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The West Michigan native who plays home-state dates this weekend was featured for Local Spins on WYCE, which also debuted tracks by Pajamas, Ficus, Pink Sky, The American Hotel System and more. Get the back story on Beth Bombara and her upcoming new album, plus listen to this week’s radio show podcast.
Wednesday’s summer squall abated in time for a captivating performance amid picture-perfect weather in Meijer Gardens’ sold-out amphitheater, The review and photos at Local Spins.
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One of the Michigan music festival scene’s most unusual settings hosted a boatload of performances by regional bands ranging from Sponge to Adrian + Meredith. The Beaver Island Music Fest recap in photos and video.
‘Young, Wild & Free’ fans were primed to ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ for Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s High School Reunion tour Tuesday in Grand Rapids along with Ying Yang Twins. The review and photo gallery at Local Spins.
Playlists · Summer Festivals · Upcoming shows
For the third year, Allegan’s Fat Blossom Farm will host this cozy music festival starring regional acts. View the lineup and details, get ticket links and listen to a Top 10 playlist.
The rock-fueled, veteran singer and guitarist delivered plenty of hits and fan favorites during Monday’s Grand Rapids tour stop. The photo gallery and review at Local Spins.
Concert reviews · Photos · Summer Festivals
The 2023 edition of Dunesville unfurled outside Interlochen last weekend with a bevy of impressive regional acts and late-night drum kivas. The Local Spins recap and photo gallery.
Billed as the ‘best tiny festival in the Mitten State,’ Tamarack rolls out more than 20 regional acts this weekend. Get the preview, playlist and schedule at Local Spins.
The pop star’s return to a sold-out Meijer Gardens amphitheater on Sunday abounded with ‘golden retriever vibes’ and an upbeat flair. The review and photo gallery.
Concert reviews · Videos · Weekend Photo Gallery
The July music train kept rolling across West Michigan this week, with a new GR music festival, national tour stops and local star fervor aplenty, from Domestic Problems to Stephen Marley to Steep Canyon Rangers — all captured in photos at Local Spins.
Delivering several songs from their latest album, the celebrated Swedish duo and their band impressed fans Friday during a Grand Rapids tour stop. Check out the review and photo gallery at Local Spins.
Local Spins on WYCE traveled to Grand Haven to chat with the veteran bandleader as well as Third Coast Recording founder Bill Chrysler while also debuting new tracks by Michigan artists, including Fire in the Attic, Cal in Red, FINKEL, Daves at 7, Lost Magic, Bradley Sinclair, Trifocal and more. Learn more about Carl Webb and Third Coast Recording, watch a video and listen to this week’s radio show podcast.
Grand Rapids audiences got a taste of three distinctly different concert experiences on Thursday, from symphonic pop to soulful funk to dance-inspiring Spanish language charm. The photo galleries at Local Spins.
Meijer Gardens favorite and trombone/trumpet player extraordinaire Trombone Shorty kept the capacity amphitheater crowd on its feet Wednesday with an entrancing set of funk/jazz/blues. Review and photos at Local Spins.
With the likes of Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, Zac Brown Band, Dustin Lynch and Dwight Yoakam, last weekend’s Faster Horses festival in Brooklyn, Mich., was a country music party unlike any other. Browse the photo gallery at Local Spins.
Intimate yet with an impressive lineup, this festival near Interlochen will boast sets by The Go Rounds, Act Casual, Chirp and more. Get the preview, playlist and details at Local Spins.
Albums that Changed the World · Playlists
Local Spins’ mid-summer edition of the “Albums that Changed the World” series focuses on recordings that shaped producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Crittenden. With Troll for Trout set to play a Grand Rapids show on Friday, view his picks and listen to tracks from all of the albums at Local Spins.
Sponge, Snacks & Five, Adrien + Meredith, The American Hotel System and more will heat up Beaver Island this week. Get the preview, schedule, festival playlist and more at Local Spins.
The second day of Grand Rapids’ mammoth heavy metal fest was just part of a robust week of live music across West Michigan — revisited in action-packed photos at Local Spins. Browse images of Ripe, The Hacky Turtles, Roosevelt Diggs, Kanin Wren’s Taylor Swift Experience, Jake Kershaw, Tommy Prine and a fun collective known as COA.
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The hard-rocking Grand Rapids festival returned to Belknap Park on Friday, with more than a dozen bands — some of them local — turning up their amps to 11. The recap, photo galleries and Saturday schedule at Local Spins.
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Set to close out a decade-long run later this year, the Grand Rapids rock band fired up Local Spins on WYCE, which also debuted music by Cordero, Veeze, The Armed, Desmond Jones and more. Learn more about The Fabulous Vans and listen to this week’s radio show podcast.
Fans endured incessant rain at Meijer Gardens on Wednesday. But at Studio Park in downtown Grand Rapidss, the storms forced the summer’s first Listening Lawn show featuring Tank and the Bangas to move indoors. The recaps, photo galleries at Local Spins.
It’s back. The Faster Horses country music festival gallops into Jackson County this weekend with a star-studded cast of national stars as well as up-and-coming acts. The preview at Local Spins.
The 41st Blissfest electrified fans in northern Michigan last weekend with dozens of sets on eight stages. Browse the photo galleries and check out the festival highlights at Local Spins.
The singer-songwriter’s Monday concert at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park delivered a hefty dose of songs from her new studio album. The review, photos and set list.
Playlists · Summer Festivals · Upcoming shows
Bring Me the Horizon, Lamb of God, Falling in Reverse, Halestorm lead the charge at this weekend’s Upheaval Fest taking place at Grand Rapids’ Belknap Park. The preview at Local Spins, with a weather forecast, ticket links, daily schedules and a festival playlist.
Concert reviews · Photos · Summer Festivals · Videos
Ludington’s 10th — and possibly final — two-day music festival at Waterfront Park raised money for a good cause and rocked thousands along the lakeshore. Photos, video.
Concert reviews · Weekend Photo Gallery
Another July week of eclectic music unfolded across West Michigan, from Sparta to Grand Rapids to Otsego to Kalamazoo — showcased in photo galleries at Local Spins, from an inaugural blues festival outside Liquid Note to a Saturday album-release show for Veronica Eileen and a Black Arts Festival in Kalamazoo.
Local Spins Rewind · Summer Concerts · Summer Festivals
Our review of the legendary rock guitarist’s June 19 tour-opening show in Grand Rapids drew readers from across the globe. At the year’s halfway point, Local Spins revisits its Top 3 most-read stories.
Local Spins on WYCE · Summer Festivals
Ludington’s two-day Ludrock on Saturday and Sunday boasts a bevy of Michigan bands for its 10th and final soiree. Plus, listen to our July festival round-up featuring new Michigan-bred music as part of today’s Local Spins on WYCE podcast.
Artist Spotlights · Hot Top 5 · Playlists
The Grand Rapids band’s full-length debut album topped releases by Michigander and Loren Johnson on the June chart. Learn more about the band, view the full chart and check out tracks from all five albums at Local Spins.
Summer Festivals · Upcoming shows
The ever-treasured, long-running Blissfest fires up again north of Harbor Springs this weekend. Local Spins has everything you need to know about this three-day music festival — lineup, schedule, playlist and more.
The long holiday weekend offers the perfect opportunity to pump up the volume with Local Spins’ revamped “Freedom Rocks” playlist, from Billy Strings and Lindsay Lou to Pitbull and Jon Batiste.
The popular Midwest jam band returned to Meijer Gardens on Sunday night for an improvisation-heavy, sold-out show. The recap, photo gallery and set list at Local Spins.
Concert reviews · Weekend Photo Gallery
Amid heat, humidity, rain and forest fire smoke, West Michigan’s musical train kept chugging as Independence Day weekend roared ahead. The photo galleries at Local Spins.
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The holiday weekend festival outside Trufant boasted performances by more than a dozen bands on Friday, with two more days of music ahead, including The Accidentals and May Erlewine. The recap, photos and video, exclusively at Local Spins.
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The West Michigan musician known as “Huggy Bear” runs a studio north of Grand Rapids and helps organize this weekend’s Smiling Acres fest. The Artist Spotlight and this week’s Local Spins on WYCE radio podcast, with a video tour of The Bear Den studio.
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The Kalamazoo progressive bluegrass powerhouse Greensky Bluegrass brought its summer U.S. tour to a familiar venue, enchanting a sold-crowd Wednesday at the Meijer Gardens amphitheater. The review, photo gallery and video at Local Spins.
Artist Spotlights · Upcoming shows · Videos
The popular New York band that’s toured the globe reworking music by acts ranging from Michael Jackson to Green Day plays GLC Live at 20 Monroe and Bay View this week. The Local Spins interview, with videos.
Playlists · Summer Festivals · Upcoming shows
One of Michigan’s youngest music festivals has quickly become a favorite, lighting up Fourth of July weekend for the third year in Trufant. Get the lowdown and listen to music from this year’s performers.
Concert reviews · Photos · Summer Festivals
Whether you were there or just wanted to be there, experience Rothbury’s resplendent four-day festival in words and in multiple Local Spins photo galleries displaying the people, the performers and the unmatched West Michigan setting.
The Michigan-bred anthemic pop band closed out a rousing anniversary blast for the West Side club which also hosted weekend shows by The Supersuckers and The Hi-Jivers. The photo galleries at Local Spins.
Concert reviews · Weekend Photo Gallery
Summer heated up over the past week, with energetic tour stops, a superstar tribute to female artists, the christening of a new stage, jazz in the park, a blues fest and blues on the river and more captured in images at Local Spins.
A capacity amphitheater crowd reveled in the iconic blues guitarist’s farewell performance in Grand Rapids on Friday. The review and photo gallery at Local Spins.
Concert reviews · Features · Photos · Videos
‘Nobody cares what you do here.’ That was the theme as Electric Forest returned to Rothbury with wildly garbed attendees and bass-heavy romps. The Day 1 recap, photos and video.
In-Depth Report · Summer Festivals
After a Washington festival shooting, Electric Forest has revealed stepped-up security measures. And there’s a busy Michigan summer of packed outdoor events ahead. An in-depth report with safety tips for festivalgoers.
Playlists · Summer Festivals · Upcoming shows
One of Michigan’s longest-running music festivals celebrates its 51st year this weekend in mid-Michigan. Check out details in our latest festival spotlight, along with a forecast and a playlist of some featured bluegrass performers.
Looking for the Perfect Beat · Summer Festivals · Videos
With a lineup leaning heavy into house and trance music, Local Spins’ Looking for the Perfect Beat columnist Todd Ernst previews some of this weekend’s likely gems. Plus, view (and save) the daily Electric Forest performance schedules, get tips for attendees and watch videos of selected artists.
The once curly-haired, golden boy of rock ’n’ roll returned to Meijer Gardens for a sold-out, tour-starting show Monday – nearly five decades after his first West Michigan appearance. The review and photo gallery at Local Spins.
Concert reviews · Photos · Summer Festivals
Local Spins recaps highlights from the weekend music festival at Delton’s Circle Pines Center in words and photos – from Max Lockwood to Jordan Hamilton to Selwyn Birchwood and more.
