Culture & Music

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May 21, 2015

Coach Hutchins talks game day, career strategy that makes U of M softball program so successful.

What is the past, present, and future of outlaw motorcycle gangs in Detroit and Michigan?

May 18, 2015

This week officials in Roseville decide whether to cancel the city’s Gratiot Cruise.

May 18, 2015

Funeral arrangements are set for this week for Detroit-based jazz and R&B singer Ortheia Barnes-Kennerly.

May 17, 2015 on Soul Saturday

New Music from Bilal, Allen Stone & Melanie Fiona, plus celebrating Janet Jackson’s birthday and next week’s MEMF

Song	Artist	Album
Bite The Bullet	Melanie Fiona
Turn It Up (Us3 Jazz Remix)	Us3	Turn It Up EP
Got 'Til It's Gone	Janet Jackson/Q-Tip/Joni Mitchell/J Dilla	Velvet Rope
U Do It For Me	Algebra	Purpose
U Do It For Me	Algebra	Purpose
Aquarius Rising	Sy Smith	The Syberspace Social
I Wanna Play Summthin' For You	Tall Black Guy	Hollyweird 2.0
Clearly	Anthony Hamilton	Soulife
Reasons	Earth, Wind & Fire	That's The Way of the World
Didn't Cha Know	Erykah Badu	Mama's Gun
Goin' Through Changes	Ledisi	Turn Me Loose
Make Believe	Brandon Williams/Deborah Bond/Bamm Davis	XII
Freedom	Allen Stone
Fools Gold	Jill Scott
Golden Ladder	Electric Wire Hustle
Satellites	Bilal
Shaolin Monk Motherfunk	Hiatus Kaiyote	Choose Your Weapon

Song	Artist	Album
Player's Anthem (Remix Instrumental)	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	Player's Anthem
Stay Around	Talib Kweli	Eardrum
Proceed II	The Roots/Roy Ayers
Next Destination	P.R.	Moment In Time
Toni Morrison	Akua Naru	The Miner's Canary
Praise & Praise	Dela	The Robert Glasper Beat Tape
Blossom Dearie	Ravyn Lenae
Lovelife (Don't Ask Me Why)	Kaya	Imperfections
Priest or Police	Van Hunt	On The Jungle Floor
Turn Da Lights Off	Tweet/Missy Elliot	It's Me Again
All Cried Out Redux	Jill Scott/Doug E. Fresh	The Light Of The Sun
My Fix	Lina	The Inner Beauty Movement
Love It	Bilal	1st Born Second
Tahitian Vanilla	TeresaJenee	Electric Yellow
The Newness	Eric Roberson	Music Fan First
Cold Crush	Estelle	All of Me

Song	Artist	Album
Wake Up In Another Life (Instrumental)	Nicolay	City Lights, Vol. 2: Shibuya
If I Didn't Need You	Deborah Bond	Madam Palindrome
Feel	Lisa Shaw	Free
Day 2001	Atjazz/Helen McDonald	Labfunk
Hard To Say	Clara Hill	Best of Three
I'm Down	As One/Paul Randolph	Out of the Darkness
I Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Mix	Billie Holiday	Remixed & Reimagined
Gimmie Some	Nina Simone	Verve Remixed 4
Take Care of Business	Nina Simone	Verve Remixed 4
Partners In Crime, Part 2	The Internet	Feel Good
Moon = Belly (Hood Internet Remix)	Sidewalk Chalk
Kosmichemusik	Potatohead People	Kosmichemusik EP
Aquamilitia	Theophilus London	This Charming Mixtape
Remedy	Allie
Move Love	Robert Glasper Experiment	Black Radio

Eastern Market live broadcast, cool tickets and more!

Song	Artist	Album
I Believe (When I Fall In Love)	Stevie Wonder	Talking Book
Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys	Traffic	Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Under the Covers
Higher Love	Becca Stevens Band	Perfect Animal
I You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now	Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell	The Traveling Kind
The Legend Of Chavo Guerrero	Mountain Goats	Beat The Champ
Stronger Than That	Bahamas	Bahamas Is Afie
Sagres	The Tallest Man On Earth	Dark Bird Is Home
Stages	Leonard Cohen	Can't Forget
Flag	Xavier Rudd & The United Nations	Nanna
Riding With The King	B. B. King & Eric Clapton	Riding With The King

Song	Artist	Album
What I Thought	Chris Emmerson	single only
I'm A Woman (I'm A Backbone)	Orgone	Beyond The Sun
Time Machine	Ingrid Michaelson	Lights Out
Back In '72	Bob Seger	Back In '72
Keep Going	The Revivalists	single only
Inside Out	Spoon	They Want My Soul
Dearly Departed	Shakey Graves	Acoustic Cafe in-studio session
Come By Here	The Word	Soul Food
Future People	Alabama Shakes	Sound And Color
Early In The Morning	B.B. King	Let The Good Times Roll

Song	Artist	Album
Elephant	Tame Impala	Lonerism
Bed On Fire	Butch Walker	Afraid Of Ghosts
Not Alone	Matt And Kim	New Glow
It's A Trap	Nick Piunti	Beyond The Static
Perfect World	Allen Stone	Radius
Four Five Seconds	Seinabo Sey	Acoustic Cafe in-studio session
Bullets And Rocks	Calexico	Edge Of The Sun
Slipping Away	Tanlines	Highlights
They've Trapped Us Boys	Jakob Dylan	Women + Country
Live And Die	The Avett Brothers	The Carpenter
Not The Loving Kind	Buffy Sainte-Marie	Power In The Blood
Five Long Years	B.B. King	Guess Who