Alice Coltrane Expands the Sonic Realm of Jazz

Born in Detroit in 1937, the young Alice McLeod was a musical prodigy. She played organ at Mount Olive Baptist...

Writing Program at Macomb Correctional Facility Gives Voice to the Incarcerated in New Anthology

A new anthology of poetry is giving a voice to Michigan prisoners. “Absent But Present: Voices from the Writer’s Block”...

Exploring the Fusion of Danceable Techno and Funk Through the Group Deee-Lite

The trio of Lady Miss Kier, Supa DJ Dmitry and jungle DJ Towa Tei, otherwise known as Deee-Lite, started out...

Starting a Successful Food Business Isn’t Easy, But Detroit Kitchen Connect Is Here To Help

Subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts: Apple Podcast — Spotify — Google Play — Stitcher — TuneIn — NPR Courtesy of Laura Romito Starting a restaurant or food business is...

Iconic Producer and Rapper Q-Tip Blurs Genre Lines to Push Hip-Hop Forward

Wikimedia Commons Iconic producer, rapper and tastemaker Kamaal Ibn John Fareed or, as he's more publicly known, Q-Tip, found his passion...

Now Showing at the Detroit Film Theatre: “There Is No Evil” and “Edo Avant Garde”

CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM gives you a front-row seat to the latest films playing at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT). Jake Neher/WDET...

How the Motown Sound Made its Way Into Rustbelt Studios

Subscribe to Ann Delisi’s Essential Conversations iTunes — Stitcher — Spotify Al Sutton has been recording and producing records for over 25 years. As...

Detroit Chef Jonathan Kung Goes Viral With Anime-Themed Cooking Demos on TikTok

Chef Jonathan Kung’s culinary talent was a Detroit secret until nearly a year ago. But his dishes weren’t hidden -- he operated with...

Linguist John McWhorter: “Profanity Is Something That Everybody Is Interested In”

Language has long ritualized greetings and terms of endearment, but why do seemingly all languages also have words considered to...

Chilly Temps May Delay Brood X Cicadas In Michigan, But Not For Long

Shannon Potter/Unsplash Brood X is coming to Michigan parks, forests, backyards, schoolyards -- heck, basically everywhere that's literally not inside a human-created structure...

Culture D-Tour: Raffa Reuther Creates Playful, “Gender-Euphoric” Fashion For All

Courtney Wise Randolph writes about Detroit’s movers and shakers for Detour Detroit. Once a month, she stops by CultureShift to chat with a...

Pandemic Pushes Pause on ‘Mysterious’ Canton Music Studio

Cecilia Lallmann/WDET Open the door of a nondescript gray building near Ford Road in Canton and there'd be recording sessions...