Hailed by national jazz critics as inspired and stylish in performances from New York City to Paris, Libby York will regale West Michigan fans in coming months, working from her summer home base in Saugatuck. (Story, podcast) With a soothing yet expressive voice, jazz singer Libby York long ago earned the respect of the [...]
With folks starting to hit the road for summer concerts and festivals, here’s a rundown of some music news from across the Great Lakes State. It’s time for a Local Spins road trip across The Mitten, rounding up music news and riveting tidbits from around the state. • West Michigan’s The Crane Wives ventured [...]
The all-day We Do Care Charity Music Extravaganza will spotlight 16 of West Michigan’s music pioneers, including The Eschelons, The Quests, Johnny Boggs, Lyn & The Invaders and more. Playing the emerging rock ’n’ roll circuit as a teen in the early ’60s, Grand Rapids singer and keyboard player Johnny Boggs (aka Jonathan B.) [...]
The popular Hawks & Owls frontman’s Comstock Park home was vandalized and ravaged amid Grand River flooding. West Michigan’s music community is coming to his aid with a May 12 benefit concert. (Video, podcast) West Michigan’s music community has long embraced Bruce Ling as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, naturalist, teacher, historian and a supreme story-teller, [...]
The classically trained Grand Rapids singer has turned his devotion to the music of a legendary rock artist into an ambitious, fully orchestrated stage production. (Video, podcast) To sound like a French horn, you have to look like a French horn. Grand Rapids singer Mark Vanden Berge likes to use that expression to describe [...]
The Lansing singer and multi-instrumentalist found her passion for music at a young age and has since established herself as one of Michigan’s leading indie-folk/Americana artists. She plays One Trick Pony Monday. (Video, podcast) She played trombone in the Marysville High School marching band. She once was dubbed a “Practice Room Junkie” at Interlochen [...]