Sam’s Jams: Joe Bataan – Latin Lover
Mestizo was released in 1980 by Joe Battan, an African American-Filipino Latino Soul musician from New York. Bataan was influenced...
John Waters Wants You (and Eminem) to Come to His Birthday Party
Greg Gorman Cult movie director John Waters is a pop culture and LGBTQ icon. For the past few years, the 'Hairspray'...
2019 WDET Munch Madness: Will Your Favorite Tacos Advance to the Elite Ate?
WDET CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET Detroit Public Radio. The 2019 WDET Munch Madness: Taco Showdown bracket has...
Websites Sued for Allegedly Leaving the Blind Behind
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A myriad of business websites, government websites, college websites and even some promoting entertainers are facing criticism over...
Steffanie Christi’an’s New Album “It’s Complicated” Out This Weekend
You’ve heard the clichés that “music is a way of life” for certain artists—and if you don’t believe the validity...
New Wright Museum CEO Neil Barclay Joins Detroit Today
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History has a new leader. Neil Barclay comes to us by...
Milo Minute: Escaping Pavement, Honey Monsoon, and My Girlfriend Beru
Brian Rozman Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m....
2019 WDET Munch Madness: The Taco Showdown Has Begun
WDET CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET Detroit Public Radio. The 2019 WDET Munch Madness: Taco Showdown...
Sam’s Jams: Phyllis Hyman – Living Inside Your Love
Albums recorded in 1978 seems to be a theme in Sam's Jams, and that's for a good reason. 1978 had...
A SXSW Recap: The Best Acts Modern Music’s Jon Moshier Saw This Year
Courtesy of Jon Moshier Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from...
Detroit Vocal Powerhouse Steffanie Christi’an Releases Her First Full Length Album That Was 5 Years in the Making
Steffanie Christi'an talks with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about how proud she is of this new body of work, her...
“Boy Howdy, The Story of Creem Magazine” Documentary Kicks Off The Freep Film Festival
Ann Delisi talks with music journalist and one-time editor-in-chief at Creem Magazine, Susan Whitall, and the documentary's producer JJ Kramer...