84-Year-Old Detroit Artist, Educator Honored With $50,000 Lifetime Achievement Award
Kresge Arts in Detroit Shirley Woodson has joined the small, elite club of Detroiters who can call themselves a Kresge...
The Annual Sphinx Competition Delivers Music, Message on Arts Representation
Working at the intersection of social justice and the arts, the Sphinx Organization is an international organization based in Detroit...
Breaking Down the Stigma of Mental Health Amid the Pandemic
After nearly a year of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are struggling with feelings of loneliness, anxiety and depression as...
Ann Arbor Folk Festival Goes Online for its 44th Year
The Ann Arbor Folk Festival began in 1977 as a fundraiser for The Ark to support the preservation of folk,...
Between Takes: Detroit Musicians Celebrate George Clinton
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
Celebrating Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country
Few artists have navigated the music world as adeptly and gracefully as country music icon and philanthropist, Dolly Parton. Coming...
From Prisoner to Restaurateur: How Learning to Cook Changed Dink Dawson’s Life
Dink Dawson owns The GreenMile Grill in Detroit, a dream he nurtured while serving six and a half years at the...
Detroit Jazz Legend Wendell Harrison Wants You To “Get Up Off Your Knees” On New Album
Wendell Harrison is more than “just a Detroit guy” as he describes himself. Courtesy of Wendell Harrison The tenor saxophonist,...
Between Takes: Space is the Place for Sun Ra and John Sinclair
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
Award-Winning Poet, Activist Caroline Randall Williams on Dark Moment in History
Caroline Randall Williams is an award-winning poet and activist. She’s a Writer-in-Residence of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University....
Detroit’s Nordin Brothers Make Art That’s Big, Beautiful and Pretty Darn Heavy
If you live in metro Detroit, you've probably seen the work of the Nordin Brothers. The pair have been creating...
Between Takes: The Funk Brothers, The Jackson 5 and the 1967 Rebellion
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
