Nov. 4, 2012: Welcome to West Michigan’s weekend in fan photos — bracing live music from Eastown living rooms as part of the Lamp Light Music Festival to venues near[…]
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Friday’s Bucket List: Wondrous Women and Lamp Light Music Festival’s house concert hoopla
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[…]
Grand Rapids Concert Guide: BoomBox, Will Hoge, Rosie Flores, John Pizzarelli, G. Love & Special Sauce, Lamp Light Music Festival
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 Concert Guide: Dr. John, The Mountain Goats, Chris Daniels, Antje Duvekot, Keller Williams
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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Grand Rapids concert guide: Regina Spektor, Thompson Square, Seether, Dinosaur Jr., The Summer Set and a new Sunday jazz night
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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Feedback benefit concerts and the “little man” — 18 years of music for a cause in Grand Rapids
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[…]
Friday’s Bucket List: Three West Michigan concerts/festivals you might have overlooked this weekend
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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Grand Rapids concert guide: Zoe Muth, Ingrid Michaelson, Trampled by Turtles, John Proulx, A$AP Rocky
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[…]
Grand Rapids Music Guide: Martin Sexton, Peter Yarrow, Indie Rock Fest, Girlyman, mewithoutYou, Blue Man
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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The Crane Wives soar at Grand Rapids CD-release show
The Crane Wives energetically unleashed new folk-rock material from “The Fool in Her Wedding Gown” for a capacity crowd at The Intersection on Saturday. At one point on Saturday[…]
ArtPrize Week 1 Music Guide: Grand Rapids’ best live shows with Jesus & Mary Chain, Minus the Bear, Crane Wives, ArtPrize Musicians’ Showcase
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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West Michigan’s best concerts of summer 2012: The big list (videos)
Check out video highlights of Spins on Music’s picks for best concerts of the summer, with links to mini-reviews and a preview of fall’s must-see shows. Ah yes, September means[…]
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Rockford Barnstormer: A barnload of riveting West Michigan music for a worthy cause (video)
The first Rockford Barnstormer showcased bands Potato Moon, Hannah Rose, Nicholas James & The Bandwagon and many more, family fun and a good cause: aiding area refugees. It may[…]
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals evade rain, uncork thunderous show at Meijer Gardens
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals deliver one of Meijer Gardens’ best concerts of the season on Thursday after rain passes through. (Photos, video) In the end, Grace Potter &[…]
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West Michigan concert guide: Grace Potter, Bonnie Raitt, GRandJazzFest, City Lights, Hoxeyville
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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Cowpie Music Festival pumps up fans with Michigan-bred bands
Expanded Cowpie fest on Shagbark Farm south of Grand Rapids survived rainy opening night; thrives Saturday with fine mix of Michigan bands. Video, photos From Mudpie to Cowpie … just[…]
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The Head and The Heart puts body and soul into Meijer Gardens concert
Seattle indie-folk/rock band The Head and The Heart revved up an exuberant, young crowd on Thursday. (Review, photos, video) For 19-year-old John Vouaux of Bay City, driving clear across the[…]
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West Michigan concert guide: Kansas, The Head & The Heart, Matisyahu
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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West Michigan concert guide: Lyle Lovett, Mississippi Heat, Billy Currington, Jukes final weekend
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[…]
Andrew Bird soars with instrumental innovation at Meijer Gardens concert (review)
If Fiona Apple is the queen of the avant garde stage shtick then Andrew Bird is certainly the prince of instrumental invention. Less than a week after Apple brought her[…]
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Huey Lewis, 4th of July celebration, Honor By August, Bad Veins, Brandi Carlile & a beach bash: Concert picks of the week (videos)
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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The Crane Wives make Electric Forest debut, and kick some serious folk-rock butt (video)
The sun was searingly hot and the crowd was small when The Crane Wives kicked off their set Sunday afternoon on the Tripolee Stage at Electric Forest, but by the[…]
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Roger Waters, Melissa Etheridge, Buttermilk Jamboree, Local First Street Party, a 1993 tribute: Concert Picks of the Week (videos)
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[…]
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shannon Stephens, Keys N Krates, Marcia Ball and more: Live music picks of the week
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[…]
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Garrett Borns, The Crane Wives, Kari Lynch, The Icicles, Ralston and more in lineup for Meijer Gardens’ Tuesday Evening Music Club
Boasting 17 of Michigan’s most dynamic bands and performers, 2012’s edition of the Tuesday Evening Music Club series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is sure to pack the[…]
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Bonnie Raitt, Steve Miller Band, Gavin DeGraw/Colbie Caillat sell out Meijer Gardens shows; six others nearing capacity
Bonnie Raitt’s done it again. For the second straight time, the blues guitarist-singer’s scheduled concert at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has sold out on the first day of[…]
Theory of a Deadman, Alcoholic Faith Mission, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Cinco de Mayo jazz, Aris Hampers’ birthday with Ambrosia: Under-the-Radar concert picks (videos)
Caroline Herring 7:30 p.m. Monday Free, donations to KidsFirst One Trick Pony, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids is always looking for an excuse to party. This week, it doesn’t need one.[…]
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fun., Bruce Cockburn, Guggenheim Grotto, Bob Marley, Record Store Day and way more: Under-the-Radar Concert Picks
Jim Avett 7:30 p.m. Monday Free admission, $10 donation suggested for In The Image SHOES program One Trick Pony, Grand Rapids If you thought last week was nuts, take a[…]
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Al Green, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Cliff, Gov’t Mule, Emmylou Harris, Andrew Bird, Foreigner pump up Meijer Gardens summer series
This summer’s garden party just got a whole lot more interesting. Soul singer and hometown hero Al Green, blues legend Bonnie Raitt (with Mavis Staples), reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, jam[…]
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Death Cab for Cutie, Mastodon, Janiva Magness, Peter Mulvey, Jake’s Music Festival: Under-the-Radar Concert Picks
The Fuzzrites, The Boss Mustangs 9:30 p.m. Wednesday $5 Charlie’s Bar & Grille, Grand Rapids This week’s BIG radar-jamming shows will divide fans into two distinct rock camps and ne’er[…]
Garrett Borns, Casey Stratton, The Icicles, Edye Evans Hyde, Janiva Magness and more: Local Spins CD reviews, Part II
From pop phenoms to jazz veterans to bluegrass jammers, it’s time for Part II of my quarterly Local Spins roundup of new album releases by local and regional artists. (If[…]
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Frederik Meijer Gardens or ‘Love Shack’? The B-52’s, Steve Miller Band, Wynton Marsalis, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals announced for 2012 summer concert series
With this week’s unseasonably tropical weather, does anybody need an even bigger tease that summer is still three months away? How about this? Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park today[…]
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