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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 [...]

May’s first weekend generated photos of a generous mix of live music: Cinco de Mayo, Drew Nelson, Tommy Womack, Wayland, Attack! Attack!, Wallace Collective, Chain of Lakes, Michigan Mark Depree.   Cinco de Mayo that was actually Cinco de Cuatro, the 43rd anniversary of the Kent State shootings, the opening of a new Downtown Market, [...]

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, [...]