27Jan/120

Happy Birthday Michigan!

26Jan/120

Attorney Navigates Through the World of Entertainment

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By Sheila Pursglove

Legal News
Attorney Joe Bellanca is as familiar with country music as with courtrooms, with bands as with bailiffs, with rap as with recusals, and with hip hop as with hearsay.

Bellanca, principal of Bellanca & Associates in Birmingham, has teamed with fellow Michigan State alumnus Mike Riccobono to run PULSE, a full-service music and film management and consulting firm. The two advise clients on personal and career management, touring, licensing, merchandising and sponsorship, and represent Detroit country band Annabelle Road, the Rochester-based band Bear Lake; hip hop artist Vito Polizzi who goes by the moniker V.P; and the Troy-based soul/rock/R&B band Greenstreet.

PULSE also has formed a strategic alliance and is now joining forces with Grand Circus Media, owned by Grosse Pointer Joe Choma and the company encompassing Bellanca, Riccobono and Choma will be known as Grand Circus Media. As a first priority, GCM has signed Ann Arbor-based rock quintet The Juliets to its roster.

“We’re excited about the new addition of this unique and incredible band,” Bellanca says. “They’ve already blown away fans in the United States in Europe with their last album and we look forward to continued success with them. They’ve already blown away fans in the United States and in Europe with their last album, and we look forward to increasing their buzz internationally.”

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26Jan/120

02/18/12 – Papadosio

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Blind Pig :: Ann Arbor, MI / 9:00 PM / $12 adv - $15 dos / 18+

For the past 5 years, Papadosio has been creating conscious, mind expanding dance music that purposely defies classification. In an attempt to create an inspirational environment for progressive and positive thinking, this year of 2012 will see the addition of some very exciting and integral means of expressing their artistic message. Papadosio asks that everyone reevaluate the role of music and take a less nostalgic view of what has been and a more enthusiastic view of what is and what could be. As the year unfolds Papadosio encourages fans to come with open ears, minds, and hearts, and help them wake the world.

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26Jan/120

02/09/12 – Dark Star Orchestra

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Majestic Theatre ::  Detroit, MI / 8:00 PM / $20 adv - $22 dos / All Ages

Using entire shows from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra recreates the original song for song performance set list for an entirely new generation of Deadheads. Dark Star Orchestra performs Grateful Dead classics in the same way that an orchestra interprets music of classical composers. The composer spirit is derived and channeled as the players capture the excitement and innovation of the original performances and compositions. Touring nationwide for nine years to the tune of 1300 shows since forming, the band’s determined commitment to ‘raising the Dead’ has drawn national media attention.

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26Dec/110

02/03/12 – FLASHCLASH

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The Magic Bag :: Ferndale, MI / 8:00 PM / $8 adv - $10 dos / 18+

Deeply embedded in different generations and movements ahead of, before, and surrounding, FLASHCLASH studies and reconnects mixtures of psycho-electro choirs in outer space jungles through vast oceans of sound. FLASHCLASH revives perspective-changing musical intrigue, sustains emotional and visual resonance and reminds spiraling crowds of a memory not yet had. Pulsating and organic electronic anthems arrive with an array of lighting spectacles and theater concepts leaving witnesses with wonder and amazement.

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22Dec/110

03/23/12 – The Ragbirds

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The Ark :: Ann Arbor, MI / 7:30 PM / $20/ All Ages

Like a mix tape made by a well-traveled friend, The Ragbirds music is diverse and foreign, yet somehow familiar.  The voice at the front of The Ragbirds carries the freshness of the journey itself, and the lyrics point out the scenery like a friendly tour guide.

With a brand new album in 2012, this up-and-coming Michigan band has been traveling the country with their “infectious global groove”  gathering a passionate grassroots fan base of all ages.

The 2012 release of  The Ragbirds fourth studio effort Travelin’ Machine is a new milestone for the band.  It’s the soundtrack of the observant road-warrior, with layers of world grooves that stir the listener to move. The songs strike a balance between home and adventure, drawing upon elements of Pop, Gypsy, Afro-Cuban, Celtic, Middle Eastern and African sounds, with a little Cajun spice.

The energy of multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle demands attention.  She is the songwriter and front woman of the band, skillfully switching between violin, mandolin, accordion, banjo and percussion, all while dancing. Zindle wears an infectious smile and a positive message, always spun through a poetic loom.

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