Detroit Dirt’s Pashon Murray Celebrates Progress Towards a More Sustainable Community
Detroit Dirt co-founder, Pashon Murray, talks with Ann Delisi about how easy it is to compost and how critical it...
Ann Delisi has been a part of the Detroit media landscape for more than 35 years. A Wayne State Music School grad and former WDET Music Host and Music Director (1983-1995), Ann returned to WDET in 2009 to host Essential Music, a program dedicated to exploring the history of music, creating a platform for Detroit musicians, discovering new music and listening to what is next on the musical horizon. As a broadcaster, music host and storyteller, Ann creates features that highlight iconic artists, landmark albums and has curated hundreds of shows. As an interviewer, she's talked with everyone from David Bowie to White House Photographer Pete Souza to Iggy Pop and her curiosity about the creative spirit led to the podcast series, Essential Conversations. Her passion for food and those who make it led to another podcast/broadcast, Essential Cooking, with her co-host, award-winning chef, James Rigato.
She is an accomplished voiceover talent and for 5 years, Ann hosted the Detroit Public Television program, Backstage Pass, a weekly arts and culture program highlighting Detroit's artistic community. She has donated her time to working with The Greening of Detroit, Karmanos Cancer Institute and other Detroit non-profits.
Ann Delisi talks with Brad Gladstone of Urban Bee LLC Who Set Up a Beehive In Her Backyard This Spring
Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, talks with Urban Bee, LLC owner and beekeeper, Brad Gladstone, about the fascinating world of some...
Detroit Food Entrepreneurs Bring A Childhood Indian Snack to the U.S. and They Call It POPLETTES!
Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, talked with the founders of Poplettes about the origins of this mini-popcorn snack that is...
Shara Nova Records As My Brightest Diamond And Her Latest Album “A Million and One” Was Inspired by The Motor City
Shara Nova talks with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about living in Detroit, the challenges of re-creating her recorded songs...
The Secret Ingredient: High 5 Salts Is A Line of Perfectly Balanced Organic Salt Blends Made in Detroit
Ann Delisi talks with former high school teacher, Chef Laura Romito, who followed her passion for food to Schoolcraft Culinary...
The Motor City Lyric Opera Honors Aretha Franklin While Raising Money For Its Anti-Bullying Program “Opera On Wheels”
Ann Delisi talks with Aretha Franklin's vocal coach, Mary Callahan Lynch, about working with The Queen of Soul, seeing her...
The Detroit Music Awards Celebration Comes to The Fillmore on Friday, April 26th at 7pm!
Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, talks with Gary Graff about this long-standing Detroit music celebration, the philosophy behind the awards,...
Chef Brian Polcyn and Author Michael Ruhlman Celebrate Their New Book with Charcuterie Dinners at FRAME
"Pate Confit Rillette", demystifies this culinary art form, inviting everyone from professional chefs to the home cook to learn how to master the...
Detroit Vocal Powerhouse Steffanie Christi’an Releases Her First Full Length Album That Was 5 Years in the Making
Steffanie Christi'an talks with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about how proud she is of this new body of work, her...
“Boy Howdy, The Story of Creem Magazine” Documentary Kicks Off The Freep Film Festival
Ann Delisi talks with music journalist and one-time editor-in-chief at Creem Magazine, Susan Whitall, and the documentary's producer JJ Kramer...
Ann Delisi’s “Essential Conversations” Podcast: Complete Season 1 Now Available
The complete first season of Ann Delisi’s Essential Conversations podcast is now available via WDET.org, iTunes, and Stitcher. The podcast...
The Combined Talents of Some of Detroit’s Most Accomplished Musicians is a New Group Called Audio Birds
Ann Delisi talks with Audio Birds about what it's like to perform together given their collective histories, the importance of...