In The Groove: Wendell Harrison performs live on WDET ahead of 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival

Gearing up for 2024 Detroit Jazz Fest — my favorite festival in all of Detroit — with a live in-studio...

Detroit Evening Report: Power outages continue; Detroit Jazz Festival and more

On this episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover the continued power outages across metro Detroit following this week's severe...

In The Groove: Kasan Belgrave performs live on WDET ahead of 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival

Gearing up for 2024 Detroit Jazz Fest — my favorite festival in all of Detroit — with a live in-studio...

Created Equal: Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?

Editor's note: A previously uploaded version of this episode included incorrect audio from an earlier episode about grief and loss.A...

The Progressive Underground: Revisiting Alice Coltrane’s 1971 album ‘Journey into Satchidananda’

Welcome to Liner Notes, where we dive into the stories behind some of the most iconic albums you know and...

Live on WDET: Frontier Ruckus

Frontier Ruckus started out during the "freak-folk" days of the mid-2000s, born out of a high school friendship between singer-songwriter...

In The Groove: Crying to Sufjan Stevens together, Time Wharp, Norah Jones + more

Best feedback I got today was “thanks for afternoon Sufjan cry session.” You’re welcome! Played some Sufjan Stevens today. Plus...

Visions: Final Detroit Jazz Fest preview + more

On this episode of Visions, I do my fifth and final preview of artists coming to the 45th annual Detroit Jazz...

Oasis reunites for tour, ending a 15-year hiatus driven by Gallagher brothers’ feud

LONDON (AP) — Oasis, the Britpop band known for timeless hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” is...

Created Equal: New book shares lessons about grief from the widows of rock musicians

When Lori Tucker-Sullivan's husband Kevin died from cancer, she took it upon herself to merge her life-long passion of writing...

In The Groove: New ways to listen to old Prince, a spotlight on Rich Ruth + new music from Loma

When I say a “new way to listen to old Prince,” I mean these are technically edits made by producers...

The Progressive Underground: Melanie Charles elevates voices while redefining jazz

Born and raised in Brooklyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, Melanie Charles grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in the...