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Palmer Park celebrates Earth Day with Art in the Trees
Along with the one-day-only art and music show, a big piece of the Earth Day celebration will be a spring clean-up
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Arts, Critics’ Picks, Things to Do, Palmer Park Detroit, Earth Day Detroit, Detroit artists, Detroit music, Slideshow
Big Sean, Detroit Youth Choir to perform at Detroit’s NFL Draft
The NFL Draft Concert Series will feature performances from homegrown acts
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, Sports, NFL Draft, Big Sean, Detroit Youth Choir, Bazzi, Detroit music
Detroit Jazz Festival announces initial 2024 lineup
Performers include a diverse mix of next-generation and legacy jazz musicians
Tags: Music News, Things to Do, Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 lineup, Detroit music, Hart Plaza, Campus Martius, Things to do on Labor Day weekend in Detroit, jazz music in Detroit, Slideshow
‘Professional Love’ showcases Detroit jazz artists during a past era of creative camaraderie
The project was mostly recorded over a decade ago at The Lands in Ann Arbor, a studio serving as a “launch pad” for many local musicians
Tags: Michigan Music, Music, News, Detroit jazz, Detroit music, Ann Arbor music, Evan Haywood, Marcus Elliot, Ahya Simone
Jhene Aiko is opening her tour in Detroit on Juneteenth
The show is set for Wednesday, June 19 at Little Caesars Arena
Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, On Tour, Jhene Aiko, Detroit concerts, Detroit shows, Detroit music, Big Sean, Little Caesars Arena, Slideshow
Louie Lee is turning heads with his made-in-Michigan ‘Country Hop and Roll’ sound
This artist is little bit country, a little bit rock ’n’ roll… and a whole lot of Detroit
Tags: Michigan Music, Music, On Tour, Louie Lee, Michigan country music, The Magic Bag, Detroit music, Video
MAP Fest returns for a second year with goals to grow and highlight ‘the beauty of the hood’
Organizers hope to expand the day of music, art, and poetry with more interactive activities
Tags: Arts, Music, Things to Do, MAP Fest, Detroit events, Detroit festivals, music, art, poetry, Detroit music, Highland Park, Avalon Village, Mama Shu, Rock Local Entertainment Cafe, Detroit artists, Detroit talent, Slideshow
Award-winning Detroit musician Audra Kubat hosts songwriting workshops and performance at the DIA
The workshops will be a collaboration between Kubat and guests to write a song inspired by select artworks within the DIA
Tags: Michigan Music, Education, Music, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Women's History Month, Audra Kubat, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit music, songwriting workshops, Detroit art, Detroit events, Detroit concerts, things to do in Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
Flyana Boss talk Motown influence ahead of hometown debut
Bobbi LaNea, one-half of the viral cute girl rap duo, is from Detroit — and proud
Tags: Michigan Music, Music, On Tour, Flyana Boss, The Bosstanical Garden Tour, Bobbi Lanea, Folayan, Detroit music, Detroit artists, Flyana Boss Detroit, You Wish, Flyana Boss new music, Detroit concerts, Detroit shows, Dallas, Slideshow
A&E’s ‘James Brown: Say It Loud’ doc explores a complicated genius
Detroit figures notably in the documentary, too
By Jim McFarlin
Tags: Television, Music, Television, Views & Opinions, James Brown, Motown, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Video
Evan Haywood releases live album representing 20 years in Michigan’s music scene
‘Canterbury Tales’ is a spiritual travelog of sorts, with sounds of rock ’n’ roll, electric blues, and spiritual jazz — alongside a ‘feeling of nostalgia’
Tags: Michigan Music, Music, News, Evan Haywood, Ann Arbor music, Detroit music, Third Man Records
‘Sacred Spaces’ highlighting Detroit’s Black-owned art galleries returns for second year
This self-guided tour stretches across over 20 galleries events throughout Black History Month
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Arts, Arts Spotlight, Things to Do, Visual Art, Black History Month, Detroit art galleries, Black Detroit artists, Slideshow
Ibram X. Kendi kicks off Black History Month at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum
The NYT bestseller will discuss his adaptation of ‘Barracoon,’ the true-life story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade
Tags: Things to Do, Books, Critics’ Picks, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Black History Month, Ibram X. Kendi
Detroit’s WDET moves toward more local programming
The station has added six new evening music programs hosted by members of the music community
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Music News, Media, Music, WDET, Shigeto, Stephen Henderson, Waajeed, Liz Warner, Don Was, Detroit radio, Detroit music
Upcoming ‘BLACK’ exhibition at the Carr Center displays the diversity of Black artists in Detroit
The show will run through the end of February in honor of Black History Month
Tags: Arts, Critics’ Picks, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Black History Month, Detroit artists, Detroit art, Black artists, the Carr Center, Slideshow
Ann Arbor Folk Fest returns as two-day event for first time since 2020
It’ll be Country Music Hall of Famer Emmylou Harris’s fifth year headlining the long-running festival
Tags: On tour, Critics’ Picks, Music, On Tour, Things to Do, Ann Arbor Folk Festival, Old Crow Medicine Show, Devon Gilfillian, Bailen, Darren Kiely, Sons of Mystro, Emmylou Harris, Michigan Rattlers, Steve Poltz, Lizzie No, The Sea The Sea, Jeff Daniels
If you like heavy music, Black Christmas is for you
Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Black Christmas, Majestic Theatre Complex, Detroit rock 'n' roll, Detroit music
Local femme singer-songwriters to perform at concert fundraiser for Girls Rock Detroit
The first ever 'Music Mavens of Michigan' will take place at the Tin Roof on Friday night
Tags: Things to Do, Music, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Girls Rock Detroit, Music Mavens of Michigan, Detroit music, Detroit concerts, things to do in Detroit, Slideshow
Detroit rapper 42 Dugg reschedules hometown show to January
Previously sold tickets will be valid for the new date
Tags: Music News, Music, News, On Tour, Things to Do, 42 Dugg, 42 Dugg and Friends, 42 Dugg Detroit show, Detroit rappers, Detroit concerts, Detroit music, Little Caesars Arena, Slideshow, Video
Fundraiser planned for Detroit’s Amp Fiddler
Spot Lite’s Amped Up For Amp event is helping the celebrated musician pay medical costs
By Broccoli and Joe Zimmer
Tags: Michigan Music, Local Buzz, Things to Do, Amp Fiddler, Spot Lite, Shadow Show, Detroit music, UFO Factory, the High Dive
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
By Steve Neavling
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley