North Country Flyers is a collaboration between Nashville singer-songwriter Brian Cole and former "Blue Coyote" drummer Scott Bates. With the addition of Detroit's TJ Kelly and Steve Davis on bass the band will soon release their CD to radio and the Internet.

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http://northcountryflyers.com/

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Only a month since Rockapalooza 2011, Tim Corser and the Kings of Rock are again firing up the monster music machinery. Catch videos here of Rockapalooza 2011. Twenty-three bands will take one of three big stages Sunday, August 14 as Tim Corser, the King of Rock Entertainment and 102.5 FM presents Buzzfest 2011. This show will take place at the Riverwalk Amphitheater. Jackson, Michigan.

Rocker Lordd Virgil is recording his global, viral hit song “Flint, Michigan” with Sponge producers Andy and Tim Patalan (Sponge, Taproot, Throttlebody). The original viral video for the song has been seen in 60 countries thanks to YouTube and now the rocker is taking the original bedroom-demo version of the song into the studio at The Loft in Saline, Michigan.

“Virtually, the video for ‘Flint Michigan’ did a world tour without me. Hey, what gives?!,” Lordd Virgil said with a laugh. “That video probably has more frequent flyer miles than Richard Branson, but the original song didn't travel much further than the bedroom until now. The least I could do was drive a couple hundred miles and get into the studio to make a proper recording.”

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After three years in the making, Saginaw Michigan's rasta-reggae rockers The Process have released, "The Lion Of Judah Hath Prevailed; The Process Meets Ghetto Priest" (Temple Gong Recordings 2011.), a seven-track EP containing no less that five re-mixes of the title track by London artists and producers Skip "Little Axe" McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Congo Natty, and David Harrow. The record also includes an exclusive sneek-peek of London's Ghetto Priest (a.k.a Squidz) with the track, "Ghetto Life" from his forthcoming record "Sacred Ground" witch will be released later this year on On-U Sound Records.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The Process will be celebrating the release at White's Bar in Saginaw, MI on Friday, April 8th from 10:00 pm. and  The Elbow Room in Ypsilanti. on Saturday, May 7th  Click "read more" below for details and links.

As you probably know by now, The 2011 Detroit Music Awards voting phase is well under way and for the past couple of weeks we've been posting video and music links from the ballot to our Facebook page. This helps faciliatate the process for ourselves as much as for our friends.   We never seem to get a concentrated dose of the nominated local music before the ballot is sitting in front of us so I'm glad we started early. So skip on over to our facebook page, have a listen to some of the nominees and register (if you're not already) and vote for your favorites at: http://www.detroitmusicawards.net.  The show is slated for April 15th at The Fillmore. Buy tickets by clicking HERE.  Oh, and don't forget to check out the VitaminWater "People's Choice" player on the DMA's home page. You can download music and vote directly for your favorites and have your choice shared on Facebook.

   SOUL DIVIDE is a high energy band based in southeast Michigan. The idea for the band was born into the hearts and minds of the brothers Matt and Pete Hamann, (guitar and bass) who had a vision to take their brand of music to a new level, to embrace the essence or soul of all kinds of music, utilizing pieces from every genre, and smash it all together to create Soul Divide. With the addition of sonic poet Austin Dunsen (vocals) and rhythm monster Bryce Harding, (drums) the group was complete, and the music soared higher than the brothers ever predicted. Between the 4 members they created an audacious new sound- It was rock, it was funk, it was hip hop, it was blues. It combines simple good old fashion foot stomping Detroit thrash with the added variety and complexity of all 4 members’ unique artistry and musical ability. 

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Just a quick note: Bay City MI band, The Thunderchickens (Love that name), are tapping "Fast Track to Fame" tonight for the Speed channel as part of their southern tour. The show will air on Memorial day, Monday 31st at 9:00 pm but check your local listings.

The band is currently in Concord North Carolina where the show will be tapped at The Charlotte Motor Speedway.

You can check out the band and listen to some tunes on our sister site, MichiganMonster.com here:

http://www.michiganmonster.com/thethunderchickens

Detroit native drummer, Eric Fischer, has a page feature on him in the April edition of Modern Drummer Magazine.  Eric earned this great achievment by creating a very unique tribute/ instructional video that features the jazz great, drummer Buddy Rich.  The videos are now available for viewing on the home page of Modern Drummer Magazine (www.moderndrummer.com).

Eric has been playing around the Detroit area for many years in the prog rock band Space Nelson, and more recently has also been performing in Radar Pilot.  His Buddy Rich video has earned him accolades from many of the top drummers in the world including Charlie Watts and Dennis Chambers, and he is working on a similar  project for Carl Palmer.

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