From an all-star Michigan band led by Eric O’Daly and Max Lockwood to tour stops by iconic artists such as The Wailers, Shawn Colvin and Dave Bruzza, Local Spins captured the concerts in images.
Lokella: Jennifer Bartlett and Lokella were among several Michigan acts hosting album-release shows. (Photo/Chelsea Whitaker)
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For Grand Rapids rock band Lokella, mid-Michigan multi-instrumentalist Eric O’Daly and West Michigan singer-songwriter Kyle Rasche (aka Chain of Lakes), this week was all about delivering long-awaited release shows for new studio recordings — with Lokella pumping up The Pyramid Scheme on Saturday, Eric O’Daly, Max Lockwood and an all-star band playing Listening Room on Thursday and Chain of Lakes with Dave & Kristi at Listening Room on Friday.
For Greensky Bluegrass guitarist Dave Bruzza, it was about a special homecoming show on Saturday at Kalamazoo’s Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe, with Bruzza’s Unsafe at Any Speed regaling a big crowd with its “rock ‘n’ roll-tinged country and Western with new surf-rock instrumentals,” according to Local Spins photographer Derek Ketchum.
Then there were all those fan-pleasing tour stops: folk icon Shawn Colvin on Thursday at St. Cecilia Music Center; country’s Rachel Brooke from northern Michigan and singer Hannah Rose Graves from Grand Rapids at Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill on Friday; reggae’s The Wailers on Thursday and reggae/pop’s Iration (with Tropidelic) on Saturday at The Intersection.
Browse all of the photo galleries below.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Lokella, Fedaykin, Amoura, Barrel Bones at The Pyramid Scheme
Photos by Chelsea Whitaker
PHOTO GALLERY: Iration, Tropidelic at The Intersection
Photos by Eric Stoike
PHOTO GALLERY: Dave Bruzza’s Unsafe at Any Speed, Jordan Tice at Bell’s Brewery
Photos by Derek Ketchum
