With an endearingly ragged, bluesy rock sound, The Dead Frets will celebrate release of a self-titled debut during a Founders Brewing show. But before that, they revved up Local Spins Live with a rare acoustic gem. If The White Stripes had a musical fistfight with The Black Crowes, they might end up sounding like [...]
For the second year in a row, cash prizes will be offered to song contest winners in five categories during ArtPrize; new “busking stations” will spotlight live music. Hailing the importance of music as art, St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids will once again host a song competition during ArtPrize with $10,000 in [...]
Michigan music news this week ranges from a feature on Traverse City’s Peter, Paul & Mary Remembered to an interview with The Breeders to a limp Limp Bizkit, performing in Detroit. Welcome to this week’s Michigan Stage Monitor round-up of music news from across the state, courtesy of a variety of news organizations and [...]