Open and empty is how Darden Smith describes the west Texas landscape that inspired his wildly creative new multi-media project, Western Skies. Comprising a new studio record, a book of photography, lyrics, and essays, and an accompanying album of readings set to music, the collection is an immersive journey through a world both real and...
For our season finale, the Be-Bop Club welcomes one of the UK's finest saxophone players, Ed Jones. The club will then be taking a break over the summer and will be back in September. Over the last 20 years or so award-winning saxophonist Ed Jones has established himself as one of the most innovative and sought after...
Bill Kirchen Band with special guest James Oliver Upon tallying how many decades he’s worked as a professional guitar slinger, Telecaster master Bill Kirchen quips, “Well, they don't make 50 years like they used to.” They don’t often make careers like his, either. From performing with his Who Knows Pickers jug band in Ann Arbor...
