Culture City Calendar & Download of the Week
Download of the Week "Trip On Yo’ Lines" by The Ben Daniels Band The Ben Daniels Band is an alt-Americana...
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.
Jack White Returns to Detroit: Third Man Sets up Shop
The garage rock seen of the late '90s and early 2000s produced some of Detroit's best modern-day rock musicians. Among them, Jack...
Popping Downers: Trap-Pop Pioneers Jamaican Queens Debut New Music
“A lot of the songs that I write are about specific events or specific people.” Ryan Spencer, Jamaican Queens After...
Out of Character: Russell Taylor is Satori Circus
“I’m an anomaly. I started out doing it just to be anonymous, to separate Russ form this stage character that...
Culture City Calendar & Download of the Week
Download of the Week “Air Balloons" by Britney Stoney (produced by Eddie Logix) This electro-pop track from Detroit’s Britney Stoney...
Best of Both Worlds: Meshing Sounds with Detroit Duo Nigel & The Dropout
"The thing that we strive for is just having a lot of fun. I don't think I actively think that...
A Can’t-miss Cultural Onslaught: The Porous Borders Festival Unites Hamtramck & Detroit [Video]
"We really love our neighborhood and we think it's a very unique space... and there's a lot of interesting things...
Inside Ethan Daniel Davidson: The Baroque Folk Musician Plays Live & Talks Family [Video]
Courtesy of Ethan Daniel Davidson Detroit-based troubadour Ethan Daniel Davidson stays busy helping to raise his sons and sitting on the board of...
Culture City Calendar & Download of the Week
Download of the Week "Make Plans" by Jon Zott featuring Yellokake Jon Zott is a Detroit producer you gotta keep an ear...
Spring In Bloom at the Flower House
Photos by Heather Saunders Florist and gardener Lisa Waud, the well-known proprietor of Pot & Box, is underway with a...
Friday Night Live! SNL’s Ana Gasteyer at Cabaret 313
Ana Gasteyer was entertaining audiences as a singer before delving into her passion to act. She's a consumate entertainer and...
Culture City Calendar & Download of the Week
"Mexican Knives" by Mexican Knives The song is called "Mexican Knives" by a band called Mexican Knives on an album called Mexican...