Friday, July 27, 2012

Best Band of the Summer

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Band Profile:  Back Forty In my opinion, there is nothing better than good live music.  And I see a LOT of live music.  So it is rare that...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Just Plain Fun

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Show Review:  The Waynewood Boys at The Steak Hut And then sometimes, you find cool music in the darndest places!  Live Bands!  Well....
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Right Under Your Nose

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Festivals: Brighton American Music Festival Sometimes, the coolest things in life are found in your own back yard.  I found a hidden gem i...

Getting it Done Live

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Festival Review: Marine City Music Festival It's festival season.  I'm encouraged by the number of small communities starting to o...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

A Tale of Two Shows

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Show Review: Dragon Wagon CD Release Party at the Blind Pig (Ann Arbor) Sometimes it's not about the music.  I saw two great shows la...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Yet Another Hot Band and Cool Bluegrass Venue

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Show Review:  Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys weekly residency at the Wolverine State Brewing Co.  Wow!  What a terrific couple weeks of...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

More Than Great Beer at Bell's!

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Show Review:  Dragon Wagon wsg Back Forty at Bell's Eccentric Cafe (Kalamazoo, MI) While not exactly a Southeast Michigan venue (it...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Kicking Off a Long Fourth of July Week

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Show Review: WAAM Freedom Festival  When Independence Day falls on a Wednesday, it always seems to create TWO holiday weekends that booken...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

What an Awesome Festival

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Festivals:  Tri-StateBluegrass Festival (Kendallville, IN) Everyone always says “you HAVE to go to Kendallville”…and they’re RIGHT!  T...

Possibly the World's Best Capo

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Product Review: BMF Capos The problem with playing guitar is that, once you’ve bought a couple good guitars, there’s not really that m...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Great New Band and some Cool New Venues

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Events:  Waynewood Boys in Hamtramck The Waynewood Boys Newcomers to the SeMiBluegrass scene, the Waynewood boys have proven resourc...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

More Than Just "Steve's Band"--The Steep Canyon Rangers

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Show Review: The Steep Canyon Rangers @ the Ark (Ann Arbor)  SCR rocking the 1-mic at the Ark A great band on their own, the Steep Ca...

Lonesome County Rocks the Bluegrass Scene

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Band Profile: Lonesome County The Boys of Lonesome County Lonesome County has been around for over a decade in various forms.  Th...

First Festival of the Year

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Festivals: Mayfest (WMBA)May 18-20, 2012 The Indoor Stage I must admit to a love/hate relationship with this festival.  The bands a...

Hot Venue for Cool Grass?

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Venues: Bluegrass Night at the Circus Bar (Ann Arbor) The Henhouse Prowlers tear it up at the Circus I love this venue and have ca...

It Can't Be THAT Good--Can It?

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Product Review:  Blue Chip Picks   The standard "teardrop" shape I purchased OK.  There's a lot of hype out the...
Friday, June 15, 2012

Welcome to SeMi Bluegrass

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Welcome Pickers and Bluegrass Fans! It's tough being a bluegrass lover in Southeast Michigan.  Sure, there's a "scene" ...