Detroit's favorite new Poetry showcase is back with another powerful show, 'A Man Can Change #8: ILLiversary. The Words, Music, Art, and Stories of 7 Men. Join your host, Joel Fluent Greene and 7 of the cities most prolific male voices in Spoken Word for an event you won't want to miss!
 
 Join ILLPLAYBILL for a show that will be talked about into the next year! If you enjoyed our other shows...DONT MISS OUT!
 

The Discovery Series with Judy Adams: The Brandon Rose Band

Brandon Rose started playing the bass guitar at the age of 5.  Brandon began lessons with Detroit Bass Player Henry Roberson in 2004, and after one lesson Roberson said,”This kid is a natural”.  One year later Brandon made his bass playing début at his church Word of Faith in Southfield MI, where he still plays on occasion.  Since then Brandon has traveled to Los Angeles on several occasions playing his bass in vendor’s booths at the NAMM show and for Bass Player Live sponsored events. 

mr piano killer consisting of erik nordin and brent mckay, mold musical movements into what they term ‘melodic maps’.  A baby grand and haunted vocal guide the listener through a multi tiered mystery of psychedelic sound.  The music glides cinematically, effortlessly like a child on a swing, only to downshift abruptly like a growling 1960 ferrari GT before sliding off a cliff. mr piano killer invite you to swing with them and their ghosts (songs) till the wee hours of morning. tell the parents not to wait up.

Detroit's own Joan Crawford. Born and raised in Detroit , after she
 graduated from Mackenzie High School she attended WSU, and Art Center Music
 School, aspiring to become a classical vocalist and a teacher of music.
 While attending Sarah Vaughn's performance at the Montreuz-Detroit
 International Jazz Festival. Joan heard the Jimmy Wilkins 17 piece
 Orchestra That performace sparked her interest in Jazz. She later had the
 oppurtunity to audition for the Orchestra and was asked to join the band,
 starting her career as a Jazz Vocalist. Joan Remained the featured vocalist
 with the band until Jimmy Wilkins left Detroit in 1994. The following year,
 Joan appeared as the leader of her own group at the Montreux-Detroit
 International Jazz Festival. Since then Joan has furthered her vocal
 education by attending severaljazz studies programs, including those at the
 University of Massachusetts (Jazz in July) and at Westmier University in
 Lamar, Iowa.
 Joan also debuted as a vocalist in her first movie, " Detroit Comedy Jam,
 the Movie,"filmed at the Fisher Theater, Detroit. The film won Best Comedy
 of the year on HBO that Summer. The musical director was Joe LaDuca. Ms.
 Crawford's acting debut was in three plays performed at Greenfield Village
 in Dearborn, Michigan, "The Door", "Gullah Tales" and "Mrs. Grace Mattox".

Ingenious was named so because our performances are consistently original, clever and forward thinking. We pride ourselves on breaking the mold and strive to find ways to set ourselves apart from what's currently on the local music scene.

Bianca Iman
Zombie Nation Detroit
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Zombie Apocalypse Invades Metro Detroit!
 
Detroit, MI (November 19, 2012) – We all know that the holidays can be a NIGHTMARE! Between
shopping, cooking, family gatherings, Armageddon and “the walking dead” amongst us, it’s enough to
drive anyone insane! The organizers of Detroit’s first-ever holiday zombie apocalypse (who brought us
“Dating In The Darque” last year) think they have the cure to your holiday blues!
 

He’s played on the stages of Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, New Zealand and all throughout the United States. He’s played for nearly every major Gospel artist who has ever recorded. He’s won Grammy, Stellar, Dove and Soul Train music awards. He’s renowned bass guitarist Terrance Palmer.

Palmer’s debut Jazz CD, “Love Letter,” is a 12-song compilation featuring a blend of jazzy instrumentals and Palmer’s contemporary gospel roots with a hint of R&B. Five years in the making, “Love Letter” demonstrates Palmer’s full range of musical ability not only as a musician, but as an arranger and producer.

ILLPLAYBILL Presents: The $500 Poetry SLAM!!!

15 of Detroit's BEST will battle it out in a 3 round Poetry Slam!!!

THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE WINNER!!!

FIRST PLACE IS $500 PLUS DINNER AND A SHOW FOR 2 AT THE JAZZ CAFE!!!

This is the BIGGEST Poetry slam of THE YEAR!!!

Thursday, December 27th

Jazz Cafe @ Music Hall

350 Madison, Downtown Detroit

8pm (sharp!) $10

THIS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT FOR 20 DECADES!!! SEE YOU THERE!!!