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Music Beat

The Rapidian's Music Beat is a community of reporters that works as a team to cover any and all genres of music--whether it's rock, jazz, blues, classical, or hip-hop--in Grand Rapids. Interested in joining us? We need voices to help share and promote the local happenings!

Fauxgrass Quartet - Reflections

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Appleseed Collective - Life Is Beautiful, I Guess

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Jim Avett - Tribes

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

The Steel Wheels - Halfway to Heaven

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

The Steel Wheels - Breaking Like the Sun

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Karisa Wilson - Sad Portrait

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Elephant Revival - Wake's Only Daughter

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

The Ragbirds - Six Wheels

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Karisa Wilson - "Forest Walk"

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Massive crowds flood Vertigo Music for Record Store Day celebrations

by Adam Kolkman

Despite the dwindling numbers of record stores across the US, in Grand Rapids Vertigo Music is still a cultural force to be reckoned with.

The Sanger Brothers Band - "Emma's Getting Married"

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Vertigo Music to host live music festivities on Record Store Day

by Adam Kolkman

Vertigo Music's Herm Baker on the upcoming Record Store Day event and the continued relevance of local record stores in our digital culture.

Doug MacLeod - All I Have Is My Blues

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys - Tied Down To You

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Red Tail Ring - My Heart's Swift Foot

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Big Dudee Roo brings diverse influences to indie music scene

by Ken Ford

Big Dudee Roo reinforces the frequencies of Grand Rapids indie music scene, and their diverse influences help express the community's unique sounds.

Davina & the Vagabonds - Lipstick & Chrome

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

Edye Evans Hyde (w/ Rick Chyme) - "Magic in His Eyes"

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

The Ragbirds "The Bully"

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

The Steel Wheels "Rain in the Valley"

by GRTV

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.