Unraveling the Legend of Aretha Franklin

Detroit Music Weekend Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  Last week, Detroit and...

Keeping the Funk Alive: Iconic Motown Guitarist Eddie Willis Dead at 82

WDET   The Funk Brothers were a legendary group of studio sessions who helped craft the coveted 'Motown sound.' On...

It’s Black Restaurant Week in Metro Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET The second annual Black Restaurant Week in Metro Detroit is underway. The week-long event seeks to begin a tradition...

Detroit’s Algebra Mothers Perform Live at the WDET Studios

This month, Third Man Records will re-release a hard-to-find gem of Detroit’s early punk rock scene. Fueled by the late...

CuriosiD: Who Designed the Rouge Park Golf Course?

  WDET listener, Jeff Currier, is a 32-year-old golf enthusiast from Ferndale. He asked CuriosiD: "Who designed the Rouge Park...

Wayne State Researchers Battle Lingering Effects of Syrian Civil War

Alex McLenon For more than a year the Stress Trauma and Anxiety Research Clinic at Wayne State University has worked...

Detroit’s Love Affair With Aretha

The death of the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is bringing an outpouring of condolences from fans, from musicians,...

Milo Minute: Motor City Muscle, Pancho Villa’s Skull, and Emily Rose

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

Stephen Henderson: Aretha Franklin ‘Was The Power Behind Our Voices’

WDET The following is an essay from Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: Today, the words don’t feel big enough in...

Detroit Saddened by Death of Aretha Franklin

Grammy award-winning artist Aretha Franklin has died. She was 76 years old.  Franklin’s publicist says the singer died from pancreatic cancer....

Retro Bowling Alley in Royal Oak to Get New Ownership, 1970s Decor

Kelly Elliot Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m.  Bowlero Lanes in Royal Oak...

Framed by WDET: Rooster Ranch

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