A Musician and Friend Remembers The Queen of Soul
Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon on 101.9 WDET. Dozens of artists will pay tribute to Aretha...
Don Was and Wayne Kramer Talk About How They Met, Wayne Kramer’s New Book, and Aretha Franklin
Don Was and Wayne Kramer were in Detroit for performances at The Ann Arbor Blues Festival with John Sinclair and...
She de Cuisine: Women Chefs Creating Positive Kitchen Culture
Ann Delisi talks with Detroit native, Chef Elle Simone, whose professional life in Detroit was as a social worker, but...
Fans Stand In Line to Remember the Queen of Soul
Thousands of fans from both Detroit and hundreds of miles away lined the sidewalks near the Wright Museum of African...
The Milo Minute: Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, Double Winter, Saxophonist Tia Fuller at the Detroit Jazz Fest
Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s byline appears in publications...
Come Sail Away: Norma G’s Brings Trinidadian Cuisine to Detroit’s Eastside
Norma G's Facebook page Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Has the Detroit restaurant...
Let’s Go Nightclubbing: Tracing the DNA of Iggy Pop’s 1977 Hit Throughout Popular Music
Timber Timbre Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. David Bowie and Iggy Pop were...
“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent this summer reading with listeners, discussing some...
Playwright Neil Simon Dies at Age 91
Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and...
Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington Perform at the 39th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
Bassist Esperanza Spalding and drummer, Terri Lyne Carrington, have a lively and introspective conversation with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, as...
Detroit Production Company, Paxahau, Marks Its 20th Anniversary at Bert’s Warehouse on September 8th.
Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi talks with Paxahau founders, Jason Huvaere and Jason Clark as they look back on their humble...
Long Live the Queen: Five Days To Honor Aretha Franklin
Getty Images Over the course of a week, people from around the world will gather in Detroit to pay their...