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.
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.
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.
They say you can never really start over again. But that sure doesn’t mean you have to stop learning and growing.
Filled with false starts and new beginnings, misinformation and revelations, 2021 failed to live up to its lofty promise of a return to “normal.”
There’s one thing that’s simultaneously surprising, yet completely undeniable upon listening to the music of Muskegon duo Tiny Tree — it’s absolutely massive.
Over a decade after it closed in 2009, it’s impossible to describe just how influential and important longtime punk club Skelletones was to the Grand Rapids music community.
The old saying that talk is cheap doesn’t really apply when it’s music that’s speaking to you. Just ask local musician Patty Pierzchala (aka Patty PerShayla).