Music

Mohammed Shawls and Dawn Kotcher participating in the Summer Challenge at YDL's Michigan Avenue branch.

Ypsi library offers social services, Summer Challenge, youth performance opportunity this summer

From the eighth annual Summer Challenge to free meals, mutual aid programs, and teen-led music showcases, the Ypsilanti District Library offers a full slate of free programming.

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Tommy Prine.
Tommy Prine, son of folk legend John Prine, to perform in Ann Arbor

We chatted with Prine about his new EP, the big and small ways his life changed since his first album was released in 2023, and how his understanding of his late father has deepened as his own musical career has progressed.

Danielle Davis, known professionally as Dani Darling.
Ann Arbor’s Dani Darling to step back from music after July EP release

Ann Arbor-based musician Danielle Davis, who performs as Dani Darling, says she doesn't "want to throw out the word 'retirement,'" but she is also looking forward to taking a break from music after she releases her latest EP, "Cazimi," at the end of July.

A still from Elizabeth Ai's film "New Wave."
Documentary screened in Ann Arbor explores music, identity, and healing for Vietnamese immigrants

In this installment of our Voices of Youth series, student writer Ella Yip interviews filmmaker Elizabeth Ai about her documentary exploring the connection between Vietnamese Americans and '80s new wave music.

The Balkan Paradise Orchestra.
All-female Spanish ensemble to bring Balkan brass music to Ann Arbor Summer Fest

Barcelona’s genre-blending Balkan Paradise Orchestra will light up the Ann Arbor Summer Festival's Rackham Stage with a free show on June 22, promising a vibrant fusion of Balkan folk, jazz, classical, and street music.

Lotipha Renée Hunter performs at a drag bingo event at Uplift.
Drag as activism: Washtenaw County performers seek to “demystify” queerness in divisive times

Washtenaw County’s drag scene is stepping boldly into the political spotlight, using art and expression to counter rising anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment.

Juneteenth celebrations in Ypsilanti.
Juneteenth in Ypsi grows into a weekend of activism, music, and faith, featuring gospel star

Ypsilanti's annual Juneteenth celebration will run a full weekend this year, including a day of action, a sickle cell anemia awareness walk, and a performance by a Grammy-winning artist.

Squonk performs "Brouhaha."
Audiences will join in unconventional musical performance as Squonk troupe makes Ann Arbor debut

Squonk, a Pittsburgh-based group of musicians and visual artists, will bring the free outdoor show "Brouhaha" to Ann Arbor Summer Festival's Top of the Park on Ann Arbor's Ingalls Mall in six performances June 20-22. 

London Beck will be featured in the next installment of the Voices concert series at The Ark.
Series spotlighting BIPOC artists at The Ark set to return June 8

Artist Kyler Wilkins, known as Ki5, founded the ongoing Voices concert series at The Ark. The series is intended to highlight the work of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists in an intimate setting.

A trial run for the Traveling Sound Museum event at Ypsilanti Community Middle School last year.
“Traveling Sound Museum” brings the science of music to Ypsi in two free events

As part of its mission to bring arts and culture programming to all parts of Washtenaw County, A2 Jazz Fest will bring a free "Traveling Sound Museum" to two locations in Ypsilanti in May in collaboration with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum.

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