Ottawa Tavern closes as downtown Grand Rapids jazz club
The Ottawa Tavern’s tenure as a jazz club is ending … suddenly. Just six months after making the much-celebrated conversion of the downtown watering hole into a place where live[…]
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The Electric Forest music guide: Daily concert picks by Spins on Music (videos)
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[…]
Founders Fest taps keg on massive summer street party with Soulive, UV Hippo, more; Frank Salamone tribute nearby (videos)
It was a celebration worthy of John’s Day. No, I didn’t see any guys strolling around with bushy oak-leaf crowns, but I saw plenty of unusual headgear at Saturday’s Founders[…]
Al Green, Founders Fest, Vital Information, Cheap Trick, Frank Salamone tribute and more: Concert picks of the week (videos)
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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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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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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Soulive, Toubab Krewe, Seth & May to rev up 2012 Founders Fest; Detroit guitarist Tim Bowman to headline new GRandJazzFest
Today’s anti-summer weather might not scream shorts and hula hoops, but live music’s favorite time of year is on the doorstep as evidenced by this week’s Grand Rapids festival announcements.[…]
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[…]
Davy Jones, The Monkees and all that jazz … in West Michigan
Jazz isn’t getting the short shrift anymore. Grand Rapids now seems to embrace this genre like never before, with The Gilmore Collection’s recent conversion of downtown’s Ottawa Tavern into a[…]
Mutemath, The Twilight Sad, Mayday Parade, Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, Fareed Haque and MathGames: Under-the-Radar Concert Picks of the Week
Mutemath, Canon Blue 7 p.m. Thursday $20 advance, $23 day of show The Intersection Musically speaking, Grand Rapids has really got it going on this week. Take for instance, inventive[…]
Steve Aoki, Gaelic Storm, Stephen Rush Trio, Scott Kelly of Neurosis: Under-the-Radar Concert Picks of the Week
Steve Aoki, Datsik 7 p.m. Sunday (doors open at 6 p.m.) The Orbit Room $35 When I first wrote late last year that fast-rising electro-house and electronica artist Steve Aoki[…]
Saturday night live in Grand Rapids: Motor City Josh and other shows to scout and check out
Winter’s returned to West Michigan, but no need to fret (unless you’re a guitarist). Hey, the snow’s slowed down so it’s time to warm up with live music aplenty in[…]
Rusted Root with The Crane Wives, and Nicholas Payton: Under-the-Radar Concert Picks of the Week
Rusted Root, The Crane Wives 6:30 p.m. Sunday The Intersection, Grand Rapids $15 advance, $18 day of show Singer and musician Michael Glabicki has ably led Pittsburgh’s Rusted Root for[…]
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