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Friday, October 12, 2018

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Sun Ra Arkestra brings their space-age sonic invasion to El Club

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 7:00 AM

Sun Ra Arkestra is not your grandfather’s jazz. In fact, it could be argued that Sun Ra Arkestra is not planet Earth’s jazz. Sonic innovator, poet, and philosopher Sun Ra, born Herman Poole Blount, pioneered big-band orchestration with the cosmic use of electronics. He even claimed he was from...

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

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Bad Reputation — the new Taylor Swift will slither through Detroit

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:45 PM

Old Taylor can’t come to the stage right now because, well, she’s dead you guys, and new Tay-Tay is out for “Bad Blood.” At least this is what pop music’s number one heartbreaker (and seemingly eternally heartbroken) Taylor Swift claims on her latest record, Reputation, making her the reigning...

Thursday, August 2, 2018

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Hamtramck Labor Day Festival lineup includes Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Stef Chura, Awesome Dre, and more

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 1:57 PM

The lineup for the 39th edition of the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival has been announced. For nearly four decades, Hamtramck has celebrated the working class with a kick-ass blowout along the main drag of Joseph Campau. The festival, which will take place Sept. 1-3, will keep with tradition, returning...

Monday, July 9, 2018

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Roving music house prepares for weekend residency at Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 12:27 PM

A little bit of the Big Easy will call Detroit home this weekend when a popular interactive music installation visits Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum. Conceptualized and brought to life by New Orleans Airlift (a nonprofit focused on creating large-scale community art, and known best for their world-famous Music Box...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Kid Koala will spin you right 'round with Vinyl Vaudville to El Club

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Don’t let the name, or fleece onesie, fool you. Eric San, aka Kid Koala, is not fucking around. The 43-year-old Kid Koala is a vinyl turntablist DJ, musician, and graphic novel author from Canada. He’s a member of alternative hip-hop supergroup Deltron 3030, and he’s performed with the Preservation...

Monday, April 23, 2018

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Motown Museum Founder's Day celebration set for Wednesday

Posted By Lee DeVito on Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:03 AM

The Motown Museum will celebrate its late founder Esther Gordy Edwards, sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, on Wednesday. The celebration includes food, half-off admission, and musical performances by Dennis Coffey, Kern Brantley, and Dennis Bowles, son of the late Motown saxophonist Thomas "Beans" Bowles. During her career, Edwards, served as...

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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Tunde Olaniran summed up the Flint water crisis in one perfect tweetstorm

Posted By Lee DeVito on Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 2:50 PM

Last week, Gov. Rick Snyder announced that due to decreasing levels of lead in Flint's water supply, the state would cease sending the city bottled water once current supplies run out. Yay! Crisis over, right? Wrong. Tunde Olaniran, a Flint-based musical artist, isn't buying the governor's cheerfully delivered news. He...

Monday, April 9, 2018

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Third Man Records is pressing a super rare soul 7-inch for Record Store Day

Posted By Anthony Spak on Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:35 PM

The Holy Grail of Motown singles is finally getting a formal release this coming Record Store Day with help from two staples of Detroit music. Up until this past February, less than a half-dozen copies of Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" were left on Earth....

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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Everything we saw and experienced at SXSW 2018

Posted By Kathy Vargo and Kat Paled on Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 10:33 AM

So, straight off from the airport, Ride Austin was a nice find. A nonprofit ride share "built for Austin by Austin." A round trip to the Hilton Austin was $20 – we used it four times, and met some cool locals. It's free for vets, which is another pretty...

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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The Music of Harry Potter brings Hogwarts to life at the Michigan Theater

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 7:27 AM

Expecto patronum! Wingardium leviosa! Expelliarmus lumos! If this does not read as gibberish or a series of typos, then the Music of Harry Potter event is probably right up your Diagon Alley. The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will bring the wonderful sonic wizardry of Hogwarts to life. The original...

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