Traven Lawrence and Sean Miller are in the Petoskey band "The Real Ingredients", starting to break out into the greater parts of Michigan and maybe even farther. Sean a writer for the "Petoskey News-Review" finds time between writing and on the street journalism, takes his love for music to a new level combining his guitar the sweet sounds of a saxophone by good friend Traven a conservation leader with "The Little Band of Traverse" who belts out lyrics that create a fun and mindful atmosphere. The guys join us down in the basement for a night to remember.

Nina Sofia and Ramiro Ramero journey all the way up from the city of Detroit to join us in Alpena, MI. On the coast of Thunder Bay they share their music with us, Nina and Ramiro play a mix of hippy/folk with a little "Flea" from Red Hot Chilli Peppers. These two knock it out of the park with dynamic vocals, lyrics that tell a story, and bass riffs that only can be heard here on The Northeast Michigan Basement Tapes. Tune in to host Zachary Irving interview and listen to a private recording, recorded in front of a live audience! For more info please go to michiganbasementtapes.com.

The old Hippie Steve Nicholas stops into the basement on his way south for the winter. With a cigar box guitar in hand St. Nick played us true hippie music. What a true hippie and honor it was to hear him play.

In this episode, Noah Kidnt visits Alpena from Seattle, Washington. Noah is known for starting the popular cult punk band "Bum Rush" has been working on some new material with his band "Alright". We talk about his past punk life and whats new for Noah!

On this episode local rap artist Logan Hunter and beats producer Zach Barrett join us down in the Basement and talk about their method of creating music.