After nearly three decades in one of the most reliable hit-making hard rock bands in the country, Chevelle drummer Sam Loeffler has found the secret to success in the music industry—just stay together.
The creation of longtime Grand Rapids songwriter and musician Greg Scheer, the St. Sinner Orchestra merges a rock band with a classical string section, for a sound unlike anything else.
To Patrick Hallahan, drummer of My Morning Jacket, his instrument is more than his career; it’s his calling.
I always knew my whole life I wanted to be a performer,” said Daniel Pitout, professionally known as Orville Peck. “I don’t think anybody in my family, or my life, ever imagined me doing anything else.”
When summer hits in Michigan, Joe Hertler can just feel the difference when he’s onstage. Frontman for longtime Lansing band Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers, he’s played countless outdoor festivals all across the country.
Kalamazoo cellist and vocalist Jordan Hamilton has truly come to transcend both the worlds of classical and hip-hop music.
If you haven’t yet sat down and listened to Kayleigh Amstutz–better known as Chappell Roan–you’ve certainly seen her across social media and news outlets.
After three albums and five EPs, the X Ambassadors are finally ready to bring it home. Their fourth full-length record, Townie, tells a story about lead singer Sam Nelson Harris’ adolescent attempts to make it out of his hometown of Ithaca, New York.
When Jason Deibler-Love, owner of The Lucky Wolf, first moved to West Michigan a little over two and a half years ago, he knew his life would change.
Scottish indie band Belle and Sebastian began with a recording they cut at their college campus in the mid-90’s. Nearly 30 years later, they’ve built a legacy career through their sharp-yet-whimsical songwriting and word-of-mouth promotion.
Much like his direct influences in indefinable indie bands Ween and The Unicorns, Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Oliver Scott Draper has crafted something of a lore around his origins.
There’s no mistaking the near-meditative nature to the music of acclaimed Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.
Like they’ve done throughout their nearly 30-year career together, Canadian pop-punk/heavy metal band Sum 41 have called it quits their own way.
Musicians are no stranger to living on the road. But living at home? That’s a challenge most artists have to eventually face.
