Detroit’s Black Merda Bring Back Their Brand of Psychedelic Funk

The band talks about the reuniting for the first time since 2008

Black Merda

Detroit’s Black Merda are taking the stage for the first time in nearly ten years during this year’s Hamtramck Labor Day Festival. The band formed in the late 1960s in Detroit, recorded for Chess Records, and were once Edwin Starr’s backing band. They take the stage at 9 p.m. on Monday, September 5 in Hamtramck. 

 

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.