<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=09sUdn_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=09sUdn_0wOGRA3u00" width="1960" height="1275" ></figure>From stops by national touring artists in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, to regional rock romps to Halloween hoopla, it was a action-packed week of live music across West Michigan. The photos at Local Spins.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4AgyPO_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4AgyPO_0wOGRA3u00" width="622" height="415" ><figcaption>‘Mammoth’ Show: The Devil Wears Prada at The Intersection. (Photo/Chelsea Whitaker)</figcaption></figure>SCROLL DOWN FOR TEN PHOTO GALLERIESSinger-songwriter Ben Rector was ready to “Let the Good Times Roll” at Grand Rapids’ DeVos Performance Hall on Friday just so fans could say, “I Hear a Symphony.”The award-winning Oklahoma native and Nashville-based musician joined the Grand Rapids Symphony and fellow singer-songwriter Cody Fry for the final date on Rector’s 2024 touring schedule.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2dYx2B_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2dYx2B_0wOGRA3u00" width="333" height="221" ><figcaption>Andy Grammer (Photo/Derek Ketchum)</figcaption></figure>The show was part of an intriguing week of live music across West Michigan which included soulful pop-rocker Andy Grammer lighting up Kalamazoo’s State Theatre with his multi-platinum-selling music on Friday, the same night that Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada rattled The Intersection in Grand Rapids (set list here) and the day after Indiana alternative blues-rock outfit Houndmouth pumped up the same venue (set list here).Bell’s also hosted Lower Leisure Class and Wild Woodys on Saturday, the same evening that Halloween came early at Old Dog Tavern with Ghost Bunnies, Griff Paws and Monkbirds. To the north in Grand Rapids, Empress Eyes performed at The Stray, with Asamu Johnson &amp; The Associate of the Blues at Horrocks Market and Hannah Rose Graves staging her annual Halloween shindig at Billy’s Lounge.Mid-week romps included the Kitchen Dwellers and Sicard Hollow at a sold-out Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo and world music trio Whorled making its SpeakEZ Lounge debut in Grand Rapids as part of the Local Spins Wednesdays series.Scroll down for all of the photo galleries, part of another Local Spins exclusive.PHOTO GALLERY: Ben Rector &amp; Cody Fry with The Grand Rapids SymphonyPhotos by Jamie Geysbeek<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Uhr8G_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Uhr8G_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="640" >PHOTO GALLERY: Andy Grammer at Kalamazoo State TheatrePhotos by Derek Ketchum<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=08X91w_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=08X91w_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="640" >PHOTO GALLERY: The Devil Wears Prada, Greyhaven, Like Moths to Flames, Silent Planet, SYSCThe IntersectionPhotos by Chelsea Whitaker<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3uCAik_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3uCAik_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="641" >PHOTO GALLERY: Houndmouth at The intersectionPhotos by Steve Baran<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2I2OmV_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2I2OmV_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="593" >PHOTO GALLERY: Lower Leisure Class, Wild Woodys at Bell’s Eccentric CafePhotos by Derek Ketchum<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0nCBTa_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0nCBTa_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="640" >PHOTO GALLERY: Ghost Bunnies, Griff Paws, Monkbirds at Old Dog TavernPhotos by Derek Ketchum<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=17xnXL_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=17xnXL_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="640" >PHOTO GALLERY: Asamu Johnson &amp; The Associates of the Blues at Horrocks MarketPhotos by Chelsea Whitaker<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0QlwlQ_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0QlwlQ_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="641" >PHOTO GALLERY: Empress Eyes at The StrayPhotos by Chelsea Whitaker<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Qlart_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Qlart_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="641" >PHOTO GALLERY: Hannah Rose Graves’ Halloween Party at Billy’s LoungePhotos by Anna Sink<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3L8CZj_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3L8CZj_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="720" >PHOTO GALLERY: Kitchen Dwellers, Sicard Hollow at Bell’s Eccentric CafePhotos by Derek Ketchum<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2U6fKM_0wOGRA3u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2U6fKM_0wOGRA3u00" width="960" height="640" ></div></body>

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From stops by national touring artists in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, to regional rock romps to Halloween hoopla, it was a action-packed week of live music across West Michigan. The photos at Local Spins. SCROLL DOWN FOR TEN PHOTO GALLERIES. Singer-songwriter Ben Rector was ready to “Let the Good Times...