Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys
March 15, 2010 by su
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With all the popularity and interest there is today in what is referred to as “New Country”, what would posess four seasoned musicians to go entirely the other direction? Call it integrity, going against the grain, being niche-y, whatever. Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys march to the country shuffle of a bygone era; before [...]
Detour Bluegrass
March 14, 2010 by su
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Detour is a bluegrass band from Northern Lower Michigan. Detour combines original contemporary bluegrass sounds along with great traditional favorites. With tight focused harmonies, precision instrumentals, and creative melodies, Detour takes you down a unique bluegrass road. The band’s talented line-up features the soaring lead vocals of Zak Bunce on string bass, the championship fiddling of Peter [...]
Ralston Bowles
March 13, 2010 by su
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Press All Music Guide Carwreck Conversations, Ralston Bowles’ debut, is a mature, thoughtful portrait of age, youth, and the place “where dreams and truth collide.” Along the way he aims more questions inward than at the outside world, without ever falling prey to easy rationalizations or self-pity. In the record’s stark opener, the late Mark [...]
Luke Winslow King
March 12, 2010 by su
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Hailing from Cadilac Michigan, Luke Winslow-King is a singer, songsmith, and composer inspired by New Orleans jazz, rock, ragtime, impressionism, delta and country blues, poetry, folk, and classical music. Beginning his studies at Interlochen Arts Academy, King studied music theory and composition at the University of New Orleans where
K. Jones & the Benzie Playboys
March 11, 2010 by su
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K. Jones & the Benzie Playboyz are bringing the roots sound of southwest Louisiana’s Creole, Cajun, and Zydeco scene to ya’ll up here in the Great Lakes area. The Playboys are dedicated to keeping the Cajun/Creole music alive with live performances for two-steppin’, waltzing, and smoking red hot zydeco dancing. Cajun/Creole French lyrics are common [...]
Covert Operations
March 10, 2010 by su
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Covert Operations is more than a name! It is the teamwork of six people from Michigan who bring their unique show, a production, an operation to every stage they play. There is something about this band that is exponential. You sense the vibe right away and feel the family growing and becoming a truly beautiful [...]
Lonesome County
March 8, 2010 by su
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Lonesome County, long known as Michigan’s finest bluegrass band and one of the finest anywhere formed in 2002. They have been garnering attention since that inception. From concert halls to many large bluegrass festivals through the U.S. they can be found playing their very distinct style of bluegrass. Here are a few opinions on the [...]
Red Tail Ring
March 7, 2010 by su
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Hailing from the directional extremes of Michigan’s two peninsulas (lower and upper), Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo come together to form Red Tail Ring, a duo with roots firmly planted in Appalachian old-time and folk music, and branches reaching out to forge new arrangements complete with haunting harmonies and an expansive dynamic range. Red Tail [...]
Billy Brandt
March 6, 2010 by su
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Having spent decades in the music business supporting other bands and artists, Billy Brandt has now found his own musical voice and steps into the spotlight as a singer-songwriter for the first time in his amazing career. Influenced by the likes of Gram Parsons to the Grateful Dead, Billy Brandt has molded his sound by [...]
Soul Patch
March 5, 2010 by su
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With it’s current line-up formed in early 2006, Soul Patch is a Traverse City, MI based band with music as versatile as its members. Together we hold a masters in groove. Individually we infuse styles from several backgrounds including, world beat, jazz, reggae, bluegrass, funk, surf, rockabilly, ska, blues, and straight up rock n’ roll. [...]











