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Familiar big names mix with emerging acts as the community radio station’s first-ever Friday night awards bonanza hosts two dozen performances on two stages at The Intersection. Some of[…]
Bob Seger, Michigan’s favorite rock son, had much to say about touring in 2006 after a 10-year hiatus. As he hits the road again, with a ticket pre-sale Thursday for[…]
Grand Rapids-area concert offerings are like a three-ring circus this week: country-rap, pop-punk, folk, blues, jam bands, rock and, yes, fire-eaters and a Brew Ha Ha. Colt Ford, Gunnar[…]
The Big List of West Michigan’s live music runs the gamut this week, with The Northern Skies, Joshua Davis, John Mark McMillan, heavy metal headbangers and top-notch singer-songwriters. All[…]
The Big List highlights The Ragbirds & Crane Wives, Starlight Six, Outer Vibe & Jesse McCartney, tributes to Buddy Holly and The Beatles. It’s all there on New Year’s Eve[…]
‘Twas the week of Christmas and all through West Michigan’s house, live music is still playing, from Nate Holley to Delilah DeWylde and a film featuring some fab Grand Rapids-area[…]
The week before Christmas and all through West Michigan’s house, there’s plenty stirring musically, including Paul Hoffman/Joe Sturgill, Super Happy Funtime Burlesque and Quadraphonic’s return. Grand Rapids Symphony’s Cirque[…]
West Michigan’s holiday mood brightens with live music by Kari Lynch, The Last Vegas, Frankie Ballard, Rick Chyme, Organissimo and plenty more. A Very Merry Jingle Jam with Kari[…]
Grand Rapids’ concert lineup for December’s first full week also boasts Lamb of God, Caravan of Thieves, Melissa Ferrick, GR Symphony Holiday Pops, Decembersongs and some beloved West Michigan favorites.[…]
Grand Rapids concert standouts for the week include The Soil and the Sun, andi & i, Red Sea Pedestrians and the Karisa Wilson String Ensemble. (Videos) Go Radio, Paradise[…]
Grand Rapids’ concert lineup for Thanksgiving week ruffles musical feathers, from Other Lives to an Aria Flame debut and Four Finger Five farewell. (Videos) Benje & Ashley Daneman, The[…]
Grand Rapids’ concert lineup runs the gamut from Motion City Soundtrack and Anberlin to a Founders anniversary bash and a video game cover band. Really. Check out this week’s Big[…]
Zac Brown Band may have drawn Grand Rapids’ biggest crowd this week, but a Simon & Garfunkel tribute, Fauxgrass Quartet, Small Houses, Roger MacNaughton, Badfish and more are on the[…]
Some of the Grand Rapids area’s live music offerings fly under the radar this weekend. Here are a few worthy events – and particularly worthy female stars such as Rosie[…]
Halloween’s musical haunts in West Michigan this week also feature UV Hippo, Green River Ordinance, A.B!, AG Silver and the Dropkick Murphys. (Videos) Dropkick Murphys, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Mahones 7[…]
Grand Rapids’ hot concert picks of the week range from the historic partnership of Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama to the indie-rock of The Mountain Goats, Pomegranates[…]
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Regina Spektor’s Monday night show at Calvin College kicked off a bracing week of live music. Check out everything from bluegrass and folk to punk and metal. Regina Spektor, Only[…]
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For 18 years, the concerts have raised money for Kent County food pantries and spotlighted local acts. Feedback fires up again on Sunday at Founders Brewing. FEEDBACK 2012 4[…]
Feed the needy and feed your musical cravings with Spins on Music’s Big List: The best in West Michigan’s live music offerings and a worthy cause. And check out the[…]
ArtPrize hoopla aside, the Grand Rapids area is teeming with polkas, jazz, rock and hip-hop to help you get through the weekend. Oh sure, you’ve seen The Big List: From[…]
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West Michigan’s concert offerings for the week also include Chris Smither, Rascal Flatts, Timeflies, Vertical Bridge and more. (Videos) Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers Hat Trick Concert[…]
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ArtPrize and all those live music options have you flustered? Here are three intriguing shows to catch this weekend, including the recording of a live album. It happens. I[…]
From Grand Rapids to the Lakeshore, live music options abound for ArtPrize visitors and West Michiganders during Week 2 of the art competition. Martin Sexton, Brothers McCann 7 p.m.[…]
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WEATHER NOTICE: Due to rainy conditions, outdoor performances may or may not take place as part of the St. Cecilia music showcase. In the event of rain, bands/performers will be[…]
Grand Rapids’ live music options abound as ArtPrize kicks into gear this week, ranging from Rise Against and Stepdad to West Michigan’s best bands on display. If you’ve been[…]
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New Orleans’ Dumpstaphunk headlines Hoptoberfest in downtown Grand Rapids, but there’s plenty more on the list, with Chiodos at The Intersection and Earthwork Harvest Gathering up north. I know September’s[…]
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Grand Rapids’ Celebration on the Grand, Wheatland Music Fest, Rock for Crash’s and first Harmonica Summit top this week’s must-see list. The heat is on. Summer’s still burning the[…]
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West Michigan concert hoopla continues in earnest as Labor Day approaches with Grand Rapids’ Soul of the City, Wynton Marsalis, Ralston and more. Ralston & Friends, Peter Mulvey: Tuesday Evening[…]
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Deadstring Brothers’ Kurt Marschke tells Spins on Music about shelving solo act and going full-bore with a full band again. The group hits Grand Rapids Thursday. The Deadstring Brothers,[…]
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A bracing week of West Michigan concerts: Grand Rapids’ City Lights Music Festival, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Bonnie Raitt, GRandJazzFest and Hoxeyville top the Spins on Music list. Grace[…]
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Summer roundup of West Michigan CD releases, Part II: Vertical Bridge, Potato Moon, Delilah DeWylde, Detour, Dave Hardin, Suitcase Just like today’s rain, the deluge of new regional music continues.[…]
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Rock the Rapids in late August will bring six days of concerts and some unusual street entertainment to downtown Grand Rapids. Alice Cooper, one of Rock the Rapids’ 2011 headliners,[…]
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West Michigan’s concert guide for July 30-Aug.5 includes the Coast Guard Festival. Elsewhere in the state, there’s Coldplay, Sugarland, Chicago, Matt Giraud. David Thom Band 9:30 p.m. Monday Free The[…]
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Late July’s live music scene is firing on all cylinders as Spins on Music’s West Michigan concert guide shows. And the Detroit Tigers are now fired up, too. Edye Evans[…]
Annabelle Road, The Wallace Collective 7 p.m. Tuesday Free, with regular admission Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids Township What say we take a different tack this week.[…]
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Creedence Clearwater Revisited 7 p.m. Wednesday $51 ($49 for Meijer Gardens members) Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids Township Get ticket information here. In the late ’60s and[…]
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GRAM on the Green will turn into GRAM in the AC tonight after all. With the temperature soaring to record-breaking triple-digit levels, Grand Rapids Art Museum officials this afternoon (July[…]
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Huey Lewis & The News, Katie Todd 7 p.m. Monday $75 ($73 Meijer Gardens members) Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park It’s so hot, chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs. Sorry,[…]
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It doesn’t have the big-name headliners of Rothbury past – Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Snoop Dogg – but this weekend’s Electric Forest at Double JJ Resort some 24 miles[…]
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Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials WLAV Budweiser Blues on the Mall Series 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Free Rosa Parks Circle, downtown Grand Rapids June’s final week builds nicely to quite[…]
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Gov’t Mule 6:30 p.m. Thursday $40 Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Township Gov’t Mule may have started as an Allman Brothers’ side project in the mid-1990s by guitarist Warren Haynes[…]
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As complicated as it may have been to renovate an old, long-dormant tavern and convert it into a keen new music venue, Ted Smith concedes that adjusting and reconstructing attitudes[…]
Al Green 7 p.m. Monday The concert is sold out. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids Township I fondly recall many things about soul singer Al Green’s much-ballyhooed[…]
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Country superstars Miranda Lambert and Toby Keith will play the six-day Rock the Rapids music festival in downtown Grand Rapids in late August. Lambert, touring behind her latest album, “Four[…]
Vincent Hayes Project Huntington Rogue River Blues Series 7 p.m. Tuesday Free Garden Club Park, Rockford I mentioned the Carnival of Madness tour in a recent post. Well, it’s festival[…]
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The “leaks” have begun. As is Rock the Rapids’ habit, the first two of six dates of the August downtown Grand Rapids music festival were announced today: Shinedown, Papa Roach,[…]
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Roger Waters’ “The Wall” 8 p.m. Wednesday $66.50-$214.35 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Let’s hope the sun keeps smiling as it did on Festival Sunday, because outdoor summer music hoopla[…]
2012 Festival of the Arts Noon Friday-7 p.m. Sunday Free Throughout downtown Grand Rapids I literally ran out of gas on my way back into town on Monday, but there’s[…]
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Billed as the “youngest blues band in America,” the Homemade Jamz Blues Band will launch the 2012 edition of the LAV Budweiser Blues on the Mall series on June 13.[…]
Shannon Stephens 7 p.m. Friday Free Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids (28th Street) Seattle singer-songwriter Shannon Stephens plays a bluesy folk-rock with her “Fabulous Friends” that’s earned attention from[…]
