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February 11, 2012
Root Doctor CD Release Party at Guy Hollerins
3600 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor
(517) 230-9190
The Root Doctor CD Release party will take place on Saturday, February 11th at Guy Hollerins, located inside The Holiday Inn Near the University of Michigan, from 8:00 pm - Midnight.
Root Doctor, featuring Freddie Cunningham on lead vocals, plays a diverse mix of classic soul and R&B, alongside traditional blues and inspired original material. Along with over 20 years of club, concert and festival performances, they have released four recordings to local and national acclaim. Root Doctor is excited to perform their new, critically acclaimed album, 'Joy,' in Ann Arbor on February 11th. The band will be signing CD's at the conclusion of the show.
Cost: $5.00 Cover
8:00 pm - MidnightFebruary 17, 2012
University Musical Society Presents: Sweet Honey in the Rock
Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
(734) 764-2538
Sweet Honey In The Rock focuses on music that challenges, inspires, teaches, encourages, and empowers audiences from all walks of life to become interested and involved in issues that are central to their lives. For over three decades, Sweet Honey In The Rock has celebrated our collective humanity, singing about the challenging issues of racism; social, economic, and environmental injustice; equal rights; and the greed that seems to be pulling our nation apart. The group has built a distinguished legacy as one of the most celebrated ambassadors of a cappella music, fusing five scintillating and soulful voices with the texture, harmonic blend, and raw quality that is indigenous and true to authentica cappella music. They take audiences on journeys that span centuries of African-American history and culture — sound journeys that nurture and heal. In the tradition of artists in action — this is the group that sang at the rally when the University of Michigan defended its affirmative action position before the Supreme Court in 2003 — Sweet Honey taps the spirit, encourages audiences to think, asks them to reflect, and inspires them to make a difference in their communities. Sign language interpreted. A special block of tickets is being held in the front of the main floor for people with hearing impairments.
The Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel will offer a special room rate of $129/night, based on availablility, for this performance. To make a reservation, visit www.sheratonannarbor.com, click the box for SET # and enter 226544.
To receive a special discount on ticket prices, mention the promotion code AACVB when booking your concert ticket to receive $40.00 main floor tickets, $30.00 mezzanine tickets, or $20.00 balcony tickets to the performance! Mention AACVB at the start of your phone order with a UMS ticket representative, or type it into the promotion box at the top of the screen when purchasing online. Limit: 4 per customer; discount not valid on previously purchased tickets, at the door, or for online sales; subject to availablility. To book tickets, call the UMS Ticket office at (800) 221-1229 or (734) 764-2538, or book online at www.ums.org.
Cost: Tickets range from $22.00 - $46.00
8:00 pmFebruary 22, 2012
University Musical Society Presents: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Hill Auditorium, 825 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
(734) 764-2538
Under Wynton Marsalis’ direction, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) performs a repertoire across the full jazz spectrum — from the music’s New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras, tap dance to ballet, Wynton has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers. On this new tour and to celebrate Wynton’s 50th birthday, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will showcase a retrospective of Wynton’s music written for big band. The JLCO may also perform the unique repertoire for which it is renowned worldwide: modern jazz renditions of traditional favorites, including tunes by Thelonious Monk; classic Blue Note Records selections by Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, and Joe Henderson; and modern compositions and arrangements by jazz contemporaries. “The audience was weak from applauding and shouting and jumping up and down with the joy of the great music it had heard.” (El Universal/The Herald)
UMS will offer luxury coach transportation from Oakland County to Ann Arbor for this performance. Round-trip cost is only $10 per person! For tickets and information, call the UMS ticket office at (734) 764-2538.
Cost: Tickets range from $10.00 - $54.00
7:30 pmMarch 06, 2012
The Ark Presents: Hot Tuna
The Ark, 316 Main Street, Ann Arbor
From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years — yes! — than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna.
The pair began playing together while growing up in the Washington D.C. area, where Jack’s father was a dentist and Jorma’s father a State Department official. Along the way, Jorma became committed to the finger-picking guitar style exemplified by the Rev. Gary Davis. Jack, meanwhile, had taken an interest in the electric bass, at the time a controversial instrument in blues, jazz, and folk circles. In the mid-1960s, Jorma was asked to audition to play guitar for a new band that was forming in San Francisco, and the rest became Jefferson Airplane history. But the pair remained loyal to the blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk influences of the small clubs and larger venues they had learned from years before. This led to an album and a record contract, all before they decided to name their band Hot Tuna. With that album they launched a project that has continued for more than 35 years, always finding new and interesting turns in its path forward. In an era in which old bands reunite for one last tour, Hot Tuna can’t, because Hot Tuna never broke up. They've turned increasingly toward acoustic roots in recent years, but two things have never changed: Jorma and Jack still enjoy playing together as much as they did as kids in Washington D.C., and there are still many, many exciting miles yet to travel on the group's musical odyssey. Hot Tuna recently released "Steady as She Goes," their first new studio album since 1990.
Cost: $35.00
Doors at 7:30 pm, Show starts at 8:00 pmMay 06, 2012
Water Hill Music Festival
Water Hill Neighborhood, Ann Arbor
The Water Hill Music Festival is a one-of-a-kind music festival featuring residents of the Water Hill neighborhood of Ann Arbor, Michigan, performing on their front porches for other neighbors and visitors who stroll from house to house.
2012 Line-Up (so far) - The Vibrations, Jerry Hancock, Dan Mulholland, Brian Delaney, Andy Adamson, Rich Dishman, Tree Town Community Chorus (more announcements to come).
Sunday, May 6th, 2012, 2 to 6 pm Wear comfortable shoes, loose-fitting clothes and a hat, fill a water bottle and set off to wander Water Hill. You’ll find festival yard signs planted in front yards all over the neighborhood indicating sites where resident musicians will be performing on their own front porches, front yards, driveways, etc. (Some pianists will be inviting people inside to their piano rooms.) Chairs will be available on some lawns, but carrying a lightweight folding chair or camp stool might be a good idea.
Who, where and when? To know who is performing where and when you can print out the latest program from this site before you leave home or find it in printed form at locations around the neighborhood on the day of the event.
Parking: The best place to leave your car is parked in your driveway. But if you’re not lucky enough to bike or walk to the event don’t worry, there’s plenty of free parking available on streets throughout the neighborhood. Wherever you land please plan to park just once and experience the festival on foot, unless you have special needs.
Public facilities: Hunt Park, at the top of Spring Street, is a nice place for a lunch or dinner picnic, and has water and public restrooms. Belize Park is centrally located in the neighborhood at the corner of Fountain & Summit. It also boasts a drinking fountain, play structure, tree-shaded benches and a picnic table. Big City Bakery, at the corner of Miller and Spring, is a good source for coffee, muffins, scones, and on May 6th they’re offering a 2-for-1 special on their famous homemade dingdongs and extending their hours to 6 pm. Newly landscaped West Park, which borders the neighborhood to the south across Miller Avenue, features a playground and fields, and has a parking lot off Chapin Street.
Cost: This is a free event.
2:00pm - 6:00pm