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Martha Reeves

Martha Reeves on Her New Album, Her Motown Legacy

After helping to define the Motown Sound with numerous hits with Martha and the Vandellas, Martha Reeves, like fellow octogenarians Mick Jagger and Paul...
Jack White press photo

Jack White’s Pine Knob Show is Sold Out — But You Can Stream It

Jack White’s first ever concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre this weekend is sold out. But fans who couldn’t secure a ticket can stream it...
Photos of Ryan Patrick Hooper with his father.

How Music Tied Ryan Patrick Hooper to His Dad and Impacted His Career

In every song I love, there’s a note of my dad. I was raised on the music he’d play in the family car, blasted through...
Miles Davis performs with Charlie Parker at the Three Deuces in New York City, 1947.

How Miles Davis Kicked His Heroin Addiction in Motown

If you visited Detroit in fall 1953, maybe you came to Briggs Stadium to catch a Detroit Lions game during their second NFL Championship...
Jeff Daniels posing for a portrait, while wearing a fedora.

Jeff Daniels: The Man and His Music

Music has been a constant in Jeff Daniels’s career from his early days as an actor in New York City in the late 1970s....
John Mellencamp, Tori Amos, and Luke Bryan

2026 Metro Detroit Summer Events Preview: Music

May 29–31 Songs of America: Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and vocalists Melinda Doolittle and Jimmie Herrod as they perform jazz...
Beginning of the Motown Museum's "Psychedelic Soul" exhibit

Can You Dig It? Experience Motown’s History of Psychedelic Soul at New Exhibition

From the late ’60s through early ’70s, Motown Records artists contributed to a defining sound that would reshape music, culture, and fashion. Dubbed the...
Weirdsville Records

Where to Celebrate Record Store Day in Metro Detroit

Celebrated on the third Saturday of each April, Record Store Day has been a tradition since 2008. Since then, the number of participating independent...
Melissa Etheridge photographed in Joshua Tree California October 22, 2025.

Melissa Etheridge Talks Rock Hall, New Album, Bob Seger, Detroit Lions

Melissa Etheridge is staring down quite an itinerary in 2026. She has a batch of headlining tour dates kicking off March 26 at the Music...
Audra Kubat poses inside A Detroit House of Music, where she lives, hosts concerts and songwriting workshops, and tends to a community garden. Follow her on Instagram @audrakubat.

Audra Kubat on New Music, Her Life as a Detroit Singer-Songwriter

If you’re a consumer of local music — whether that means attending local shows or flipping through the local music section at your nearest...
Single covers from Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, and The Supremes.

Holland-Dozier-Holland: 27 Hits Written by the Motown Legends

The following are just some of Holland-Dozier-Holland’s famous Motown songs, including smash hits from The Supremes, The Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, and...
Lamont Dozier (left) at work with Brian Holland (middle) and Eddie Holland.

Brian and Eddie Holland: The Men Behind The Motown Sound

Although many songwriters, producers, arrangers, musicians, and performers helped to create the infectious Motown sound, none surpass the legendary songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland (H-D-H)....
George Clinton

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic

Visit the website georgeclinton.com, and the first thing you’ll see is a disarming, dynamic video rendition of the Funkadelic classic “One Nation Under a...
DJ Mixing House and Techno Music in a Club. Controlling the Music.

Techno: A Beginner’s Guide to the Detroit-Born Genre

Techno may pulse through clubs and festivals throughout the world today, but its humble beginnings are based in Detroit. Originated in the early 1980s...
American rock duo the White Stripes, February 2002. They are Jack White and his ex-wife Meg White.

The White Stripes Take Their Place in the Rock Hall with Help from Iggy...

The White Stripes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night (Nov. 8) before a capacity crowd inside the...

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