Framed by WDET: Rooster Ranch

    Sean Work Framed by WDET is an audio-visual experience, produced in partnership with 18 artists, who tell the...

A Look Back at Songs Inspired by the Ford Mustang

Jake Neher/WDET Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. There was a joyous moment in...

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” Has Died

Grammy award-winning artist Aretha Franklin has died. The singer known as the Queen of Soul was one of the most celebrated...

In The Groove: Television’s Richard Lloyd

Wikipedia Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon on 101.9 FM and wdet.org. The band Television...

In Detroit, “Ruin Porn” Acts as a Proving Ground for Young Photographers

Doug Coombe Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  The term "ruin porn" is...

The Death of the Dive: What’s Next for Two Iconic Dive Bars in Downtown Detroit?

Melody Baetens/ Detroit News Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  Some of Detroit's...

Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number: How the Michigan Senior Olympics Keeps Seniors Active

Bruce Beck Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  Since 1979, the Michigan Senior...

Wayne Kramer Talks About His Memoir “The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities”

Wayne Kramer talks with Ann Delisi about the criminal justice system, being self-obsessed and ultimately finding his way to selflessness and...

Detroit Songwriter and Storyteller Emily Rose Releases a New Album, “Wake Up Brave”

Emily Rose performs songs from "Wake Up Brave" and has a lively chat with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about waiting...

How Alice Cooper Helped Change Punk Rock Forever

Rob Fenn Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  If you were born and...

StoryCorps Detroit: Someone I Could Be Myself With

Detroiter Spencer Barefield first met his wife, Barbara, while playing at Cobb’s Corner, a now shuttered jazz club in the...

Milo Minute: Tiny Desk Detroit, Nick Piunti, and Summer Like the Season at the Dequindre Cut

Courtesy of Jeff Milo Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12p.m.  Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s...