Michaux, a Belgian singer-songwriter and music producer, received critical acclaim for his 2016 debut album À la vie, à la mort. He followed up that album with 2020’s Amour Colère and 2021’s Les Chutes. Michaux’s music deftly blends various musical traditions, influenced by such styles as French chanson, American singer-songwriters, rock, and more. His music features lyrics in both French and English.

Dogstar, with special guests Archer Oh played to an excited crowd on Tuesday, August 20th at GLC at 20 Monroe in Grand Rapids, MI.

Five For Fighting photo gallery shot by Adam Briggs

Midwest rockers Red Wanting Blue recently made a stop in Kalamazoo, Michigan as part of their Light It Up tour. The tour, which kicked off in June, came to Michigan for stops at Ferndale’s Magic Bag and Kalamazoo’s Bell’s Eccentric Cafe. The show at Bell’s was packed with loyal fans excited to see this exciting live act make another stop to the area.

Gallery of Boyz II Men show at Frederick Meijer Garden in Grand Rapids, MI

Gallery of Amos and Mikaela Davis Lee at Frederick Meijer Garden

Full gallery of Black Pumas and Abraham Alexander

Nightly, the Nashville-based alt-pop band made their long awaited return to Michigan in June. The band, who independently released their most recent album wear your heart out (2023), was joined by Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Low Phase and Columbus, Ohio-based Jady at Grewal Hall in Michigan’s capital city, Lansing.

Recently, my work day started like usual. Logging in to my computer and looking for some music to get me going. Nothing from my usual suspects of playlists sounded good, so I scrolled through until something caught my eye. Spotify recommended an EP by an artist called Sixsun. Intrigued, I fired up the playlist and began to work. However, I quickly found myself distracted by what I was hearing. The song “Spaceman,” the EPs titular track, caught me by surprise. I immediately shared the song on Instagram because I just wanted other people to hear the song.

Standing to the side of the stage, waiting to shoot the first three songs, the music started. Not the hard rock that is normally associated with Greta Van Fleet, but an orchestral piece accompanied by a light show playfully dancing off of the large curtain that covered the stage. The music and lights continued to build until in a grand crescendo, the curtain dropped.

A week ago, alternative rock/post-punk/dance-punk band Liily released their much anticipated follow up to 2021’s TV or Not TV.

During Ballad Magazine’s recent interview with the band, they discussed how this new album was the result of mercilessly trying different techniques and the influence of several producers who gave them a new found energy. After one week of listening, I can honestly say that this album brings an entirely new energy that gives the band such a great sound while still feeling familiar. The energy feels raw and passionate. It seems to have taken the energy that was already present on past releases and cranked it up to a new level.