Music
Local band Doogatron to host quarterly showcase
By Sophie Barterian | June 21Doogatron, a band based out of Ann Arbor and Detroit, is hosting a quarterly showcase at Crossroad’s in Ypsilanti.
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Whiskey Shivers
By Sophie Barterian | April 19Led by singer and fiddler Bobby Fitzgerald, Whiskey Shivers mixes roots music and bluegrass with a rock and punk style for an interesting twist.
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Oh Honey performs at the Crofoot
By Sophie Barterian | April 12Without further ado, Danielle Bouchard and Mitchy Collins take the stage in the dimly lit barroom at the Crofoot.
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New artist to look forward to this spring
By Sophie Barterian | March 21Charlie Belle, an alternative/indie pop group from Austin, Texas, is one to watch in 2015. Having released their debut EP “Get To Know” this January, the young band showcases a cute, catchy style that embodies a summer of adolescence. The band is made up of Jendayi Bonds on guitar, her brother Gyasi Bonds on drums, and Lola Carroll on bass.
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Mister and Mississippi we only part to meet again
By Sophie Barterian | February 15Mister and Mississippi, a band from the Netherlands, have released their second album late last month.
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Hit me baby one more time
By Sophie Barterian | January 7Full of grunge, alternative rock, and teen pop songs, the 90s was a breeding ground for golden one hit wonders from British garage bands to spunky outspoken women to teenagers with angst to spare.
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Sam Amidon modernizes classic folk music at Ark show
By Sophie Barterian | December 10Under dim lighting, a young, skinny kid in jeans and a sweater with a mop of chocolate curls walks onto the stage.
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Sam Amidon to visit Ann Arbor during U.S. tour
By Sophie Barterian | December 6Folksinger Sam Amidon, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, is going on tour this winter to promote his new album, Lily-O.
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The Kellman Khronicles
By Sophie Barterian | December 3In the depths of the mysterious King Hall lies an office, one labeled only by the black numbers 225.
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James Davis makes a powerful comeback
By Sophie Barterian | November 29Raised on American blues, James “Boo Boo” Davis is one of the remaining few musicians who learned to sing and play the blues first-hand while picking cotton in the Mississippi Delta.At 71 years of age, we still haven’t seen the last of Boo Boo Davis. Black and Tan Records dug up this lesser known bluesman and asked him to record a couple of his songs with only a harmonica and his voice.
