Kristi Kates | Author
Cadillac’s Up North Arts
Sept. 15, 2018
Something was missing in Cadillac.
At least, something was missing if you were the artistic type — or an appreciator of the fine arts.
So the Cadillac Arts Council d…
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Teenage Fanclub Loses the Love
Sept. 15, 2018
Teenage Fanclub has announced that its longtime bassist and vocalist Gerard Love will leave this fall, following the band’s Nov. 15 show at London’s Electric Ballroom. The band plans to carry on without Love for the rest of the tour, on whi…
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Shoulder Season Meanders for Locals
Sept. 8, 2018
The shoulder season of fall is a northern Michiganian’s reward for working their way through another hot, bustling, crowded northern Michigan summer season.
The tourists have departed, the roads and sidewalks are less crowde…
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TV on the Radio Reboots Old Album
Sept. 8, 2018
It doesn’t seem like 10 years since TV on the Radio released its third hit indie rock album, Dear Science, but it has indeed been a decade. (Their latest album was 2014’s Seeds.) To celebrate that fan-beloved release, the band is staging a spec…
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Traps PS – New Chants – Innovative Leisure
Sept. 8, 2018
Short tunes, directly to the point, charging in and crashing right back out again. That’s the modus operandi of Traps PS, which purposefully keeps its tracks abbreviated, not wasting a single note or beat that isn’t meant to be there. But these songs, tightly wound and laser-foc…
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The New & Improved Boyne River Inn
Sept. 1, 2018
Sometimes the classics are all you need.
That’s the approach of the Boyne River Inn — affectionately nicknamed “The BRI” — in Boyne City, where the menu offers up uncomplicated, from-scratch dish…
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Anne-Marie Goes Back to 2002
Sept. 1, 2018
Breakthrough artist and BRIT Award-nominated artist Anne-Mariecontinues (pictured) to throw out great pop singles and collaborations, her latest being the track “2002,” which she co-wrote with fellow singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. An acoustic per…
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Amanda Shires –To The Sunset –SK Records
Sept. 1, 2018
Opening track “Parking Lot Pirouette,” sets the tone here; it’s an affecting number about not being able to leave the one you’re with, and that push-pull of relationships is a continuing theme. On “Eve’s Daughter,” the man in question is a military …
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Welcome to The Back Lot
Aug. 25, 2018
David Meikle is a busy guy. Partners in the Petoskey bar/restaurants Tap 30 and Pour along with Steve Steffes, you wouldn’t think he’d have time to come up with yet another business endeavor.
But in the empty alleyway …
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Bear McCreary– God of War: Playstation Soundtrack– Sony Classical
Aug. 25, 2018
McCreary, who’s contributed music to such dramatic, different shows as the reboot of Battlestar Galactica, shows off his abilities to score quirky, fantasy situations once again on this PS-exclusive soundtrack. The seasoned composer actually puts some of his best work into this videog…
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Book It: Mackinac Island’s 2018 Jazz Weekend
Aug. 25, 2018
“It’s another great Mackinac Island summer!” said Ken Hayward by phone from the island’s famed Grand Hotel. Hayward, the hotel’s executive vice president and managing director, said this tourist season so far has been like none ever before — and that incl…
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Hanson Bros. Study Up on String Theory
Aug. 25, 2018
If you remember the ’90s, then you probably remember Hanson, the long-haired, three-brother pop trio that cranked out several radio hits in that era. Well, they’re on their way back, having collaborated with David Campbell to craft a new album a…
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It’s a Sweet Celebration at Bentley Hill Bakehouse
Aug. 25, 2018
Michelle Rogner has been baking since she was 9 years old. The former Bay City resident got jobs catering as an adult, but it wasn’t until she moved north — and added a big dash of cinnamon — that she really found her calling.
CHANGE OF SCENERY
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77:78 – Jellies – Pias America
Aug. 11, 2018
Sprung out of the musical outfit The Bees is this side effort from Tim Parkin and Aaron Fletcher, on which they play with different retro-fied sounds and overdubs, assembling puzzles of audio. While a couple of the tracks are a bit overwhelming to listen to due to sheer component overload (…
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Long Lake Culinary Campus Breaks New Foodie Ground
Aug. 11, 2018
The last student walked out of Traverse City’s Long Lake Elementary for the final time in 2012. But the school deemed too old, outdated, and expensive to keep open for area school kids wasn’t done fulfilling its mission — at least, not as Timothy Fitzgerald Young saw it.Read More >>
Ice Cube Taking Over Detroit
Aug. 11, 2018
A big night for hip-hop is set to take place at The Takeover in Detroit on Sat., Sept. 29: Ice Cube is coming, and bringing him performers Too $hort and Spice 1. Ice Cube hasn’t been to Detroit since 2016, but with his 10th album, Aug. 4, 2018 Twenty One Pilots has just announced its much-anticipated new album, Trench, which will hit outlets on Oct. 5 via Fueled by Ramen records. Two singles from the upcoming album, “Jumpsuit” and “Nico and the Niners” have already been released, …
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Aug. 4, 2018 Avast ye, mateys, and shiver yer timbers! Hoist up the mizzenmast and scrounge all hands on deck, there’s a scurvy bilge-rat trying to steal our grog before we can even pillage and plunder the local landlubbers! If that all sounds like gibberish to you, you wouldn’t be a…
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Aug. 4, 2018 Exchange students — students who study abroad to gain new cultural experiences and expand their worlds — often return to the foreign places where they studied to relive memories or visit their host families. July 28, 2018 The live music before each film screening at the Traverse City Film Fest is a lot like the soundtrack to a film: It sets the scene, defines the mood, and absolutely elevates the audience experience. That’s why performers are hand-selected to match the films, explains TCFF Musi…
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Pilots Hit the Trenches for New Album
A Boatload of Fun at Pirate Fest!
Kickin’ It in East Jordan
But Baris…
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Cinema Soundtrack: Live Music at the TCFF!