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Once a month, the sounds of locally created hip-hop music drift out of 734 Brewing‘s open doors during a new event series that gives audiences a front-row seat as local producers create, [...]

Breaking into the music scene is not an easy task.  One would need talent, access to recording equipment, and personal/professional connections.  So, Eastern Michigan University doctoral [...]

Each year, local singer/songwriter Chris Anderson curates a multi-day / multi-venue showcase of regional musical artists for a local festival that give music lovers who can’t afford the ticket [...]

You already know that Ypsilanti is a fantastic place to consume music, between Cultivate Coffee & Tap House, 734 Brewing, Triple Goddess Tasting Room, Ziggy’s and Ypsi Alehouse. Did you [...]

Grove Studios isn’t a traditional Artists’ Residency, but it is a haven of sorts. It’s a colony where the pollinators of local culture–be it musicians, photographers, [...]

If you’ve been following the pages (printed or online) of Current this past year, then you’ve probably heard a bit about Grove Studios already. Grove is a grassroots effort to provide musicians [...]

For a long time, we took honeybees for granted, only recently realizing that these seemingly ubiquitous pollinators are crucial to our agricultural structure and crop production. Artists, then, [...]

Music and Art.  While decidedly individual at times, collaboration is key in getting the product to market. Some of that is dependent on finding the people and places that allow for creation.  [...]

Visitors to Ypsilanti can get a start-to-finish local experience, with no cover charge, at Cultivate Coffee & Tap House’s Sundays in the Garden series. Twelve free concerts, hosted on [...]

Current consistently features reviews, interviews and concert announcements for local bands, musicians, and songwriters each month in our print edition, as well as online. This MUSIC GUIDE is [...]