Between the costs, the time and the travel challenges, traditional concert band performances are becoming a scarcity. Despite these obstacles, the talented Marshall Rotary Band keeps going strong, and they’re ready to strike up a tune at this year’s summer concert series. You’ll soon be clapping your hands to crowd favorites, including show tune medleys, …
We have our 2019 Swingin’ at the Shell summer concert series line-up all buttoned up and ready to go! We’re especially excited about this year because it is our 16th anniversary and we think our line-up is fitting of a BIG anniversary. Each concert is free and open to the public. All concerts are held …
It has become a tradition in the past few years to have a tribute act once a season and this year we’re looking forward to Lookin’ Back! As one of (if not the best) Bob Seger tribute bands in the country, Lookin’ Back will close out another great year of Swingin’ at the Shell. Don’t …
We’ve had a number of requests for a bluegrass act for years, and haven’t found the right group to fit the bill until now. Enter Thunderwüde, a bluegrass trio out of Chelsea, Michigan. Their tight melodies and tantalizing compositions of original music, bluegrass standards and modern classics are beginning to make them somewhat of a …
When planning our annual concert series, we look for groups that can fill the bandshell stage with their presence and project to the incredible lawn where the crowd sits. As you can imagine, any stage can be lonely, but the large Victory Park bandshell stage and lawn can be a mighty void to fill if …
While musical trends come and go, some traditions, like the brass band, keep evolving and reaching new musical heights without having to toot their own horn. Brass bands were formed in working-class communities in England in the early 1800’s. Although these kinds of musical groups were never truly seen as high art like orchestras …
POW! ZWAP! A dynamic vocal duo fronts the hard-hitting Detroit-based rock band First Call, and believe me they hold nothing back. We were introduced to them at a wedding and judging by the audience response, we knew they would be an excellent fit for one of our rocking Sunday evening concerts. Swingin’ at the Shell …
We decided to add a little royalty this year and who better to reign over the musical court than Thornetta Davis, crowned “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues” in 2015 and winner of more than 30 Detroit Music Awards. This multi-accomplished performer has a strong, smooth and melodic voice that’s only enhanced by her soulful band of …
When you think of the hundreds of sample recordings that have been referred to our board of directors over the years, it’s not hard to imagine how difficult it is to make an impression. One group that stopped us in our tracks was the Midwest-based group called The Founding, a six-piece “progressive Celtic” band that …
Between the costs, the time and the travel challenges, traditional concert band performances are becoming a scarcity. Despite these obstacles, the talented Marshall Rotary Band keeps going strong, and they’re ready to strike up a tune at this year’s summer concert series. You’ll soon be clapping your hands to crowd favorites, including show tune …
