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Live Music Friday: Matt Watroba

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Scott Pohl
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WKAR
Matt Watroba sings live from WKAR's Studio S.

Matt Watroba is our Live Music Friday guest this week. He’s a folk singer-guitarist-songwriter out of Detroit who frequently works with another former Live Music Friday guest, the Rev. Robert Jones.

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BONUS MUSIC: Matt Watroba, 'Simple Faith'

Matt Watroba is our Live Music Friday guest today. Along with singing, playing guitar and writing songs, Matt has an extensive background as a radio host. For many years he was on the airwaves of our sister Michigan Public Radio Network station WDET in Detroit, hosting a show called “Folks Like Us.” For a time, he also hosted the national program “Folk Alley,” heard on WKAR-FM 90.5 Sundays at 6.

This weekend, Matt is performing at the Evart Folk Festival in northern lower Michigan.

It’s baseball season, Watroba performs a song he wrote in tribute to the former Tiger Stadium called “They Used to Play Baseball Here.” He also sings "How Will I Leave?" live from WKAR's Studio S.

Scott Pohl is a general assignment news reporter and produces news features and interviews. He is also an alternate local host on NPR's "Morning Edition."
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