One-Man Band

“You know it’s gonna be a long night when you hear this chord,” Fred Armisen declared from the stage of Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig on Monday night. With a single, embellished strum on his Ciari electric guitar, the crowd burst into laughter. “That’s an E minor,” he said. “That’s too serious of a chord.” The former Saturday Night Live star and actor of “Portlandia” fame brought his “Comedy For Musicians But Everyone is Welcome” variety show to the downtown venue Oct. 9, performing music and comedy for a sold-out crowd and reflecting on rocking out in Ann Arbor in the 1990s with his Chicago punk rock band Trenchmouth. Read the story.

FoolMoon 2021

Sunday Saxophone

Consistency

One of the silver linings of the pandemic is getting to watch a full Ari Hest show live with your dog on a Sunday night and still pay the artist for his work thanks to the magic of Venmo.

Ebird And Friends Holiday Show

Ann Arbor musician Erin Zindle of The Ragbirds and a flock of friends closed out the 12th-annual Ebird and Friends Holiday Show before a sold-out crowd at The Ark on Saturday night, Dec. 14, 2019. The cast of musicians included Alex Holycross, Graham Parsons, Mark Lavengood, Jessica Delle, Jamie Register, Anne Heaton, Ross Huff, Tim Haldeman, Brad Phillips, Brandon Smith, TJ Zindle, Jennifer Jones and more.

They performed four shows over three nights. Erin Zindle shared a personal story about growing up singing Christmas songs with her family and said she hopes to keep the popular holiday tradition going as long as she's alive.