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,…
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 production house Never Say Die MI has released the highly-anticipated The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 live album recordings. The first Living Room Sessions release was focused primarily on musical acts of Northern/Mid-Michigan. The 2013 project featured several private performances which were filmed and recorded live from their separate and secret living-room locations. The newly-released…
After more than 15 years of publishing music, entertainment, news, politics, events, dining, and editorial content, local weekly Real Detroit Weekly will cease to exist as it is merged with competitor weekly The Detroit Metro Times. The announcement was made via Metro Times‘ blog Monday evening, and posted to both publications’ social media outlets. The…
Tonight’s Detroit Music Awards ceremony will award Detroit musicians from all genres with one of the most well-known local music trophies in Southeast Michigan. The foundation’s members choose their favorite local representation of ten musical genres: Folk/Acoustic, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Country, Classical, Rock/Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, Electronic and World. The three-part award process includes…
The Henry Ford Museum has announced an exciting new rock-n’-roll exhibit fit for a diva. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power (May 17 – August 17) will highlight the contributions of the music industry’s most influential and controversial female artists of the last half-century. The exhibition promises the inclusion of “music sheets, handwritten notes,…
Record Store Day is a holiday celebrated on the third Saturday of April each year (April 19 in 2014) and is geared towards vinyl aficionados, 45″ collectors, and those who appreciate a good, old fashioned discount. Originating in 2007, the internationally-recognized holiday is known for its annual supply of special-edition releases distributed to local vinyl shops,…
Alternative print weekly Metro Times’ 17th annual Blowout music festival has finally announced its 300-band lineup spanning more than 20 venues in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Ferndale from April 30 through May 3. Though many performance times have been omitted from the initial schedule, acts and excluded venue times are expected to be…
UK-based music educators have chosen Detroit as the home of their third music education campus – welcome to The Detroit Institute of Music Education.
Arcade Fire made its Reflektor Tour stop at The Palace of Auburn Hills this week – with more than one surprise for attendees. The two-time Grammy Award-winning (eight-time nominated) indie-rock group has been known to play covers of regional favorites, and Detroit was no exception. After performing The Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time” in Louisville, and Prince’s “Controversy”…