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Live Music Friday: Monte Pride

Monte Pride and Benjy Joung photo
Scott Pohl
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WKAR
Monte Pride (R) with Benjy Joung performing live in WKAR's Studio S.

Monte Pride is our Live Music Friday artist this week. “Hawthorne Morning Sound” is his first full-length album.

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BONUS MUSIC: Monte Pride, 'Wordsmith'

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BONUS MUSIC: Monte Pride, 'Bedridden'

It’s Live Music Friday on Current State, and our guest is Monte Pride. He’s a 20-year-old Okemos-based musician with a new album out called “Hawthorne Morning Sound.” His CD release concert last month at The Robin Theatre was a sellout.

Your next chance to catch him live is on Sunday; he’ll appear at The Avenue Cafe on East Michigan Avenue in Lansing, starting at 8 p.m.

Monty Pride performs live from WKAR's Studio S along with Benjy Joung on cello.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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