I met some very hip writers Kabul filmmakers, painters and musicians at the Afghan Cultural House (the MOCAD of Kabul) http://ach.af/. I performed a few poems for them, which they said, “We like! We Like!” I did some “Blood in the Moon” (they seem...
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Hey Ya Detroit! M. L. Liebler has officially left The Stan & the Barracks. Let the blogging continue: I traveled out to Orange Blossom country in beautiful Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. Jalalabad is a stone’s through from the famous Kyber Pass which is the...
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Moms are awesome, ain’t they? Who else makes boo-boo’s feel better? In honor of mothers everywhere, here are some celebratory Detroit tunes. First up, an oddity from Alice Cooper that we had, to be honest, pretty much forgotten about. I’ve written home to mother....
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There are just three days to go on the Kickstarter appeal to raise the $4,500 Amy Gore & Her Valentines need to finish and release their debut album. We’ve heard it (reviewed here), and it’s a corker. At the time of writing, the band...
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On the first album from this super group of musicians, They keep to their glam rock roots, and hard rock influence. The group composed of Gregory Beyer (Grayling, Sherry, Ty Stone and The Truth) Eric Hoegemeyer (Crud, Gold Cash Gold) and Troy Gregory (The...
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Out this June on Quite Scientific – This Detroit quartet demonstrates the impact of earnest pop when it’s bolstered by four minds already finely honed into sensibilities for atmospheric augmentation, shred-it-up-energy, wholesome-smacking new-wave grooves and knotty rhythmic patterns – The reason their “debut” sound...
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What are you gonna take away from it? I was talking to a friend about the artist’s experience and he underlined the vitality of being able to hand something to the audience, the viewer, the listener, the reader. Iron Man will zoom through space...
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Sweet Sunday-afternoon soundtracks…for a Friday… Sandro Perri’s wafting ambling groove-pop as wavy as gravy, with bubbly synth champagne-froth and honeyed vocal tones crooning all a’ quiver. Impossible Spaces (Constellation) blends minimal Tropicalia-type buoyant breezes to sepia-toned 70’s singer-songwriter soars and wonderfully weirds-it-up with warm, winding...
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On the evening of Friday, May 11 and the afternoon of Saturday, May 23, the Community Chorus of Detroit presents A Detroit Panorama: Music of a Great American City. Find out more at the CCD website. According to the website, “This unique, collaborative program...
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