Spectral, honest, expansive; White Pines' first full-length LP, "The Falls," demonstrates the vision and skill of Akron songwriter Joseph Scott.

Townsend Walker My parents must have evolved from frogs. Frogs seldom form families or care for their offspring; they just mate and jump. It took me twenty-three years to have a family; my brother Jack never did; and my sisters married Jesus. I was born in the middle of a snowstorm in New York City, January 1913. My father left us in 1914. Didn’t come home one day. Deserted my mother, Jack, Elizabeth, Arleene, the baby, and me. My...

Saturday November 7th 2009, 7:30PM Samantha Farrell Strand of Oaks with opening act White Pines Saturday November 7th 2009, 7:30PM Wealthy Theatre – Grand Rapids, MI Tickets are $10.00 for students and $15.00 for general admission and are available below or at one of the following locations. • 711 Bridge Street NW (CMC/GRTV/WYCE) 1-6 p.m. weekdays. (2nd floor) • 1130 Wealthy (Wealthy Theatre) 5-7 p.m. Tuesday through...

Ben Evans The first week in July marked the second annual ROTHBURY Music Festival. For five days (July 2nd-July 6th) a huge plot of farmland in rural Western Michigan played host to over 40,000 people and 100 bands, all of whom seemed to be quite happy dancing about in the Midwestern amber. Whereas many people came all the way from Oregon, Maine, South Carolina and Louisiana for the celebration, I was fortunate enough to live 35 minutes...

Greetings, you can listen to an interview I did yesterday on the Grand Rapids NPR affiliate here.