Legendary Grammy Award-winning hip-hop trio Digable Planets will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) during their first-ever tour stop at the Kalamazoo State Theatre Jan. 25.
Showing absolutely no signs of slowing down, L.A. hard rock band Dirty Honey has returned with their second album, Can’t Find The Brakes.
Although they are eager to get out on the road to support the release of their brand new EP, Can You Hear It? (due out Nov. 17), Grand Rapids band The American Hotel System doesn’t plan on ever moving away from West Michigan.
From gothic rock riffs to vibrant folk jams, Charleston-based band Susto has a sound that can’t be pigeonholed.
"I got started playing drums when I was eight or nine,” said Tyler Williams, drummer of the indie-folk band The Head and the Heart.
Operating as an all-ages music venue, art gallery, and DIY project incubator, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (DAAC) has had a difficult history.
One of the newest venues in the West Michigan music scene, The Starlight Room, combines a listening room experience with state-of-the-art video and audio recording.
First started back in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Grand Rapids indie-rock band Low Phase saw just how much the West Michigan music scene suffered during those difficult times.
It’s often said that suffering leads to great art, but the sheer amount of suffering that singer-songwriter Caitlin Cusack has endured in such a short span of time nearly surpasses what art can help anyone heal.
Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION has furrowed a fresh, unmistakable approach to alternative-rock.
When asked that long simmering question, “Is rock dead,” The Beths’ lead vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes has a particularly hot – and accurate – take on the matter.
Begun as the idea to bring a large-scale single-day music festival to rural Barry County, the Fair Ground Festival soon grew into a community effort to support women artists by showcasing a lineup of all female-led performers.
Combining the modern convenience of a music streaming service with the real cash compensation local artists should get for their work, the Kent District Library has created the perfect digital chronicle of the West Michigan music scene with its KDL Vibes program.
