After the last several episodes, where we had so many guests, and so many things to get through, I enjoyed the relaxed pace of this most recent edition of the Saturday Six Pack. I’d left us a lot of breathing room when planning the show, thinking that, just maybe, Marshall Crenshaw might stop by, seeing […]
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The Ann Arbor music scene, from Paul Robeson to Frank Allison …on episode 28 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged African American art songs, African American history, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor history, audio tour of Ann Arbor rock history, Frank Allison and the Odd Sox, George Clinton, Gillian Ream, Mark's big ideas, Marshall Crenshaw, Modern Lady Fitness, musicians, opera, oral history, Our Own Thing Chorale, Paul Robeson, records, Rock and Roll, Soviet Union, vinyl, walking tours, Willis Patterson, Ypsi Songfest 11 Comments
Frank Allison, opera, and the Ypsi Songfest …on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack
The 9th annual Ypsi Songfest kicks off this Saturday morning at the Whittaker Road library with an all-ages performance by Frank Allison… a fellow who, back in the day, pretty much shared ownership of the Ann Arbor music scene with John Brannon. Or at least that’s how I remember things back around 1990, when I […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Beatlemania, Frank Allison, John Brannon, John Lennon, Kira Monae Turner, Laughing Hyenas, Marshall Crenshaw, Mel Ratner, Our Own Thing Chorale, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Willis Patterson, Ypsi Songfest 22 Comments