Detroit 1967: From Uprising to Amplification
The 1967 Detroit Uprising did not create the music that followed; it clarified it by stripping away ambiguity, making it harder to ignore what was already there.
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Alice Coltrane Knew No Boundaries
Rather than rescuing a forgotten figure, Cosmic Music enlarges the frame through which Alice Coltrane is seen.
Alice Coltrane: Conjurer of the Majestic
Andy Beta’s Alice Coltrane biography, Cosmic Music, is an excellent work about this forward-thinking and often misunderstood musician.
DJ Amir Is Fighting for Detroit’s Musical Underdogs with Jazzanova
Jazzanova’s DJ Amir has fought for the musical underdog, and with the Strata Records catalog now readily available, Detroit soul and jazz are getting a glow-up.
Thrown into Relief: An Interview with Rapper Jahshua Smith
Exploring topics like poverty, Black consciousness, burgeoning love, and mortality, Jahshua Smith's latest album, They Don't Love You Like That, encapsulates some of the most difficult moments in his life.
Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Brother Wayne: MC5 and ‘The Hard Stuff’
This rock memoir reads like Kramer set up an AA meeting and then didn't want to stand up and give his share.
Anthony Bourdain: Motor City Wannabe
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain traveled the world, but his heart was in Motown.
20 Questions with JR JR
"I'm proud of coming in second for my high school's alumnus of the year award to Mitt Romney. I would've liked to have beaten him, but he has lost enough for a lifetime."
Tart – “Toothache” (video) (premiere) + Tour Dates
Detroit duo shifts their paradigm with addition of former Von Bondies drummer.
Kathryn Bigelow’s Intense ‘Detroit’ Finds a Glimmer of Hope Amidst the Hopelessness
This is no one's neighborhood. Detroit doesn’t help anyone to feel at home, least of all viewers.
Deep Soul Diving: Jahshua Smith Deconstructs ‘The 4th Wall’
Smith's music is balanced on a sagacious tip, where he examines the rigmaroles of daily life through the Afrocentric prism of dialogue and debate.
Samantha Fish: Chills & Fever
Chills & Fever finds Samantha Fish injecting a dose of Detroit-bred garage rock into her paradigm of Memphis soul, Delta blues, and Motown R&B.