The Truth Booth, Mo-Pop Music, A John Carpenter Lost Theme,Concert of Colors Hosts Canadian Icon Fred Penner & More!
HAIM This time on Culture City, we'll hear tunes from artists playing the concert of colors, including NYC by way of Tokyo...
Travis Wright talks to strangers. Maybe it’s his Viking roots, but the man is an ice-breaker personified. He says it’s because he moved around a bunch as a kid (but maybe it’s more of a compulsion of curiosity). When he’s not enraptured in a conversation, it’s because he’s listening to a song. Or watching the Pistons.
Wright’s an award-winning writer, broadcaster and photographer who’s covered Detroit’s vast music, arts and culture scenes professionally since 2006 (before that, he was doing “field research” at Wayne State University, where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in English).
He left print in mid-2011 to join WDET as a reporter and anchor of All Things Considered. He guided listeners through local, state and national elections, as well as sports, storms and national tragedies. But it was Wright’s interviews with artists, musicians, chefs and other creatives that lead to WDET’s “Culture City,” which premiered in January 2014.
Two years later, an evolution.
Wright co-hosts WDET’s Culture Shift, which he describes as “The realization of a dream every English major raised by Subaru station-wagon-driving, mandolin-playing, Cohen-Brothers-movie-quoting parents has dreamt.”
Don’t call him a Millennial. Or do ... but be prepared.
Talkin’ One Mile Detroit, Write-A-House and The Corktown Strut Music Fest
Clockwise: Bryce Detroit, Efe Bes & Jean-Louis Farges of One Mile, Author Anne Elizabeth Moore, Corktown Strut Organizer Dominic Arellano,...
Music Hall’s Bowie Tribute, the 1st Women in Hip-Hop Conference, a Rap Round Robin & “Everyone I Owe Fest” bands!
Anderson .Paak Comin Up on Culture City, Detroit has hosted the socially progressive Allied Media Conference for ten years now....
Music from Glass Animals, Black Keys, JMSN & More! Plus an International Modernism Symposium & a Pewabic Pottery Party
Developer Herbert Greenwald with architect Mies van der Rohe LIFE Magazine This time on Culture City, we're listening to a couple...
The Movement ’16 Show with an Amp Fiddler + Will Sessions WORLD PREMIER!
Sam (left) and Tim (right) of Will Sessions with Amp fiddler (middle) by Travis Wright The last weekend in May...
Cinetopia ’16, El Club & DET Start-Up Week
This time on Culture City: Saville Productions Detroit’s revitalization is dependent on businesses of all sizes, but it takes a community...
Dilla’s Delights, Nektar Mead Fest ’16 & inside the Kresge Arts Support Grants!
Travis Wright We're totally nerding out on the new Radiohead song, “Burn the Witch,” with WDET’s Jon Moshier. Also, we're going...
Artist Brendan Patrick Re-Envisions the Canvas, Plus Music from Animal Collective, Glen Hansard & Much More!
WDET's Travis Wright interviews artist Brendan Patrick. Photo by Rob Cousineau We're doin' a little something different on today's show....
Culture City Comemorates & Celebrates Prince + ONEFREQ Plays Live In-Studio!
Warner Bros. Records Oy. Here we are. "Purple Rain" will never sound the same. With Prince's untimely passing, we take...
Choppin It Up at Selden Standard, Britney Stoney Plays Live & Motown’s Open Mic Night!
Travis Wright This week on Culture City, Andy Hollyday is as talented as he is humble, which are just two...
Food For Thought with Tunde Wey & Hair Wars with Hump the Grinder + Music from Hendrix, Marley, Radiohead & More!
Travis Wtight New Orleans by way of Detroit by way of Lagos, Nigeria, Tunde Wey is a writer, cook and cultural instigator...
The Art of Bankruptcy and What Role the DIA Played in the Case
In 2012, voters in three southeast Michigan counties passed a millage to provide long-term regional support for the Detroit Institute...