UDPATE: Bluegrass, Country Band Concert Moves to Costick Center

Bill Bynum & Company brings a unique blend of bluegrass and country to the Costick Center, 28600 W. Eleven Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Thursday at 7 p.m., as part of the free “Stars in the Park” summer concert series.

The event was moved indoors due to the high heat index, cultural arts coordinator Nancy Coumoundouros said. 

The band’s core of guitar, pedal steel, fiddle, bass, and harmony vocals can lean into country, veer toward bluegrass or take listeners on a unique journey through Bill Bynum’s original songs.

Although a Detroit native, Bynum’s musical roots are in the South. His parents migrated from Black Oak, Arkansas to work in Detroit’s steel industry in the 1940s, bringing - like many others - their love for bluegrass and country music. Bill grew up listening to artists like Johnny Cash and Buck Owens on Detroit’s country radio station, “The Big D.”

Bynum is a first-prize winner in the Metro Detroit Songwriting Showcase with his song “Lovin’ You.” He has collaborated with bluegrass legend Pete Goble, an International Bluegrass Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

For more information, call the Cultural Arts Division at 248-473-1856.