground” (Mack Avenue Records)

4.       BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO “Ode” (Nonesuch)

5.       MATT WILSON’S ARTS & CRAFTS “An Attitude For Gratitude” (Palmetto Records)

6.    DON BYRON NEW GOSPEL QUINTET "Love, Peace, And Soul" (Savoy Jazz)

Robin Meloy Goldsby may have been destined for show business. She had the requisite musical roots –- her father, Bob Rawsthorne, played drums for the PBS program Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. She also had the early childhood experiences: Through her dad's involvement in Pittsburgh show business, she had the opportunity to act and play piano in various local productions.

WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY MARCH 19 TO MARCH 25, 2012:  LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

1.    RUTHIE FOSTER “LET IT BURN” (BLUE CORN MUSIC)

2.    JANIVA MAGNESS “STRONGER FOR IT” (ALLIGATOR)

3.    VARIOUS ARTISTS “CHICO & RITA (SOUNDTRACK)” (CALLE 54)

4.    MATT WILSON’S ARTS & CRAFTS “AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE” (PALMETTO)

5.    GREGORY PORTER “BE GOOD” (MOTÉMA MUSIC)

6.    KENNY GARRETT “SEEDS FROM THE UNDERGROUND” (MACK AVENUE)

7.    THE FUNK ARK “HIGH NOON” (ESL)

WEMU Sweet Sixteen For The Week Of March 12 to March 18, 2012

These are the sixteen most played recordings on WEMU!

    May 4th - Planet D Nonet

Live at the Raven's Club, 207 S. Main Street in Ann Arbor Sesi Motors 5:01 First Friday Series dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Jan Winkelman.

May 4th - Planet D Nonet

WEMU Sweet Sixteen For The Week Of March 5 to March 11, 2012

These are the sixteen most played recordings on WEMU!

WEMU (89.1 FM), the Eastern Michigan University public radio station, has dedicated its First Friday 5:01 Jazz Series at Ann Arbor's  Raven's Club to the memory of Jan Winkelman, a devoted jazz fan and listener, who died 8 March 2007. A fund has been established in his honor at WEMU to finance the series and other special performances.

WEMU Sweet Sixteen For The Week Of February 27 to March 4, 2012

These are the sixteen most played recordings on WEMU!

You may not know violinist Jenny Scheinman by name, but she's all over the place.

It is said of Shannon Powell that he's part of New Orleans' musical DNA — that he knows things only local drummers know.

Powell, 49, is the A-list drummer in town. He's played with Dr. John, Harry Connick Jr., Nicholas Payton, R&B guitarist Earl King and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Paul McCartney, Madonna, Doc Watson and Luciano Pavarotti have at least one thing in common: They've all collaborated with Irish folk band

WEMU Sweet Sixteen For The Week Of February 27 to March 4, 2012

These are the sixteen most played recordings on WEMU!