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Live music has slowly, steadily returned to West Michigan over the past year. With new and different opportunities starting every day as the pandemic continues to move into the past (hopefully), the many talented bands and musicians in our area have a variety of ways of getting seen and heard, live and in person.
Vibrant powerhouse trio The Winery Dogs will be live in concert Monday, March 13, 2023 on the DeVos Performance Hall stage.
It’s only fitting that the first full year “past” the pandemic found Ionia native, turned international bluegrass superstar Billy Strings returning to West Michigan for a triumphant sold-out show at Kalamazoo’s Wings Event Center this fall.
With their third album, local indie rock duo Bedroom Ceilings take listeners to a place that’s strangely familiar.
Just days after the widespread Russian attacks across Ukraine in response to the destruction of the only bridge connecting Russia to Crimea, Revue had the opportunity to speak with drummer Vladislav Ulasevich of the Ukrainian metalcore band Jinjer.
Way before hybrid schedules or Zoom calls, Philadelphia indie-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist Kurt Vile had long become something of a master of working from home.
Local electronic musician takes spiritual experience of making music to the dancefloor.
Briston Maroney spent his early days as a musician playing house shows in his friends’ basements as a part of the DIY community. Now he has headlined sold-out concerts across the U.S.
Over their 10-year history as a band, the members of Desmond Jones have always found a way to keep playing their music.
Over the past few years, singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten spent a lot of time during lockdown working on her critically acclaimed new album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong.
Live music has returned in a big way, and shows no signs of stopping again any time soon.
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.
"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.