We are an all-girl string band based in Grand Rapids, MI. We specialize in Old Timey, Bluegrass, and Gospel. Sometimes we also throw in some classic country tunes just for fun.

The band was started in the summer of 2004 by Sarah Jane, and has since been warming hearts and making people smile.

Nobody's Darlin' web site

Hailing form Grand Rapids, MI, A.B! & Coconut Brown was conceived in the summer of 2005 and is the brainchild of front man, Adrian Butler..

The sound of A.B! and Coconut Brown is an organic blend of bass, drums, electric guitar, keys and horns synthesized with a MPC 2000. This mixture of hip-hop beats, infused with elements of jazz, pop, rock, reggae and old-school funk is truly unique. Chief lyricist and MC, Butler, raps about topics ranging from space travel, politics, social issues, personal experience and female situations. His rhymes are touched with smart humor and satirical overtones.

A.B! & Coconut Brown web site      Interview on WGVU

The Lonesome Canyon Band features a dynamic female lead vocalist, Tami Helm, along with four male vocalists.  The style is Classic Pop/Rock, tinged with Country, Blues, and Americana.  This six-piece band really gets the crowd moving!

Lonesome Canyon Band web site    Video 1    Video 2     Interview on WGVU

Edye Evans Hyde has been performing jazz, blues and pop music for over 20 years in West Michigan, Los Angeles and Asia. Edye has shared the stage with world renowned blues singer Linda Hopkins, pop singer Michael Bolton, actress Connie Stevens, as well as some of LA's finest musicians. She has just recently opened for the incredible Ray Charles and Arturol Sandoval Her theatrical performances have included principle roles in Dream Girls, Ain't Misbehavin, Smokey Joe's Café, Little Shop of Horrors, Blues For an Alabama Sky, Nunsense, Barnum (with) Peter Scolari, as well as an unforgettable portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Edye has also appeared with The West Shore Symphony performing songs from her acclaimed CD "Girl Talk", as well as the Grand Rapids Symphony. She has just released her new CD "A Lady With A Song." Like most African Americans, my African ancestry is not really known. As far back as I can go is the 1800's when most of my family lived in the South. Primarily the Carolinas and Tennessee. Many of my relatives, including my parents, moved north to find better jobs and the promise of opportunity. Many of them settled mainly in the Midwest and found work in the automotive industry and education. During the 1960's when the southern schools systems were desegregating, many black teachers lost their jobs, at the same time northern schools were lacking in minority teachers. So, my parents moved to Grand Rapids to find work as teachers in the Grand Rapids School system. Some of my family members settled in Detroit and Flint. Others made their way to the coasts of sunny California and New York. Every 2 years my mother's family holds a reunion. This is a time to share our history with each other. I feel blessed to have this opportunity because I know that my history is a part of America's history.

Edye Evans Hyde web site