WDET’s Ann Delisi receives Spirit of Detroit Award
Longtime Essential Music host Ann Delisi was honored with the Spirit of Detroit Award during her show last Saturday. The...
From Sly and the Family Stone to P-Funk, get to know funk music icon Dawn Silva in five songs
Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Dawn Silva gravitated to music early on as she sang in a high school...
Detroit Evening Report: Motown Museum accepting applications for teen entrepreneur program
Motown Museum is inviting middle and high school students to participate in its first Entrepreneur In Residence Program. Listen and...
Arabic music is having a cultural moment thanks to TikTok
The way we’re discovering new music is changing. Traditional channels like radio have been taken over by social media apps...
‘Get Together’ puts 150 Detroit-based artists on display in a single gallery
Over 150 Detroit-based artists in a single gallery. That’s the ambitious scope of “Get Together,” the massive group show now...
Listen to Endea Owens perform live in WDET’s Studio A
Detroit native Endea Owens is a rising star in jazz. She’s a student of legends like Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker...
Listen to LLEB perform live in WDET’s Studio A
LLEB is a Detroit singer, songwriter and producer who's been training as a classical musician his entire life. He began...
New Detroit art exhibit explores themes of space, community and self-discovery
This weekend, a Detroit gallery will feature the first solo exhibit from young, up-and-coming artist Mieyoshi Ragernoir. Ragernoir was born...
Detroit’s Dirt Room premiere new single ‘Salt’
Dirt Room is a versatile experimental post-punk project that’s existed in a state of fairly consistent fluctuation. Since "Salt" was...
Sam’s Jams Live: Kyle Hall
On this installment of Sam’s Jams Live, WDET’s Sam Beaubien sat down with Detroit electronic producer and DJ, Kyle Hall....
Why one author thinks it’s time to change music sampling laws in the US
This year, the Grammy Awards celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. One of the musical groups highlighted was De La...
These three women are pushing Detroit rap to the forefront of the music industry
The self-proclaimed "kid who loves rap," Kahn Santori Davison, has written about the Detroit rap scene for years. He's covered...