The 35th annual Detroit Jazz Festival has released its four-day lineup and performance schedule for the 2014 Labor Day weekend. The Detroit Jazz Festival, which is free to the public, boasts five stages, more than 100 acts, fireworks, late-night jam sessions, a cash-prize piano playing contest and educational activities for young listeners. Since 1980…
Thursday marked the beginning of one of Michigan’s largest music events – Electronic Forest Festival. The four-day electronic extravaganza is scheduled to boast more than 75 artists, five stages, and bring approximately 35,000 attendees to Rothbury, Michigan. Among the countless acts, Detroit-area artists are expected to stand out among the performances with ambassadors…
After dealing with several health issues in recent years, Detroit legend Aretha Franklin has made a full recovery and is back on the road, having kicked off a tour with two back-to-back dates at Radio City Music Hall earlier this month. Moreover, The Queen of Soul is in the middle of recording her 40th studio album,…
Electric Forest music festival is celebrating its fourth year of multi-genre entertainment with a four-day event at Rothbury, Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch campgrounds Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29. The infamous Michigan music festival has become synonymous with electronic music heavyweights, Michigan vendors, fantastic nature-infused light shows, and eclectic crowds. Since 2011,…
On “Critical,” the last track on his Yung Archetype EP, Tunde Olaniran sounded both out of sorts but also totally in control as he offered his own twist on the personal-as-political screed, crooning that “They can’t guarantee the ending won’t begin in me.” This knowing statement may have been delivered on a cut whose lyrics only obliquely made reference to Olaniran’s marginalized identity and his work with Planned…
Midtown Detroit’s annual community event Dally in the Alley, which features local live music, visual arts, food and art vendors, has announced its open enrollment for live music act submissions until July 31. Michigan bands and performing artists may submit their demos to music@dallyinthealley.com – between now and Tuesday, July 31, in addition to any…
Michigan-based creative collective Never Say Die has released the final piece of their March recording project “The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2” with the premiere of a live recording of Jamaican Queens’ Wormfood track “Water.” The trap-pop group recorded multiple songs during their LRS set, and the final project included a live visual accompaniment…
Miami rapper Rick Ross was scheduled to headline Saturday’s Summer Jamz 17, but a conflict regarding Detroit’s infamous ‘No Fly Zone’ prompted a mob of approximately 100 individuals barring him from entering Chene Park. The mob, which is thought to have been led by Detroit’s self-proclaimed mayor Trick Trick, was a result of…
Students of southeast Michigan’s Grosse Pointe Music Academy gained national attention after a video of their tragic cover of Weezer’s “Undone” took YouTube by storm. The members of the adolescent Rubber Band are the focus of the YouTube video in which an equipment malfunction stops their performance early, and suddenly. The four piece…
New Jersey-based publishing house Dynamite Entertainment has announced the fall 2014 debut of a comic book series starring the “Godfather of Shock Rock” himself – Alice Cooper, according to THR. The September premier of Alice Cooper No. 1 will introduce fans to a graphic-driven, fantasy story-series, in which Alice Cooper is the defender of human…