After working hard work all week, Ann Delisi’s Essential Music (ADEM) is your weekend destination for fun. Ann serves up a thoroughly hand-picked combination of great contemporary music and the classics you need to hear. ADEM features music made in Detroit, along with live in-studio performances, interviews and special features.
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July 22, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Kathy Kosins talks about the Motown legends who went through her Dad’s Detroit clothing store and how she started as a backup singer
July 15, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Lissie went from recording for Sony, to recording on her 47-acre farm in Iowa where she now lives when she’s not on the road
June 24, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Dave McMurray’s Detroit roots run deep with bands Griot Galaxy and Was (Not Was) and on this new album he puts his spin on Detroit songs he loves including music from The White Stripes and Funkadelic
June 24, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Dave Lory spent years as Jeff Buckley’s tour manager up until the singer’s death in 1997. After staying quiet for over 2 decades, he breaks his silence with insights into this dynamic artist whose fans are as passionate as when he released his album “Grace.”
June 17, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Holly Bernt’s new album has been more than a year in the making, but sometimes that’s what it takes to get it right.
June 14, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Ann Delisi discusses the meaning of life with a dying friend
June 10, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
Detroit guitarist Dennis Coffey performed on countless Motown classics, but also packed Detroit clubs. One night in 1968, he recorded one performance that created the second of two CDs.
June 9, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
After Leaving Detroit Lauren Deming Took Months Traveling Across the Country to Determine Detroit Is Where She Belongs
June 9, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
After Closing Nearly 40 Years Ago, The Wills Show Bar at Third and Willis Is Open for Business
May 27, 2018 on Ann Delisi's Essential Music
After Being Signed to a Major Label, Mayaeni is Back in Detroit An Independent Artist Once Again
