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Local electronic musician takes spiritual experience of making music to the dancefloor.
Desmond Jones: Returning to the Spotlight, Shooting for the Stars
Written by Eric Mitts | Monday, 08 August 2022 12:12 |Over their 10-year history as a band, the members of Desmond Jones have always found a way to keep playing their music.
Live music has returned in a big way, and shows no signs of stopping again any time soon.
Gratefully Going Forward: The Return of Live Music
Written by Eric Mitts | Monday, 18 July 2022 11:42 |When Revue asked Scott Hammontree, partner and talent buyer at The Intersection in Grand Rapids, how he feels about bringing live music back to West Michigan over the past year, he says he feels like the luckiest guy in town.
Brie Stoner: Motherhood, Meditation, Mysticism and Music
Written by Eric Mitts | Monday, 11 July 2022 13:12 |"Sometimes you have to walk away from something to come back to it and know it for the first time,” Grand Rapids indie singer/songwriter Brie Stoner told Revue last month, 12 years after she graced the cover of our annual Music Issue for the first time.
Having the right soundtrack can singlehandedly make your road trip unforgettable.
Local radio station WYCE-FM set to host special awards celebrating collaboration over competition.
Crooked Spires: Twisting Towards Musical Ascension
Written by Eric Mitts | Monday, 23 May 2022 14:45 |If there’s anything the past two years have taught us, it’s that the world can be a chaotic place. Thankfully, music can help make sense of it all, in its own harmonic way.
Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish: Signature Rock 'n' Roll
Written by Eric Mitts | Monday, 11 April 2022 12:40 |The pandemic affected everyone in different ways. But for a high-octane, full-volume live act like Grand Rapids’ own Jesse Ray & the Carolina Catfish, the experience was particularly terrifying.
There’s nothing normal about the so-called “return to normal.” And there’s definitely been nothing normal about the return of live music, which has suffered through fits and spurts, as endless, elusive variants and shifting public health policies have made it nearly impossible to resume concerts in any sort of confident, conventional fashion.
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