Tag: Music
Stevie Wonder Announces Detroit Shows for ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ 50th Anniversary...
Stevie Wonder is marking the 50th anniversary of his landmark 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life with a world tour, and two...
27 Things to Do in Metro Detroit This Weekend (Sept. 4-7)
Looking for something fun to do in metro Detroit? Check out this handy guide for details on some of our favorite upcoming happenings including...
Meet the Detroit Sound Conservancy: The Group Helping to Preserve the Motor City’s Music...
Detroit is a city with a pioneering musical spirit and a history that goes beyond the signature sound of Motown, from jazz to funk...
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...
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...
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: 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....
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
Every Detroit and Metro Detroit Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
In 1986, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class, which consisted of 16 artists. The honors bestowed upon inductees have...
The White Stripes’ Rock Hall Induction Further Cements Detroit’s Musical Importance
The White Stripes are part of a stacked 2025 induction class for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, whose induction ceremony airs live...
Meet Michael Abels: The DSO’s Composer in Residence for the 2025-26 Season
Michael Abels has a special affinity for Detroit and its classical music scene. It was here that the Los Angeles resident attended the Detroit...
