http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/Music News, Reviews and MoreenSun, 05 Jul 2009 01:56:20 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noMusic News, Reviews and Moresound_checkhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/cKYOdxoXKWw/_rachel_zylstra_before_you.htmlLocal SpinsJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressSun, 05 Jul 2009 01:56:20 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3150527 ]]> Rachel Zylstra "Before You Could Decide" The music: Now living in New York City, Grand Rapids' Rachel Zylstra continues to impress with insightful piano pop that NYC's Ars Nova theater accurately describes as "powerful, revelatory music." She performs at...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/07/_rachel_zylstra_before_you.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/XrA1xZVuOa0/twittering_opens_up_a_whole_ab.htmlRothburyJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressSun, 05 Jul 2009 00:20:40 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3152310 ]]>Katy Batdorff | The Grand Rapids PressJohn Sinkevics tweets from the Odeum Stage at this year's Rothbury Music Festival Monday afternoon. The Odeum is the main stage where Bob Dylan and The Dead will be performing. On Day 4 at...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/07/twittering_opens_up_a_whole_ab.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/MpbkMp2EWck/local_spins_of_the_week_grand_12.htmlFeaturedLocal SpinsThe Grand Rapids PressFri, 03 Jul 2009 02:21:25 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3146193 ]]>As Bowery, Phil Kulas and Shanee Laurent have produced the most surprising Local Spins CD of the year. I'm verily impressed with the splendid vocals and mesmerizing rock-power pop milieu created by this duo on its debut, recorded by Papa...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/07/local_spins_of_the_week_grand_12.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/AXYjBD52RDg/the_weekend_list_rothbury_reve.htmlWeekend picksJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressThu, 02 Jul 2009 03:11:29 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3142655 ]]>HandoutThe Black Crowes will play at Rothbury this weekend. By the time you read this, I'll be in the midst of northern Michigan splendor, yakking with Rothbury-goers and campers as they await tonight's kickoff of four straight days of musical...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/07/the_weekend_list_rothbury_reve.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/dWLBmlMFAaA/tribute_concerts_for_ralston_b.htmlConcertsFeaturedJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressMon, 29 Jun 2009 12:02:13 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3121327 ]]>GRAND RAPIDS - Appropriately ending the night with a duet performance of Ralston Bowles' "Fragile," Wisconsin's Peter Mulvey and New York's Amy Speace put a poignant capper on an amazing afternoon and evening at Grand Rapids' One Trick Pony on...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/tribute_concerts_for_ralston_b.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/pMLtC5G9mkg/local_spins_roger_macnaughton.htmlLocal SpinsJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressSun, 28 Jun 2009 07:50:21 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3108646 ]]>New releases by area artists.... Roger MacNaughton "Secret Places" The music: Ada's Roger MacNaughton returns with yet another calming collection of 11 smartly arranged piano originals -- all classics. His CD-release party is 3 p.m. today in Kretschmer Recital Hall...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/local_spins_roger_macnaughton.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/ZIZLorVSnQk/local_spins_of_the_week_the_be_1.htmlFeaturedLocal SpinsJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressFri, 26 Jun 2009 02:20:55 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3101098 ]]>Katy Batdorff | The Grand Rapids Press Ralston Bowles performs in February at the annual WYCE Jammie Awards. Consider this a special edition of Local Spins. With a fund-raiser on Sunday for the godfather/grand poobah of Grand Rapids' folk scene,...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/local_spins_of_the_week_the_be_1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/nO6NJL4MguI/the_weekend_list_summer_celebr.htmlFeaturedWeekend picksJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressThu, 25 Jun 2009 02:20:02 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3093927 ]]>Courtesy PhotoNot part of the 1980s, but Pop Evil performs as part of the Summer Celebration in Muskegon. Granted, I personally prefer the '80s strains of artists such as R.E.M. and Peter Gabriel, but there's no denying the comeback power...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/the_weekend_list_summer_celebr.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/tjc8Umyj5Lo/local_spins_of_the_week_grand_11.htmlFeaturedLocal SpinsJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressFri, 19 Jun 2009 02:12:57 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3042933 ]]>Sidetrack plays the kind of pop-tinged rock music that's impossible to ignore because it's inventive and full of bracing guitar work....http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/local_spins_of_the_week_grand_11.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/EqWSnIszgG8/the_weekend_list_avett_brother.htmlWeekend picksJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressThu, 18 Jun 2009 02:34:17 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.3033992 ]]>HandoutThe Avett Brothers play at Meijer Gardens Thursday. The band wowed the crowd at The Intersection last year. GRAND RAPIDS - "Who's your daddy?" "Come to papa." "Father knows best." Yes, he does, and Father's Day is Sunday. And because...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/the_weekend_list_avett_brother.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/JE7DsjZNLgI/611_thursday_sound_check_blogw.htmlFeaturedWeekend picksJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressThu, 11 Jun 2009 03:49:56 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.2976872 ]]>HandoutMustard Plug, from left: Colin clive, Rick Johnson, Jim Hofer, Dave Kirchgessner, Brandon Jenison, Nate Cohn GRAND RAPIDS - Anyone and everyone in West Michigan's music scene knows singer-songwriter Ralston Bowles and the incalculable impact he's had on bolstering Grand...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/611_thursday_sound_check_blogw.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/PGrHWj2erV8/kenny_rogers_to_play_august_co.htmlFeaturedJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressWed, 10 Jun 2009 07:17:11 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.2973281 ]]>The country singer has been added to Meijer Gardens' summer schedule for Aug. 6.http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/kenny_rogers_to_play_august_co.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/kL_Po_cEOXs/album_review_elvis_costellos_s.htmlAlbum reviewsFeaturedMLive - MusicJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:04 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.2968365 ]]>3 out of 4 stars: Elvis Costello's "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" Elvis Costello is getting better at this country shtick. With an intense and long-abiding interest in rootsy American twang, Costello first surprised critics way back in 1981 with "Almost...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/album_review_elvis_costellos_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/oXk9RMo1vuU/local_spins_of_the_week_festiv.htmlFeaturedLocal SpinsMLive - MusicJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressFri, 05 Jun 2009 00:58:45 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.2931360 ]]> There's nothing quite like Festival to get the summer concert juices flowing. It's my annual kickoff to "Music Madness," with countless concert series and festivals blanketing my summer calendar. But it's also a prime opportunity to catch a host...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/local_spins_of_the_week_festiv.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sound_check/~3/4PLs-quN5Hc/the_weekend_list_festival_2009.htmlWeekend picksJohn Sinkevics | The Grand Rapids PressFri, 05 Jun 2009 09:17:14 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/soundcheck//2334.2923459 ]]>Lazy Blue Tunas will perform Friday at Festival of the Arts. Time to limber up and put on your track shoes (and grab your umbrella) because weekends around here don't get any bigger than this. With more than 250 performances...http://blog.mlive.com/soundcheck/2009/06/the_weekend_list_festival_2009.htmlnonadult