Pharlon Randle knows all about the power of words when they’re matched with a good beat. Since the inception of his songwriting and recording program Studio on the Go in 2006, Pharlon and his team have witnessed the impact of his program on thousands of Flint-area youth from elementary age to high school: better retention

Alexandria Bradley was an observant, active child who soaked up all that went on around her like a sponge. So, it was hardly a surprise that when her father Bruce Bradley, founder of Flint’s Tapology Festival and Dance Company, began teaching a woman tap steps in their home, his three-year-old daughter was not content to

hat a fantastic, fascinating and, at times, frantic journey Flint indie rock band Building Birds has been on for the past 12 months. What began last winter as two long-time friends – bassist Johnny Mason and vocalist/guitar player Ashley Peacock – hanging out in Mason’s living room bouncing songwriting ideas off each other quickly took

here is one message above all others that Sol, born Melinda Wilson, tries to impart. “Everybody is seeking happiness, but in the quest for that, you have to love yourself first,” she says. “Once you have that self-love, everything will fall into place. Self-love is the strongest need because once you have it, you can

  hose who’ve only passed by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Downtown Flint don’t know that the cathedral holds a trifecta of musical treasures: a heavenly organ, an accomplished organist, and a special concert series that brings in talent from around the world. The Organ The Florence Whiting Dalton Memorial Pipe Organ is built into

arlier this year, music critic Miles Raymer suggested on Entertainment Weekly’s website that anyone yearning for a new, fresh-sounding burst of song should cue up the video for Flint artist Tunde Olaniran’s track “Critical” – and become hooked. The first single from the eclectic performer’s Yung Archetype EP is a poignant work written for a

In a rich, whiskey-soaked baritone, Whitey Morgan can be heard dropping the names of several of his country music heroes. “If it ain’t Johnny, Merle or Hank (Williams) or Waylon Jennings,” he belts out. “If it ain’t got that honky-tonk hard like old Paycheck had from the start…” The song, called “If It Ain’t Broke” from

In the week that The Beatles were first introduced to American viewers in February of 1964, I began what was to become an extended relationship with Flint, MI joining the staff of WTAC radio as nighttime DJ. I left the air after entering management in 1974, promoted up through the ranks to become station president

For Genesee County music lovers seeking the best in rock, metal and outlaw country, The Machine Shop Concert Lounge is the place to be! Located on South Dort Highway in Flint, The Machine Shop is the brainchild of brothers Kevin and Craig Zink, a couple of rock ‘n rollers who wanted to showcase Flint’s many

Following the impact of WWCK-FM’s successful 1977 ratings, WTAC pulled-out all the stops.WWCK couldn’t touch our promotions. We gave away ten days on the road with Alice Cooper. We flew a couple to London, England with Bob Seger for his European debut at the Palladium. We gave away 300 seats in a special “WTAC Section”

The pounding, relentless echoes of live Led Zeppelin still throbbed through my head following their late January Olympia appearance. March of ’75 brought rock action back to Delta College with “Styx.” Their million-seller, “Lady,” had established them as a rising national act, triumphantly filling 6,000 seats. On Easter Sunday, we presented a rare Bob Seger

Wild Wednesday 1973 offered a special treat. Blue Oyster Cult was headlining and had arrived in Flint the prior evening, but REO Speedwagon contacted me the morning of the event to explain they had a problem. They were in a major bind due to a recording deadline. I agreed to the cancellation in return for