As volatile and diverse as this week’s weather, photo images of the Grand Rapids area’s live music ranged from the alt-country power of Nathan Kalish to the ribald antics of the Bimini Brothers’ 30th anniversary bash to an all-day benefit for Bruce and Becca Ling. Saturday night in Grand Rapids was a tale of [...]
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, [...]