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The weekly song selection of WDET’s creative producer Sam Beaubien, a longtime Detroit musician who also helms the soul-funk band Will Sessions.
Find out about the latest releases in the underground music scene to yesterday’s forgotten-but-should-be-remembered deep cuts pulled from the genres of funk, jazz, hiphop, dance and soul genres. Every Monday and Thursday, Sam Beaubien goes on CultureShift to play a special mix of his weekly picks, interviews artists and the occasional live in-studio performance.
The Sam’s Jams Spotify playlist will update with a new batch of songs on Mondays after airing on CultureShift, so bookmark this page to find your new favorite song each week, and make sure you hit “FOLLOW” on the Spotify playlist!
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Sam’s Jams Live: Jon Dixon
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Sam’s Jams Live: Wendell Harrison
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Sam’s Jams Live: Kyle Hall
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Sam’s Jams Live: Urban Art Orchestra
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Sam’s Jams Live: Dames Brown
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New Generations Find Their Voice In Jazz
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Sam’s Jams: Funk, Prog-Rock, and Underground Disco
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Sam’s Jams: The First Black British Band to Top the Billboard R&B Chart
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Listen to WDET’S Sam Beaubien Two-Hour All Detroit Airwave Takeover
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Sam’s Jams: The Beat Behind Afrobeat
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Sam’s Jams: This Boogie Track Became the Theme Music for BET
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Sam’s Jams: 30 Songs Showcasing Detroit’s Current Genre-Bending Music Scene
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