While the ambitious Ypsilanti music club Savoy remains closed during a payment dispute over electrical service, much of its mojo has moved over to the newly opened Woodruff's in Depot Town —Â and that includes the live music. Woodruff's will therefore host Wednesday's memorial concert for the late Andy Kotowicz, ...
Whitey Morgan and the 78s play the Savoy on Saturday. Whitey Morgan, who plays the kind of gritty barroom country tunes you almost never hear on the radio, is outspoken about his disgust with the state of today’s bland, corporate country music. “It’s kind of a disgrace, I guess you’d ...
Mighty Clouds take the stage Wednesday night in Ypsilanti at Savoy. Ypsilanti's own lo-fi troubadour Fred Thomas debuts his latest project, Mighty Clouds, Wednesday night at Keystone Underground with a live performance and record release party as part of pop-oriented dance night Absolute Beginners. The group finds Thomas reunited with ...
Friends and family of the late Andy Kotowicz, an Ann Arbor native whose love of music grew into a successful career in the record business, are organizing memorials in his honor. A local memorial service, an online benefit auction and a pair of special concerts — in Ypsilanti and Seattle ...
Mittenfest, the multi-day music fest in Ypsilanti that benefits literacy group 826Michigan, has announced its full schedule for its fifth annual incarnation. The event takes place Dec. 30-Jan. 2 in a new venue, the Savoy, at 23 N. Washington St. in Ypsilanti. Featuring 60 bands on two stages, the full ...
Mittenfest — the multi-day music celebration that has quickly become a highlight on the calendar in its first four years — has announced the band lineup for this year. Mittenfest V is set for Dec. 30-Jan. 2 at Savoy in Ypsilanti. A full schedule is expected soon. The event raises ...
Mumble will celebrate its new album at Savoy. The guys in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti band Mumble are itching to get copies of their new “Happy Living” CD into the hands of their fans — especially since it’s been four years in the making. The group, which delivers a mix of ...
Lake Folk plays The Ark on Tuesday and Savoy on Saturday. It’s going to be a busy few weeks for the local band Lake Folk. Not only are the Ypsilanti-based quintet the opening act for the Parkington Sisters at The Ark, they are also getting ready for a CD release ...
Ypsilanti’s Andy Garris, the former manager of the Elbow Room who recently teamed up with Savoy, is inviting everyone to help him celebrate his 30th birthday at "AndyFest IV: Disco in Space," on August 29 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Savoy (23 North Washington in downtown Ypsilanti). ...
Scott Sellwood is the first to agree that his local indie-folk band Drunken Barn Dance has some impressive names in its lineup. Drunken Barn Dance celebrates the release of "Grey Buried" with a show Friday at Savoy. “It’s kind of a supergroup of dudes is what I think,” he said. ...
Editor's note: This story was corrected to reflect the fact that Andy Garris managed the Elbow Room but did not own the bar.The best bar in Ypsilanti and my favorite bar in the entire world closed last night. Â The Elbow Room welcomed me into its gritty, grimy, sometimes sticky ...
Garry Shider A benefit show Thursday night will raise money to help the family of Parliament-Funkadelic singer/guitarist/producer Garry Shider, who died Wednesday from cancer, pay his medical bills. Like many musicians, Shider was uninsured, said Aaron Bookvich, Shider's longtime friend and fellow musician who is organizing the benefit. The concert ...
Ypsilanti’s newest live music venue, Savoy, at 23 N. Washington St. (formerly Club Divine), will officially celebrate its Grand Opening this weekend, April 23 and 24.
Spring is a time of change, so perhaps it’s only fitting that Ypsilanti’s Club Divine dance club, at 23 North Washington, has reinvented itself as Savoy, a new live music venue with a 700-person (standing) capacity. Club Divine’s owner, Dave Curtis, still stands at the helm of Savoy, and the ...
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