The Wild Honey Collective – LIVE out now!

The Wild Honey Collective issued its debut album on January 1st, 2021, and now 5 years later the band’s Live double album arrives on streaming! Pre-order the 2-LP edition, coming this spring!

Live video edited by Dan Jaquint

Live was recorded (by Isaac Vander Schuur of The Hat Madder et al) primarily at a February 2025 concert at The Robin Theatre in Lansing, Michigan. This was a memorable evening in front of a sold-out, energetic and attentive crowd and the band rose to the occasion, delivering a show featuring highlights from the band’s recorded catalog as well as favorite covers by Buck Owens, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and more. The album is supplemented by a four song acoustic performance that was recorded in front of an invited audience at The Avenue Cafe in June 2025. Since Wild Honey started as a loose quarantine-era recording project, many of the band’s songs have taken on a different shape as they’ve entered the live arena and expanded as a full band. Live serves as a sort of “best of” the first 5 years of the band and is also an attempt to document new “definitive” versions of several of the songs. The result is a 20 song double album featuring a range of bouncy country rock, haunting folk ballads, psychedelic excursions, and harmony singing a’ plenty. It’s been a prolific and exciting run for this band so far (3 LPs, 4 EPs, a double live album, a handful of compilation appearances, and over 250 shows), here’s the future!

Bermuda Snowhawk 2025!

It’s here!

16 seasonal works of art by The Wild Honey Collective, The Plurals, Cavalcade, Jeremy Porter, A Rueful Noise, From Big Sur, Deer & Elk, The Hunky Newcomers, Jake Simmons & the Little Ghosts, and more! Pour that nog and open your ears! Bermuda Mohawk & GTG Records have done it again.

Art by Craig Horky!

Also Wild Honey made a video for The Band’s “Christmas Must Be Tonight” using clips from the beautiful and classic Lotte Reiniger “Star Of Bethlehem” silhouette animation from 1956. Neat!

GTG Fest 2025 – Oct 17/18/19!

The 18th annual GTG Fest is coming to The Avenue Cafe in Lansing, Oct 17-19!

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17 @ 8 PM (21+)

Narc Out the Reds
Ladyship Warship
Small Parks
Braineaters (Lansing all-star Misfits set!)
Mr Denton on Doomsday
No Skull
The Plurals
… and more!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 @ 8 PM (21+)

Hardigrade
Brian Lisik
La La Delivery
A Rueful Noise
Jeremy Porter
The Wild Honey Collective
Dead Honey Collective
… and more!

SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 @ 5 PM (all ages)

The Plurals (again!)
Tequila Mockingbird
The Stick Arounds (acoustic)
Livewire … and more (maybe?)!

Wild Honey / Jeremy Porter Tour 2025

GTG Records announces The Wild Honey Collective + Jeremy Porter Together + Separate Southeast USA 2025 Tour! Lansing, Michigan’s award winning cosmic-folk-country-rock band The Wild Honey Collective team up with Detroit’s alt-country-powerpop-rock songwriter Jeremy Porter for a run through the Midwest and Southeastern states. The shows will feature the two entities both separately and together in various incarnations, collaborating on each other’s music in a classic-country revue-style setting.

For information about times, local support, and other details, please visit our websites and the venues’ websites or reach out directly.

We’ll see you out there in November!

Wed Nov 05 – Dayton, OH – Oregon Express
Thu Nov 06 – Chattanooga, TN – Cherry Street Tavern
Fri Nov 07 – High Springs, FL – High Springs Brewing Company
Sat Nov 08 – High Springs, FL – High Springs Brewing Company
Sun Nov 09 – Gainesville, FL – Backyard at Boca Fiesta & Palomino
Mon Nov 10 – Jacksonville, FL – Crispy’s Jax
Tue Nov 11 – Asheville, NC – Sly Grog Lounge
Wed Nov 12 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall
Thu Nov 13 – Washington, DC – Haydee’s
Fri Nov 14 – Baltimore, MD – Micky’s Joint
Sat Nov 15 – Akron, OH – The Rialto Theatre

The Wild Honey Collective – Solidago, OUT NOW

Apple Music / YouTube / Spotify / TIDAL

Another “mini-album” collection, blooming as summer ends much like the vibrant Solidago (Goldenrod) lining the roadsides and horizons of Michigan. Just as the plant symbolizes healing and prosperity (“to make whole,” per one folklore phrase), this collection of tunes rounds up the scattered byproducts of the “Volume 3” sessions with a handful of spontaneous new recordings that point the way to the next phase of Wild Honey Collective. This time we’ve got 3 band originals (including one originally done by The Plurals and another – in an alternate mix – featuring Dead Honey Collective), the first studio sessions to feature Jack as a band member, another Carter Family traditional favorite, songs originally recorded by Lemonheads and Gene Clark, plus contributions from a range of friends including the ubiquitous Jerry Wenger, the future of music Liam, Medium Build low-end anchor Steve Hartmann, and the finely tuned ears of Rick Johnson. 

Mixed and Mastered by Rick Johnson.
Recorded Winter 2023 – Summer 2025, mostly by Tommy at McGorgers/GTG House South with sessions at Patty’s Lake House, Holiday Drive, and GTG House. “The Outdoor Type” primarily recorded by Rick at Cold War Studios. Additional recording by Timmy, Adam, Jerry, and Liam.

Tommy McCord – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric 6 and 12 string guitar, bass
Danielle Gyger – vocals, fiddle
Adam Aymor – pedal steel guitar, dobro, electric guitar
Timmy Rodriguez – vocals, bass
Dan O’Brien – vocals, acoustic guitar, upright bass, harmonica, baritone guitar
Joel Kuiper – drums, percussion
Jack Schueler – vocals, acoustic guitar (“Wild Honey,” “Through Munising,” “Wildwood Flower”)
Jerry Wenger – upright bass (“Wildwood Flower)
Nicholas Merz – vocals, bass (“Through Munising”)
Steve Hartmann – bass (“The Outdoor Type”)
Liam VanDerHeide – electric guitar (“Train Leaves Here”)

The Soods – Fall Tour 2025

The Soods return to the live music stage with a great run through the Midwest!

10/11 – The Lit / Ladies Literary Club (Grand Rapids, MI)
10/12 – The Avenue Cafe (Lansing, MI)
10/14 – Cafe Mustache (Chicago, IL)
10/15 – Raccoon Motel (Davenport, IA)
10/16 – Draft Taproom & Coffee (Fort Wayne, IN)

Dreamy indie rock is alive and well – check out the new Pumpkins cover for proof!

Dead Honey Collective – Rose Colored Glasses, OUT NOW

Out now – 3 original songs by Dead Honey Collective, recorded in spring of 2025. 2 original songs by Jack Schueler, plus the summer 2025 Joel Kuiper-penned single “Through Munising” (featuring the whole Wild Honey Collective). YouTube / Spotify / Apple

Tommy says: The lines between these projects is intentionally blurry, reflecting the improvisational spirit at its core. Wild Honey Collective has always been a dynamic musical project, and along the way we organically started including country and folk songs with Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia project associations (“I Know You Rider,” “Shady Grove,” “Dreadful Wind and Rain,” “Sing Me Back Home,” “Mama Tried” etc). At a very early Wild Honey performance we were lucky to have Jack Schueler in the audience, who immediately identified the formative influences of the band, beginning a friendship and gradual series of collaborations and sit-ins. When we (Adam, Joel, and myself) started exploring the improv-heavy Wilderhoney spinoff, it was a natural entry point for Jack to play more, and since Nicholas Merz had sang on our latest EP he was tapped to play bass. We did approximately one-and-a-half shows as “Wilderhoney” before it became obvious that we should focus on exploring the rootsy-angle of the Dead since it was such a big part of our musical venn diagram. Thus, at the beginning of 2024 we started performing as Dead Honey Collective, with no plan besides playing music from all of our catalogs and leaning on the country/folk edges of the Dead (including New Riders of the Purple Sage, Old & In The Way, Jerry Garcia Band, et al), and from the first set it was obvious that we should keep doing this. Now we have original songs, a huge catalog of Dead-family material, plenty of other things we play just for fun, and the whole “collective” continues to create together. Now we’ve gotta get some live recordings together…

“Through Munising” Single Out Now

Summer 2025 – the hazy vision of the “collective” has reached a new peak with the release of the song “Through Munising.” An original composition by Joel Kuiper, Tommy McCord’s lead vocal and musical arrangement was worked up amidst our Grateful Dead-focused Dead Honey Collective shows and elevated by Jack Schueler’s brilliant guitar playing and harmony vocal singing. The propulsive rhythm section of Joel and Nicholas Merz provided the perfect foundation for Adam Aymor’s celestial pedal steel workouts and the ensuing harmony interplay between Adam, Jack, and Tommy. The basic track was cut live in Tommy’s basement in March, at which point the rest of the principal Wild Honey Collective players – Danielle Gyger, Timmy Rodriguez, and Dan O’Brien – sweetened the arrangement with additional singing, fiddle, and harmonica. Adam mixed the recording, resulting in one of the purest pieces of collaboration in the Honey & GTG musical universe. An ode to a beautiful drive through the Upper Peninsula, with hints of a melancholy reality creeping in on the edges, “Through Munising” is a wonderful piece of collective creativity that we’re proud to deliver into the weird world of 2025.

Joel Kuiper – drums, composition
Tommy McCord – lead vocals, guitar, recording
Jack Schueler – harmony vocals, guitar
Adam Aymor – pedal steel, mixing
Nicholas Merz – bass, harmony vocals
Danielle Gyger – harmony vocals, fiddle
Timmy Rodriguez – harmony vocals
Dan O’Brien – harmonica

Mastered by John Duffy 

StoopFest 2025

StoopFest is back in Lansing this weekend! May 9&10!

Wild Honey Collective Spring 2025 Tour

Six Days On The Road Spring Tour 2025!

4/29 – Maumee, OH @ the village idiot maumee
4/30 – Buffalo, NY @ Nietzsche’s
5/1 – Lowell, MA @ Thirsty First Tavern
5/2 – Ellsworth, ME @ Fogtown Brewing Company
5/3 – Portland, ME @ Blue Portland Maine
5/4 – Brattleboro, VT @ Marigold Brattleboro

Tommy/Adam/Dani/Joel/Loren cosmic country quintet!

Poster: Dan Jaquint