Santa Cruz based The Devil Makes Three
Visits Grand Rapids on Nov 3
Mexicains Sans Frontieres
120 S Division Av #226
Grand Rapids MI
49503
A Blend of Rockabilly, Blues, Punk and bluegrass
makes this an exciting trio to listen to
hope you can join us for this kick ass event.

SST Records Gregg Ginn , Sprout Media and MSF
Present:
Jambang
Texas Corrugators
The Fainting Generals

all ages
MSF
120 S Division Ave #226
Grand Rapids MI
                   49503
March 21st 8-PM
10 $

From Rapid Growth ( Tommy Allen)
Chances are you missed this act when it was last in Grand Rapids since only a handful were aware of their brief stopover while touring throughout the Midwest. If you have been kicking yourself over the missed opportunity, now is your second chance to see them in this intimate setting.

Mexicains Sans Frontieres, located on the Avenue for the Arts, has presented the music of international, national and local acts and is one of the cities most successful house concert series on the “Avenue,” heck, in the city.

This encore appearance by nationally known singer songwriters Kristy Kruger and Dylan Sneed (on tour with Brian Vander Ark) will provide these southern artists the chance to not only step off the concert hall stage but, given the informal format of the house concert setting, provide them the space to share intimate details about the history behind many of their songs as they perform in a round robin style.

Admission: $10  All Ages

http://www.myspace.com/kristykruger
http://www.myspace.com/dylansneed

Dec 12

Dean Windemuller 8 PM 5$

Wesley West 10 PM 5$




Two Shows.
as part of the Avenue of the Arts Urban Lights
All ages welcome

see my top friends to sneak a peek

Hugo
Mexicains Sans Frontieres

Company Inc, from Minneapolis.. Oct 26 8 PM

The Brinsk , Brooklyn NY Nov 1 8 PM

Alfonso Maya TBA


all Shows start at 8 PM
10$

Students half off


120 S Division Av 226 Grand Rapids MI
tel 616-706-7963

Company Inc, from Minneapolis.. Oct 26 8 PM

The Brinsk , Brooklyn NY Nov 1 8 PM

Alfonso May TBA


all Shows start at 8 PM
10$

Students half off


120 S Division Av 226 Grand Rapids MI
tel 616-706-7963

May 29 Jack and Ben Wright
8 PM
All Ages
10$
http://www.springgardenmusic.com/
Bio:

JACK WRIGHT. After teaching at Temple University in the 1960s and leaving academia in the early 1970s to engage in radical politics and community organizing, by the late 1970s Wright directed his energies into music. He is one of a very small group of musicians in North America that has played improvised music exclusively since the 1970s. Through years of near constant touring, often performing for audiences in cities and towns where improvised music had never before been heard, he came to be regarded as something of an underground legend. He has deliberately eschewed the conventions and socio-aesthetic limitations of musical careerism to pursue his own vision. Although his de-professionalized approach sets him apart from most musicians at his level of accomplishment, his art has always grown, expanded, and synthesized new information. He is unquestionably an original and virtuosic saxophonist, a master improviser who is deeply lyrical, with humor never far away.
Today Wright tours frequently in Europe and North America (and in Japan in 2006), making new musical and human connections, bringing European musicians to the U.S. and bringing musicians everywhere together. His inspiration has provided crucial impetus to hundreds of musicians and has even motivated several people to establish music venues in order to present him and other improvisers (e.g. Baltimore's High Zero festival). His vast list of collaborators includes some "name" luminaries (William Parker, Axel Dorner, Michel Doneda, Andrea Neumann, Denman Maroney, Bhob Rainey to name a few) but more significant are the many obscure greats he has played with. He has made over 40 recordings (many published on his own Spring Garden label), performed in over 20 countries, and written extensively and insightfully about music and society for journals such as Improjazz (France) and Signal to Noise (US), as well as his own website.

May 31 Pow TV WSG ASTROMAN
8 PM
All Ages
10$
http://www.myspace.com/powtv
Todd Carter :: acoustic and electronic instruments
Brent Gutzeit :: acoustic and electronic instruments
Michael Hartman :: acoustic and electronic instruments
TV Pow is a trio of composers and free improvisers first organized in Tokyo 1995 by Michael Hartman and Brent Gutzeit, and later joined by Todd Carter in the move to Chicago in 1996. They employ samplers, percussion, invented instruments, synthesizers, turntables, tape manipulation, computers and multi-speaker surround-sound systems in a constantly evolving soundscape of sparkling electronics, ambient drones, minimalist techno, and cinematic field recordings. Creating through live performance something both new and recombinant, TV Pow has toured throughout Japan, Europe, and the United States.*
*still we are banned from Canada.

June 1 Tatsuya Nakatani
2 PM Improv Workshop, any instrument , all levels
10$
7:30 PM Concert
10$
http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD.He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.In addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level. He also heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant.


Mexicains Sans Frontieres
120 S Division Av 226
Grand Rapids , MI
49503
tel 616-706-7963

Jack Wright with Ben Wright May 29 8:00 PM
All Ages 10 $

Pow TV from Tokyo
May 31 8 PM
All Ages 10$

Tatsuy Nakatani
June 1st
Improv Workshop 2 PM
Concert 7:30 PM
Workshop 10$
Concert 10$
All Ages , All instruments welcome any level..

info 616-706-7963