Category Archives: Bands, Entertainers & Labels

Tulip Time in Holland, Michigan

Orange Tulip by markmarko
This weekend is the kickoff of Holland's Tulip Time celebration. The annual festival starts this Saturday (May 3, 2008) and continues through May 10.
The Tulip Time Festival's history page says that Tulip Time was introduced in 1927 at a Woman’s Literary Club meeting by Holland biology teacher Miss Lida Rogers. It's grown [...]

The Week for April 21 - 27, 2008

Bumps On A Log by MD2!
The Week is where we post comments about the news, happenings and events of the week. We invite you to do the same.
Our Michigan April Event Calendar says that tomorrow is Earth Day. There are a whole slew of events this weekend including the National Trout Festival in Kalkaska, the [...]

Absolute Michigan Sponsor: Earthwork Music

One of our major sponsors is Earthwork Music, a group of fine and creative folks who believe in the power of music. Check their site for plenty of music to listen to and buy, performance schedules and information about the many talented musicians and artists who are a part of Earthwork.
They're playing a benefit for [...]

Song of the Lakes 25th Anniversary DVD

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5120861441700385790

My good friends Song of the Lakes have a new DVD titled Live at Interlochen. It features a full-length movie of Song of the Lakes 25th Anniversary concert by Rich Brauer & Brauer Productions and the documentary Journey to Joy by Rebecca Glotfelty of Real People Media.
The band will have a link to order the [...]

Absolute Michigan sponsor: ArtServe Michigan

We thought it might be a good idea for us to introduce some of the businesses and organizations that help to support what we do on Absolute Michigan, ask you to patronize them if you can and also to sponsor Absolute Michigan if you want!
ArtServe Michigan is a statewide arts and cultural advocacy organization [...]

Michigan Music: Robin Lee Berry sings Ahna, Kick a Hole in the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlFz5O5_g7I

Here's a video of my friend Robin Lee Berry. Robin is a songwriter from northern Michigan and is joined by members of the EarthWorkMusic.com community, including Seth Bernard, "Daisy" May Erlewine, Michael Erlewine, Rachel Davis, Darlene, Andrea Moreno-Beals, Micah Middaugh, Dominic Suchyta and Ruby Williams.
Details on YouTube and more videos from Michael Erlewine including a [...]

Michigan March Event Calendar

Our Michigan event calendar for the month of March features all kinds of signs that spring is just around the corner (with some reminders that objects around the corner may be further off than they appear.

Ice Fishing: Bass, Pike & Pat Benatar

It was pointed out that Absolute Michigan had a complete lack of music videos featuring fish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMir9dVYXlA


Jamie-Sue Seal presents the Un-Valentine's Roadshow

The Jammin Round with Jamie-Sue series is the creation of singer-songwriter Jamie-Sue Seal, who brings national, regional acts to Lansing and also takes the show around the state with her Roadshows. In this season of love, she'll do it again with the Un-Valentine's Roadshow: Songs & Tales Of Unforgiveness, Heartbreak, Dysfunction & Revenge at 4 [...]

Hip Hop Icons featured in Detroit exhibit

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will host an exhibition of portraits by Russian-born American painter Alexander Melamid in Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid.
The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among the wealthiest and most influential [...]