Nightspots
Saturday Apr 20, 2013
B-Side: “Speak Out Against Rape Benefit”
Performances by local hip-hop artists, rock bands, acoustic musicians, and poets. Proceeds benefit the SafeHouse Center, Teen Voice, and the Neutral Zone.
Blind Pig: Satta Don Dada
Local DJ who mixes hip-hop, reggae, dubstep, jungle, and more. Opening acts are Detroit electronica tone poet Muzzy, Detroit hip-hop DJ Dante LaSalle, the Detroit underground hip-hop ensemble Lawless Gang, the local duo of hip-hop MCs The Friar & Hi Potent C, Detroit dubstep DJ Foxy Nichols, and local hip-hop DJ Matthew Greenberg. Advance tickets: $10.
Blue Nile: Louis Johnson & Friends
Jazz standards and New Ethiopian jazz by this local pianist and saxophonist, who is joined by Detroit bassist Will Austin and other musicians TBA.
Conor O'Neill's: Steven Mullan
Keyboard-driven pop-rock dance duo led by this Plymouth singer- songwriter.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room: Charlie Mosbrook
Popular pop-folk singer-songwriter from Cleveland who accompanies himself on guitar, harmonica, banjo, and assorted other instruments. Many of the songs on his latest CD, Little by Little, deal with an injury that has left him with a limited ability to walk and which took a substantial amount of touch sensation from his hands.
Guy Hollerin’s: The Terraplanes 
Local band led by singer-guitarist Jerry Mack that plays a mix of houserocking blues, uptown swing, soulful R&B, and roots rock.
Habitat Lounge: Chateau
Veteran pop dance band.
Inverness Inn: Billy Mack & the Juke Joint Johnnies
Local roots-rock quartet, led by former Starlight Drifters singer- guitarist Mack, whose repertoire includes originals and rockabilly, early rock ’n’ roll, western swing, and hillbilly bop covers.
Lighthouse Coffee Company: Bob Hausler
Veteran Saginaw singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist.
Mash: Dan Orcutt & Rob Crozier
Jazz-fueled acoustic folk-rock by the local duo of singer- songwriter and guitarist Orcutt and bassist Cozier. 6-9 p.m.
Mash: The Bluescasters
Intense, low-down blues and blues-rock by this veteran local quartet.
Silvio’s Organic Pizza: DaVinci
Local composer-pianist, the winner of the 2010 U-M New Music on the Block competition, whose music ranges in style from classical and jazz to Argentine tango and Persian piano music.
Tap Room: The Freeway Revival
Southern-rock quartet from Asheville (NC) whose music draws on an array of influences from the Beatles and the Allman Brothers to Dylan and Neil Young.
Wolverine State Brewing Co.: “The Beer Wench Jamboree”
With Dragon Wagon, a highly regarded local acoustic roots-music sextet that calls its music “bluegrass folk-rock with a touch of Irish whiskey.”
Woodruff's: “Elbow Deep”
Drag show and gay and lesbian dance night hosted by Maxi and Jennifer of the House of Chanel, with a DJ TBA.
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