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.

Music is a massive part of West Michigan's culture and identity.

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.