107.1 FM Radio Interview & Holly House Concert
Summer got hot here in Michigan! I’m not complaining. Last night’s gig outside at mash was great people and doggie watching. Plus, the outdoor crowd on the patio were tipping!
Next gig: I’m playing a house concert tonight in Holly, MI! 7 PM. Message us for info: https://www.facebook.com/events/219012718906330/
Also, Mike Gentry and I will be playing live on 107.1 FM on Sunday, July 8th at 6 PM on Matthew Altruda’s Tree Town Sound show to discuss Gentry’s new record, the tour, and Ark show. Tune in:
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Summer 2018 Tour Update:
Mike Gentry//Mike Vial
Gentry and I are hitting the road this summer to celebrate Gentry’s new record release. More dates to come, but here’s what’s confirmed:
May 19 – Coffee Amici, Findlay, OH
June 28 – Raven Cafe, Port Huron, MI
July 10 – The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI (RELEASE SHOW!)
July 14 – Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV
July 15 – Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV
July 16 – Funhouse @ Mr. Small’s, Millvale, PA
August 17 – Blue Owl Coffee Co., Lansing, MI
August 18 – Ruthmere Museum, Elkhart, IN
August 19 – Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
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Photo Credit: Doug Coombe, 2018
February 2018 Update:
What a great winter break and set of gigs. Thanks to friends in Flint, Brighton, and Ann Arbor for indulging in my musical musings this week! I sliced my finger the day before break, and I’m so glad I could still pick the guitar.
Anyways, I’m taking a month off from gigging to work on new songs, grade freshmen essays, and spend time with my family. I’ll emerge for a St Patrick’s Day gig at mash (6-9 pm) in Ann Arbor.
Also, Mike Gentry Music and I are touring together in the summer. Be on the lookout for Gentry’s new record later this year! If anyone wants to host a house concert, email me at mike.m.vial@gmail.com. We are currently booked in MI, OH, PA, WV. Openings in June-August.
Big thanks to Doug Coombe for shooting photos of Gentry and I yesterday. The mash bar let us use their brick walls and Edison lights as a backdrop. I’m happy to have new press photos soon!
Catching the man behind the camera, Doug Coombe, snapping a shot of Mike Gentry.
TL;DR: A Spotify playlist of Michigan music that leans towards folk, acoustic, pop genres. Follow here:
“Scaling the Peaks of Michigan Music”
I released my first record 10 years ago, using money earned from teaching freshmen literature and playing gigs at horrible sports bars.
Mike Gentry & I at mash bar, Ann Arbor 2018. Photo credit: Doug Coombe
I continue to meet other cracked guitars and hands, those who insanely pick up the stones of creativity too, ones who know what it means to drop it down the jagged edges of the mountain, again and again.
I’ve been slowly collecting my favorite songs from these Michigan artists I’ve met on the road, and I want to share some with you.
You might hear your next favorite song. You might find the next famous songwriter before the rest of the world does. Or you might be inspired to travel to a tiny coffee house in a small town you didn’t know existed, just to hear that person scale the peaks of song again.
Setlist 17 Feb 2018 – Flint Folk Music Society
Flint Folk Music Society, Flint, MI
- Girl on the Mountain, Boy on the Beach
- One Way Road
- Running on Empty (Jackson Browne)
- A World That’s Bigger
- Damn Fine Day
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Little Drum
- Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)
- Set 2: Two Angels (June 22, 1996 – Ann Arbor)
- Burning Bright
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
- I Will (If Your Plane Is Late)
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- California Cries (May 30, 1942 – San Leandro)
- Free to Dream
