Best of 2018 (pt 1): Detroit/Michigan Music

The year-end list gets longer every year. Over my 11 years as a blogger and 15 as a music journalist, there's consistently been more output from artists based in this region year-to-year. And it's often the exercise of stepping back and surveying everything that's come out from January until December, that restores my inspiration to continue doing my best, week to week, to spill some words on this blog in hopes of "covering" this ever-burgeoning creative community...

Here's Vol 1 (of 4)



image borrowed from The Dropout's Old Parts, New Beginnings

featuring
Anna Burch
Ben Keeler
Bevlove
Bonny Doon
Brother Son
Devious Ones
The Dropout
Electric Honey
Holly Bernt Band
Illingsworth
Jemmi Hazeman
Little Traps
Man Mountain
Mexican Knives
Moonwalks
MotorKam
Octopus
River Spirit
Rottinghouse
Sam Austins
Sara Marie Barron
Steve Greene
Television City
Troy Gregory
Tunde Olaniran
Undesirable People
Vespre
Virginia Violet & the Rays