There is a place on EMU's campus, where the power of music is used to light the spark in an audience of just one. It is not proud Please Auditorium or intimate Alexander Recital Hall, but is nevertheless a place where music touches lives. This place is EMU's Music Therapy Center, which is quickly establishing itself as one of the University's points of pride.
As we ring out the New Year, Concentrate offers a few audio stocking stuffers to you, our faithful readers ...before crawling under the covers for a two week rest. But fear not, we'll be back January 7th with more tales of creative innovation and new economy developments.
Jeff Daniels is plugging back into Chelsea this Holiday season with a series of unplugged shows. Excerpt: The Purple Rose Theatre Co. presents Jeff Daniels' one-man show "Onstage & Unplugged" for a limited 11-show engagement from Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, through Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. All performances will be at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea. Daniels (executive director and PRTC founder) returns to the PRTC stage for the eighth time since 2001. A prolific songwriter as well as playwright, Daniels performs solo with blues guitar and an arsenal of songs that are alternately humorous and poignant. This year's lineup will feature new selections and crowd favorites from Daniels' critically acclaimed CDs. Read the rest of the story here.
'Tis the season to support local artists and designers! Once again the Shadow Art Fair makes a 12-hour appearance at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti then fades into the wintery night air. Drink beer, listen to music and buy locally made tchotchkes.
LimeWire interviews Jeff Owens, the label manager for Ann Arbors favorite electronic music label Ghostly International.Excerpt:It's the season of scary, and we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Owens, the label manager for Ghostly International and Spectral Sound. Founded by Sam Valenti IV in 1999 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ghostly is one of America's most innovative and influential independent record labels. Continue reading to find out why...Read the entire article here.
"Paging Dr. Clarinet... " For the last eight years U-M's life sciences orchestra has been bringing together eighty or so of the university's most talented doctors, dentists, researchers, technicians and students to make beautiful music. And it doesn't matter how many letters they've got after their name. They have to audition like everyone else.
Pushing back his Archives Vol 1 (1963-1972) album, Niel Young instead opts to release his famous two-night stand at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, in 1968.Excerpt:"Some forty years after taking the stage at Ann Arbor, Michigan's Canterbury House for a two-night run, Neil Young will release Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968. The disc, which collects tunes from his November 9-10, 1968 gigs at the titular venue, is due to arrive November 25 from Reprise, according to a Billboard.com report."Read the news here, and here.
Ann Arbor's avant-garde / electronic / all-round cool music label Ghostly International gets the star treatment it deserves as a featured video on Current TV.
They're back! In answer to the flash and splash of Ann Arbor's Art Fair, the crafty crafters of Ypsilanti's Shadow Art Fair once again move into Depot Town's Corner Brewery to offer the ultimate in handmade brews, music and, of course, local art. Be there or be oh-so square!
After 20 years and two million record sales, it's safe to say that Saline's Loft Studios is an unqualified success. Meet Tim and Andy Patalan, gold record engineers who turned their family's 150 year old barn into the recording home for some of Metro Detroit's best-selling rock bands.
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