Bob Seger makes all the right “Night Moves” in jubilant return to Grand Rapids
With a few new songs in their arsenal, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band unleashed a rock ’n’ roll love-fest on Tuesday night at Van Andel Arena. Every[…]
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Grand Rapids’ live music weekend in photos: One Billion Rising, Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys, Roosevelt Diggs, Thirsty Perch Blues Band, Four Lincolns, Van Halen tribute
Mid-February’s concert lineup offered more than just big shows at Van Andel Arena and Miller Auditorium: West Michigan bands of every ilk were pounding it out at benefits, bars and[…]
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Charley Honey @ The Musicians’ Soundboard: The Spins on Music guest column
“Smoke on the Water” be damned. Playing cover songs is a tricky business, asserts this veteran guitarist, so bands should choose wisely and give their rendering of these tunes a[…]
Bob Seger: Returning to the road, revisiting a classic interview
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[…]
West Michigan’s live and lively weekend: Concert photo gallery with Musical Box, Hawktones, Lazy Blue Tunas, Peat in the Creel, Last Vegas
Check out West Michigan’s hefty weekend of live music in Spins on Music’s Weekend Photo Galleries, with bands lighting up stages big and small. Another hyper-hectic Friday night. A[…]
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Kid Rock: The Motor City’s best rock ‘n’ roll ambassador or savvy self-promoter? (Review)
Kid Rock’s second Thanksgiving Day halftime show in three years paid tribute to Motown heroes and served as a glitzy commercial for his new album. But is the scruffy rapper-turned-rocker[…]
Mid-Life Crisis proves “Life’s Too Short” at rousing Grand Rapids video shoot
Veteran Grand Rapids rock band Mid-Life Crisis takes over One Trick Pony on Sunday to conduct a music video shoot for original song being entered in ArtPrize. Sitting through a[…]
Creedence Clearwater Revisited revisits hits, buoys baby boomers at Meijer Gardens
For once, a familiar classic rock act stood out from the pack. On a week when Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is hosting daring and edgy younger acts Fiona[…]
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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Stu Cook: Still honoring ‘the original band every night’ (Sunday music profile, video)
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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