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)
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Back in the day, they were Kodak moments. Now they’re iPhone pics — emailed, Facebooked, texted, tweeted and shared across the globe.
With another hectic weekend of live music on tap, I asked a few folks to send me photos from concerts and clubs across West Michigan to give Spins on Music readers a snapshot — or 11 — of the eclectic musical revelry, colorful stage shows and haunting Halloween goings-on.
From Grand Rapids to the lakeshore, the music covered an astounding range: the folk-pop of singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot at Seven Steps Up, the world music of Saharan Mali’s Tinariwen at Calvin College, the bracing indie-rock of Cleveland’s Mr. Gnome at The Pyramid Scheme, Halloween-styled revelry at the Eastern Avenue Hall and elsewhere.
And the Concert to Restore Michigan at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center on Saturday with Mid-Life Crisis, Troll for Trout, Ralston Bowles and Phil Biggs attracted more than 500 people and raised $15,000 for Kids’ Food Basket and Forest Hills Fine Arts Center Arts Programs.
So if you weren’t there, check out the photographic evidence, courtesy of fans and those on hand. And if you were at a different show and have some pics you’d like to share, email them to jsinkevics@gmail.com and make sure you identify the subject, the location and the photographer.
Drummer Sam Meister of Cleveland’s Mr. Gnome at The Pyramid Scheme on Friday. (Photo/Nicole LaRae Leach)
Mr. Gnome’s Nicole Barille rocked The Pyramid Scheme. (Photo/Nicole LaRae Leach)
Singer-songwriters Antje Duvekot, center, and Michael McDermott joined forces during the second encore at a rousing Saturday night show at Seven Steps Up in Spring Lake. (Photo/Michelle & Gary Hanks)
The “monster jam” with Mid-Life Crisis at the end of Concert to Restore Michigan on Saturday.
Troll for Trout performs on Saturday at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center.
Singer-songwriter Ralston Bowles also performed at Saturday’s benefit concert.
Bewitching or just plain scary? Dennie Middleton, left, and Jack Leaver, center, along with Nick Lewis, were part of the”Mini-Bimini” Halloween show with Dennie and B-rad at Eastern Avenue Hall on Saturday.
Western Africa’s Tinariwen, performing at Calvin College’s Covenant Fine Arts Center (Photo/Greg Veltman)
The band from Mali, Tinariwen, performed in a concert that also featured Kishi Bashi.(Photo/Greg Veltman)
Keller Williams during his one-man Intersection show on Friday. (Photo/Tony Norkus)
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