Album-release shows and the debut of a new local music festival were part of a week that also featured a West Michigan tour stop by Yonder Mountain String Band and the kickoff to the Celadon concert series.
‘Tall Tall Tales’ and Passionate Performances: Nicholas James & The Bandwagon’s album-release show at Founders Brewing on Saturday was part of a hectic week of music. (Photo/Rex D. Larsen)
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The mega-groovy and massive Electric Forest was by no means the only game in town this week for West Michigan music lovers. (Check out an Electric Forest recap here.)
The last weekend in June boasted several album-release shows, including Nicholas James & The Bandwagon at Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, The Red Sea Pedestrians at Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo and Silverstiles at The DAAC in Grand Rapids.
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There was also Saturday’s first-ever Sound of the City festival at the Harris Building in Grand Rapids, which featured nine West Michigan acts covering several different genres in the event hosted by the new radi8er music app and platform. Although turnout was modest — with folks coming in and out during the day-long affair — Rob Anthony of radi8er noted it was an upbeat event. “Everybody’s having a good time,” he told Local Spins.
The week also featured a Kalamazoo tour stop by bluegrass powerhouse Yonder Mountain String Band, the Steve Hilger Band kicking off the Celadon Summer Concert Series and Delilah DeWylde & The Lost Boys playing the outdoor stage at Kalamazoo’s Old Dog Tavern.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Sound of the City 2016
Photos by Deshia Dunn and John Sinkevics
PHOTO GALLERY: KALAMAZOO HOOPLA
Yonder Mountain String Band, Red Sea Pedestrians, Guitar Up!
Delilah DeWylde & The Lost Boys
Photos by Derek Ketchum
Photos by Rex D. Larsen
