The Shake Out: Early tracks from Detroit legends, rare tunes and more
This week on The Shake Out: Early tracks from Detroit legends ArethaFranklin, the Contours, and George Clinton, plus rarities from...
In The Groove Song of the Week: My New Band Believe’s ‘Love Story’
The banality of life is hard to capture in a song. My New Band Believe makes it seem easy with...
The Metro: Air quality in Detroit is better. A local physician is still concerned
Wildfire smoke at times last week made Detroit’s air quality the worst in the world — that's in a place that...
SMART looks to chill out riders with ‘cooling buses’ and heat up regional transit through new ballot proposal
The hot and smoky weather recently invading metro Detroit takes a toll on more than just residents.It also stresses machinery,...
Big Sonic Heaven: New music from Echo & The Bunnymen, She’s Green, Atmos Bloom + more
In this week’s show on WDET, we featured the first new music from Echo & The Bunnymen in 12 years,...
Detroit Evening Report: Wildfire smoke expected to linger, take precautions says Detroit Health Department
The Detroit Health Department says people should continue to plan for poor air quality from Canadian wildfires. Yesterday, the Michigan...
The Metro: ‘Divining Freedom’ represents Detroit not only as a city, but as an idea
"Divining Freedom," the debut novel of Donna Givens-Davidson, follows Black Detroit families across five generations. The story spans more than...
Jay Butler set to retire from radio after long and celebrated career in Detroit
For decades, weekends on WDET have had a familiar soundtrack. Through Jay's Place, Jay Butler has welcomed generations of listeners with...
The Metro: When the power goes out, people call the mayor
What does accountability look like for Michigan’s utilities after over half a million residents lost power earlier this month? Last...
The Metro: How Michiganders are adapting to extreme weather
Over the past four months, northern Michigan has experienced a series of extreme weather events. In March, an ice storm...
In The Groove: The Cure, L7, Mitski + more
New music from Mitski, she's green, mary in the junkyard, Tomoki Sanders, and Ian Fink leads today's playlist. We also play The Cure, Bully, Best...
Visions: Black Jazz Records, Steve Lacy and more
On this episode of Visions, I primarily play music from the 1970's. I have selections from several Black Jazz Records artists:...
