Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory Student Band Talk Inspiration, Perform Live

The Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory's Tuned-In program offers full scholarships to musically-talented Baltimore youth, focusing on giving the students a modern...

Inaugural Earthwork Detroit Music Festival Comes to Dequindre Cut Greenway

Artists, activists and community organizers are coming together next Wednesday at the Dequindre Cut Greenway for the first annual Earthwork Detroit...

Shahad Atiya Had to Choose Between Love and Family. Within Days, She Moved Out

From the live stage in Detroit to earbuds everywhere, WDET presents Season 3 of the Twisted Storytellers Podcast. This season explores the real-life...

Mollywop Release ‘Stand Up,’ a Musical Smorgasbord and Call-to-Action

Mollywop is a multifaceted ensemble whose new album "Stand Up," shifts from R&B to funk, rock to soul and hip-hop to reggae. Led by...

Summer Jams: Jeff Milo’s Favorite Tracks of 2019 (So Far)

Every year, I say the same thing: It gets harder and harder to corral my picks from the breadth of local music releases. For...

Behind the Lens: Erik Paul Howard on Relearning How to Photograph His Community

Justin Milhouse Framed by WDET: Places Where We Belong is a multimedia exhibition that celebrates the stories of communities with a...

Here’s the Local Hip-Hop, Indie and Punk Shows to Catch July 4th Weekend

Brian Rozman Each week, longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo of Deep Cutz and "The Milo Show" fame previews his local picks...

Are You a Gentrifier? Confronting the Hard Questions of Detroit’s Most Controversial Concept

Gus Navarro/WDET We’ve all heard the word gentrification before, and we think we know the definition. It's the process of...

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...

Ali Al Arithy Was Told He Would Never Be Able to Read English. Now, He Teaches The Language

From the live stage in Detroit to earbuds everywhere, WDET presents Season 3 of the Twisted Storytellers Podcast. This season explores the real-life...

Glynn Washington, Satori Shakoor, Shannon Cason on the Power of Storytelling

Jake Neher/WDET "Let me tell you a story." Are there any more powerful words in the English language than these...

Ann Arbor Musician Overcomes Fears to Forge Collaborations for Ambitious Psych-Rock Album

Musician Ben Freedman is the one constant member of a fluid cast of contributors that make up Vision Explored, an...