WDET music hosts had a lot to celebrate in 2021. Ed Love of Destination Jazz celebrated 60 years on the air and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasts. This Island Earth's Ismael Ahmed was appointed to the national board of the National Endowment for the arts by President Joe Biden...
Get in the Christmas Spirit with Stephen Henderson’s Holiday Music Mix
Sure, presents are nice and cookies are delicious, but, for many people, music is what really defines the holiday season. Every year, Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson adds to his personal list of holiday songs. This year, you get to enjoy the highlights with him. "I'm a big fan of music, it really moves me, it..
WDET New Year’s Eve Special Edition, Hosted by Nick Austin, Playlist
WDET rang in 2021 with a special live-4 hour program, hosted by Nick Austin. The event included call-ins from music hosts, reflections on 2020, and a tribute to Bill Withers. By popular demand, here is the playlist from the event and thank you for your support in 2020. Song Artist Song Title Us3 Turn It..
Five ‘Deep House’ Tracks That Exemplify the Soulful Electronic Genre
Host of WDET's The Progressive Underground Chris Campbell appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition to introduce them to 'deep house,' a soulful twist on electronic music that originated in the Midwest. "Deep house brings a sense of virtuosity, a sense of musicianship to a lot of the production." - Chris Campbell, The Progressive Underground "Deep house is..
Best of 2019: The WDET Playlist
The roller-coaster that was 2019 is almost over and, as December draws to a close, the WDET music hosts have been reflecting long and hard over what artists, songs, and albums really caught their attention this year. Brittany Howard's debut solo album burned through the station. Jax Anderson's powerful EP "Heal" made us feel all the..
Jeff Milo’s March Favorites: The CultureShift Playlist
Brian Rozman CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio. Every week on CultureShift, longtime music journalist Jeff Milo highlights the best in local music happening in Detroit city proper and throughout the metro area via the Milo Minute. For over 15 years, Milo has covered Detroit’s ever-evolving music scene like no other journalist has..
The Progressive Underground Show 238 feat. JODIE SVAGR
Video7 Musix On tonight's The Progressive Underground, we tonight we interview JODIE SVAGR and learn about what may be a game changing initiative that she’s started to help artists with their music publishing and we’ll bump some artists that she’s been working with. We will also hear new material from Dam Funk, Rebekka Ling, Jonti, Video7 (pictured), Bosco,..
The Progressive Underground 232 feat. WAAJEED & TREY SIMON
Getty Images On this episode of The Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell interviews WAAJEED who discusses his early days as founder of the group Platinum Pied Pipers, work with his most recent outfit Tiny Hearts and his tutelage under the late iconic producer J Dilla. Also interviewed is acoustic soul artist TREY SIMON who will talk..
The Progressive Underground Show 231: FUNDRAISING EDITION
Getty Images On this episode of The Progressive Underground, we are joined by WDET's Amanda LeClaire as we interview internationally renowned producer KARIZMA along with the Detroit Bureau of Sound's Zac Brunell who will chop it up about the upcoming 3-day Strange Beautiful Music event coming up this weekend. We also bump tracks from Jaidene..
The Progressive Underground Show 230 feat. GUS GREENLEAF
Gus Greenleaf Music On tonight's edition of The Progressive Underground, we interview the newly formed group GUS GREENLEAF and sample tracks from individual members of the group along with playing music from Letherette, Brigitte Fontaine, Jaidene Veda, Jitwan, Yaei, Daniel Wang, Kali Uchis, Osunlade, Chaos in the CBD, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Jimpster, Louie Vega,..