Nightspots



March 30, 2023

Earle: Jake Reichbart.

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Solo jazz guitarist. Solo jazz pianists TBA occasionally substitute.

March 30, 2023

El Limon: The Revelators.

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Blues and folk music by the local duo of singer-guitarists Ralph McKee and Jill Baker.

March 30, 2023

Last Word: The Pherotones.

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A wide range of jazz and jazzed-up popular music, from the 1920s to the present, by this all-star local quartet. With trumpeter Ross Huff, pianist Giancarlo Aversa, bassist Brennan Andes, and drummer Wes Fritzemeier.

March 30, 2023

Ark: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers.

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Memphis soul-flavored roadhouse blues-rock by this band led by Bay Area singer-guitarist Tommy Castro, winner of several Blues Music Association awards, including 2010 Entertainer of the Year. They have a new CD, A Bluesman Came to Town.

March 30, 2023

North Star Lounge: Mr. B.

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World renowned local boogie woogie & blues pianist Mark “Mr. B” Braun is joined tonight veteran local jazz percussionist Pete Siers.


March 30, 2023

Blind Pig: “K-Pop Night.”

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All ages admitted. A DJ spins music by a quartet of hitmaking South Korean K-pop bands, including the boy bands BTS and Exo and the girl groups Blackpink and Twice. $16 in advance at uh2bt.com and at the door.

March 30, 2023

Ypsi Alehouse: Pat Clinton.

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Folksy originals & covers by this local singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist.

March 30, 2023

Blue LLama: Kimmie Horne Quartet.

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Ensemble fronted by Horne, a Detroit jazz vocalist who performs standards and jazzy adaptions of disco tunes and other upbeat contemporary songs.

March 31, 2023

Blue LLama: Alyssa Smith Trio.

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Jazz ensemble led by this young composer-pianist from Madison, a U-M music grad student. 10:30 p.m.-midnight.

March 31, 2023

Earle: Rick Burgess Trio.

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Jazz ensemble, named after the late jazz pianist and Earle cofounder Burgess, featuring drummer Robert Warren and a rotating roster of bassists and pianists.

March 31, 2023

Habitat Lounge: Eventjazz.

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Jazz originals and standards by a local ensemble led by singer-bassist Rob Crozier.

March 31, 2023

Live: Al Jacquez Band.

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All-star local ensemble led by veteran local blues and blues-rock singer-guitarist Jacquez. With keyboardist & guitarist Tom Loncaric. bassist Randy Tessier, and drummer Rich Dishman.

March 31, 2023

Mash (Ypsilanti): Fern Whale.

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Meditative, soulful folk-rock by the Ypsilanti duo of Tom and Angela Sheppard.

March 31, 2023

The Necto: “Pride.”

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DJ Edward Alan in the Main Room spins pop, Top 40, and EDM. DJ DigiMark plays retro 80s to Top 40 pop videos in the Red Room.

March 31, 2023

North Star Lounge: Pontiac Trail Blazers.

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Local bluegrass quartet known for its beautiful vocal harmonies and instrumental prowess. They are usually joined by a variety of guest musicians. Tonight they are joined by fiddler Grant Flick.

March 31, 2023

Blind Pig: Mac Saturn.

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All ages admitted. Sold out.

March 31, 2023

Ark: Sonny Landreth.

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Veteran singer-songwriter and slide guitar virtuoso from Louisiana whom Eric Clapton calls “the most underestimated musician on the planet.” The first white member of the late zydeco king Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Band, Landreth has played with everyone from John Hiatt and Jimmie Dale Gilmore to John Mayall and Junior Wells. His songs–whose music blends Cajun, swamp rock, and Mississippi roadhouse blues and whose lyrical sensibility draws inspiration equally from William Faulkner and Robert Johnson–are rooted in a feeling for the sights, sounds, and flavors of life in southwest Louisiana. Landreth is accompanied tonight by steel guitar legend Cindy Cashdollar. Opener: The Suitcase Junket, the stage name of Amherst (MA) singer-songwriter Matt Lorenz, who, accompanying himself on a beat-up guitar and homemade percussion, sings his songs in the style of Tuvan throat-singing, a deep-bass mode in which the singer produces multiple tones simultaneously. $30. 

March 31, 2023

Blind Pig: Mac Saturn.

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All ages admitted. Sold out. 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

March 31, 2023

Ypsi Alehouse: The Vicissitones.

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Local instrumental rock ’n’ roll quartet that plays a blend of originals and surf, horror, and spy covers.

March 31, 2023

Zal Gaz Grotto: The Rhythm Machines.

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A mix of classic rock, soul, funk, R&B, and jazz fusion by this local sextet. Fronted by vocalists Janet Benson and Patty O’Connor, with guitarists Kip Godwin and Terry Gordinier, bassist Ralph McKee, and drummer Greg Lytle.

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