After working hard work all week, Ann Delisi’s Essential Music is your weekend destination for fun. Ann serves up a thoroughly hand-picked combination of great contemporary music and the classics you need to hear. ADEM features music made in Detroit, along with live in-studio performances, interviews and special features. Submit your Essential Songs at the ADEM page on Facebook.
Get in touch with Ann at adelisi@wdet.org.
Love music? Come out to one of Ann's Essential Music Listening Parties, hosted each month at The Majestic Cafe in Midtown. Vote on new music, meet other music lovers, and hear a local band perform - free!
Ann Delisi's Essential Music Saturday broadcasts are made possible by the generous support of our Sustaining Members.
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Submit your song suggestions below for Ann Delisi's Essential Music Listening Parties, then come out and join us the third Tuesday of each month at the Majestic Cafe.
Song |
Artist |
Album |
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Amsterdam
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Daughter | If You Leave | |
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Crystal Rope
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Gayngs | Relayted | |
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Loose Grip
(Detroit Band)
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The Paper Sound | The Struggle with Light | |
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Hello My Od Heart
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The Oh Hello's | The Oh Hello's | |
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Song for Zula
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Phosphorescent | Muchacho | |
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Son of Gun
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Lord Huron | Mighty EP | |
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My Yard
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Jamie Cullum | Catching Tales | |
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Mount Moriah
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Mount Moriah | Mount Moriah | |
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Boom
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Anjulie | Boom EP | |
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In My Dreams
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Eels | Hombre Lobo | |
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Keep Your Head Up
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Ben Howard | Every Kingdom | |
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People Got a Lotta Nerve
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Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | |
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No Intention
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Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | |
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Good Things Happen to Bad People
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Richard Thompson | Electric | |
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Begin the Begin
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R.E.M. | Life's Rich Pageant | |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
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The Walker
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Fitz & the Tantrums | More Than Just a Dream | |
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Trouble Town
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Jake Bugg | Jake Bugg | |
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95 Miles Down the Road
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NADIR | The Book of Jonah | |
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History
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Anthem In | Cloudbusting EP | |
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Fortress
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Pinback | Summer in Abandon | |
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Fever
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LIttle Willie John | King Master Series | |
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History Repeating
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Propellerheads/Shirley Bassey | Decksanddrumsandrockandroll | |
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No One Knows Nothing Anymore
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Billy Bragg | Tooth & Nail | |
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Say You Will
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The Egg | Forwards | |
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Ramona
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Night Beds | Country Sleep | |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
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Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & The Requiem Mix
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Emily Wells | The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties | |
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Icarus
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The Staves | Mexico EP | |
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Full Circle
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Half Moon Run | Full Circle | |
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Counting
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Autre Ne Veut | Anxiety | |
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Good Love
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Jenny O. | Automechanic | |
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Mama's Gonna Give You Love
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Emily Wells | Live in the WDET Studios | |
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Los Angeles
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Emily Wells | Live in the WDET Studios | |
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Three Little Bird
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Bob Marley & the Wailers | Legend | |
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Take a Message
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Remy Shand | The Way I Feel | |
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They Told Me
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Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside | Untamed Beast | |
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Everett Belcher
(Detroit Band)
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Doop & the Inside Outlaws | Everett Belcher | |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
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Kiss
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Prince | Parade | |
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I'm Shakin'
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Jack White | Blunderbuss | |
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Clampdown
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The Clash | London Calling | |
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Retrograde
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James Blake | Overgrown | |
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Driving with No Hands
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Ana Egge | Bad Blood | |
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Look Out
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James Hunter Six | Minute By Minute | |
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Entertainment
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Phoenix | Bankrupt! | |
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Upstarts
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Johnny Marr | The Messenger | |
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I Wanna Be Your Lover
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Prince | Prince | |
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Fun
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Anna Bergendahl | Something to Believe In | |
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Mountain Sound
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Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | |
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Doesn't Sound Like You
(Detroit Band)
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Chris Richards | Mystery Spot | |
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Sunshine
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Mike Doughty | The Flip is Another Honey | |