Halloween’s musical haunts in West Michigan this week also feature UV Hippo, Green River Ordinance, A.B!, AG Silver and the Dropkick Murphys. (Videos) Dropkick Murphys, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Mahones 7 p.m. Monday (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) $26 The Orbit Room, Grand Rapids Gwen Stefani once said being in a rock band means you can [...]
Welcome to West Michigan’s weekend … in photos. Scintillating live music and early Halloween revelry scared up in photos sent to Spins on Music. Keller Williams fired up an Intersection crowd on Friday. (Photo/Tony Norkus) Back in the day, they were Kodak moments. Now they’re iPhone pics — emailed, Facebooked, texted, tweeted and shared [...]
The Rolling Stones’ longtime keyboard player comments on the legendary band and the excitement of upcoming concerts in an exclusive Spins on Music interview. Lots of smiles, and everyone is in fantastic shape and looking forward to getting this in front of the fans. He’s the fifth – and often overlooked – member of [...]
Spins on Music’s featured “Local Spins Live” group boasts an impressive song catalog, terrific harmonies, a rich Grand Rapids history and a sense of humor. The Lazy Blue Tunas even had me wondering. In typical tongue-in-cheek fashion, the veteran Grand Rapids band teased fans online before this week’s Local Spins Live show by hinting [...]
Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama played to a less-than-hefty crowd at DeVos Performance Hall on Tuesday, but still delivered “Spirituals to Funk” in often rousing, upbeat fashion. In everyone’s life a little rain must fall. On Tuesday, more of that rain than usual fell in Grand Rapids, making a gray autumn day [...]
Grand Rapids’ hot concert picks of the week range from the historic partnership of Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama to the indie-rock of The Mountain Goats, Pomegranates and Mr. Gnome to some worthy local benefits. Who’d a thunk it? The Detroit Tigers have pitched their way into the World Series, drubbing [...]