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Listen to Ann Delisi celebrate 15 years of ‘Essential Music’ on WDET
Ann Delisi
March 11, 2024
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![Strange Heart pose with Ann Delisi at WDET's studios.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WDET-Live-Performance-1-scaled-e1708531346637-900x507.jpg)
![Motown Records will celebrate its 65th anniversary on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MotownAnniversary-e1704917381602-900x507.png)
![Detroit native BLKBOK released his second studio album, "9," in September 2023.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/BLKBOK_010924-900x506.png)
Ann Delisi: BLKBOK talks Juneteenth, latest album and more at Willis Show Bar
Ann Delisi
January 9, 2024
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![Music industry entrepreneur, author and drummer Nabil Ayers.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Nabil-Ayers-Author-Photo-c-Gabriela-Bhaskar-scaled-e1704318167617-900x507.jpg)
Ann Delisi: Nabil Ayers reflects on music career during interview at Third Man Records
Ann Delisi
January 4, 2024
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Ann Delisi: BLKBOK shares inspiration behind his new album ‘9’
Ann Delisi
October 19, 2023
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![Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police performs during the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, Saturday, July 7, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Stewart-Copeland-AP070707058015-scaled-e1706292049534-900x507.jpg)
Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland reflects on his hall of fame career
Ann Delisi
October 9, 2023
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![Born to Laugh at Tornadoes](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Was-Not-Was-Album-Cover-16x9-1-900x506.jpg)
Don Was Reflects on 40th anniversary of the Was (Not Was) album ‘Born to Laugh at Tornadoes’
Ann Delisi
October 1, 2023
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Avalon’s Jackie Victor reminisces on the bakery’s profound history in the Cass Corridor
Ann Delisi
February 27, 2023
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Was (Not Was) Debut Album: 40 Years Later, Still a Fun and Fascinating Journey
Dorothy Hernandez
September 3, 2021
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