The weekly song selection of WDET’s creative producer Sam Beaubien, a longtime Detroit musician who also helms the soul-funk band Will Sessions.
Find out about the latest releases in the underground music scene to yesterday’s forgotten-but-should-be-remembered deep cuts pulled from the genres of funk, jazz, hiphop, dance and soul genres. Every Monday and Thursday, Sam Beaubien goes on CultureShift to play a special mix of his weekly picks, interviews artists and the occasional live in-studio performance.
The Sam’s Jams Spotify playlist will update with a new batch of songs on Mondays after airing on CultureShift, so bookmark this page to find your new favorite song each week, and make sure you hit “FOLLOW” on the Spotify playlist!
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Sam’s Jams Live: Dames Brown
New Generations Find Their Voice In Jazz
Sam’s Jams: Funk, Prog-Rock, and Underground Disco
Sam’s Jams: The First Black British Band to Top the Billboard R&B Chart
Listen to WDET’S Sam Beaubien Two-Hour All Detroit Airwave Takeover
Sam’s Jams: The Beat Behind Afrobeat
Sam’s Jams: This Boogie Track Became the Theme Music for BET
Sam’s Jams: 30 Songs Showcasing Detroit’s Current Genre-Bending Music Scene
Sam’s Jams: How J Dilla, Detroit Hip-Hop Pioneer, Changed Modern Music
Sam’s Jams: This Track from Detroit Techno Pioneers Changed Music History
Sam’s Jams: This Funk Songwriter Also Hand-Painted Signs in Detroit
Sam’s Jams: Eddie Russ and Deep Jazz Cuts from Michigan
Sam’s Jams: Break Out Your Dancing Shoes For This Chart-Topping 1970’s Single
Sam’s Jams: Jan Hammer “Don’t You Know”
Sam’s Jams: Evelyn “Champagne” King “I’m In Love”
Sam’s Jams: Promise “I’m Not Ready For Love”
Sam’s Jams: New Birth “Comin’ From All Ends”
Sam’s Jams: Jackie Dee “Who”
Sam’s Jams: Alicia Myers “I Want To Thank You”
Sam’s Jams: Tommy McGee’s “Now That I Found You”
This 70’s One Album Wonder Has Been Sampled by Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest
Renowned Detroit Jazz Musician Phil Ranelin Returns for 80th Birthday Performances
Sam’s Jams: Fruko, “A la Memoria del Muerto”
Sam’s Jams: Junie Morrison, “Suziethundertussy”
Sam’s Jams: Charles Trees, “Acja” featuring Marcus Elliot
Sam’s Jams: Flying Lotus’ Spontaneous and Takashi
Sam’s Jams: Connie Laverne, “Can’t Live Without You”
Sam’s Jams: Hudson People, “Trip To Your Mind”
Sam’s Jams: Karin Krog, “The Meaning Of Love”
Sam’s Jams: Alice Clark, “Don’t You Care”
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