MI Local: Best of 2025’s live in-studio performances

On MI Local, you’ll often hear in-person interviews with a wide range of local artists. We also get quite a bit of live music on the air!

Many of my guests have been stopping by to talk about an upcoming album release, or maybe a big concert they have coming up. While WDET listeners are able to hear some Q&A where we hear about their origins and their creative process, these guests also tend to bring in acoustic guitars, sometimes saxophones, sometimes even drum kits, and perform live during the show!

It’s just one week in to the New Year, so I thought I’d take one last look back at 2025 and listen to some of the recorded performances. The headline up top says “best of,” but it was honestly so hard to choose! What you’ll hear on this episode is roughly 60% of the live performances I’ve featured throughout the year, including Stef Chura, Lyons Lane, Metal Bubble Trio, The Whiskey Charmers and The City Lines.

Stay tuned, because I already have some guests booked for this year, including return visits from Checker and The Ethan Marc Band. We’re also looking forward to Jackamo stopping in ahead of their upcoming album release! Stay tuned, and find the full playlist for this week’s show, below!

Thanks for listening!

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

• “Universal Themes” – Metal Bubble Trio
• “Green Cement” – Phabies
• “Hell’s Bathroom Floor” – Carmel Liburdi
• “Aerosol” – Checker
• “Out Loud” – The City Lines
• “Black Hole” – Former Critics
• “Chapels” – The Idiot Kids
• “Good Thing” – Lauren Blackford
• “Song For Joe” – John Freeman
• “Everything That I Love” – Mara Wanna
• “You’ll Always Love Me” – Rose St. Germaine
• “All I Do Is Live” – Stef Chura ft. Deleano Acevedo
• “Love Potion # 9” – Lyons Lane
• “Departures” – Corazon Szell
• “Full Moon” – The Whiskey Charmers