Visions: Tyshawn Sorey, Joe Lovano, Thelonious Monk
This week on Visions, I play disparate parts of what I've been listening to lately, discovering, and revisiting. I’ve got classics...
Big Sonic Heaven: German, Philadelphia, and French Shoegaze & Dreampop, and Björk, too!
On this week's Big Sonic Heaven, we heard Attic Ocean, a German shoegaze band; Philadelphian multi-instrumentalist Angel Ocana’s project, Forest...
Spirit of Detroit statue dons orange to usher in Gun Violence Awareness Month
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. To bring more attention to the issue, city officials dressed the Spirit of Detroit statue in...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit Parks Coalition expands We Walk Detroit program
The Detroit Parks Coalition is expanding its We Walk Detroit program. The group will take one-hour walks multiple times a...
In The Groove: Liquid Liquid, Talking Heads, Clairo + more
From the soulful drift of Willie Wright and The Lijadu Sisters to the sharp rhythms of Liquid Liquid, ESG, and Talking Heads, today’s mix moves through soul, post-punk and global grooves. Along the way...
In The Groove: New music from Ruti, Novablood, Mitchum Yacoub + more
New music from Ruti, Mitchum Yacoub, and Detroit group Novablood before spinning into songs from Boards of Canada, Sault, Studio and Can. The mix also features...
MI Local: Satori Circus tribute to David Bowie, plus Sounds Like Detroit contenders
Listen to “MI Local” with host Jeff Milo Tuesday nights from 9-10 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.Stating...
Detroit Evening Report: City officials plan to reduce crime with expanded youth programming
Detroit officials gathered at the Adams Butzel Recreation Center yesterday to unveil their summer crime prevention program. Called “Occupy the Summer,”...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network offers scholarships
The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) is offering scholarships to high school seniors. The third annual DWIHN Mental Health...
How do we adapt Michigan’s dams to climate change?
The record-high rainfall for some parts of northern Michigan — combined with melt from March’s above-average snow — pushed infrastructure...
Detroit Evening Report: Project Clean Slate reaches 20,000 expungements
The city of Detroit celebrated 10 years of Project Clean Slate with the program’s 20,000th expunged conviction.Project Clean Slate is...
The Metro: BasBlue builds possibility and power for women and nonbinary people in Detroit
BasBlue is a community driven nonprofit rooted in Detroit. Its goal is to reimagine what opportunity can look like for...
