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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2014 summer lineup, including the return of many of the organization’s most beloved summertime events. Attendees can expect to experience the ‘Most Accessible Orchestra on the Planet’ with the added benefits of outdoor venues, special guests, and classic American themes. See a breakdown of the…
Ann Arbor-founded independent record label Ghostly International will celebrate 15 years of music and cultural curation with a super-show at Saint Andrew’s Hall on May 23. Founded by Sam Valenti IV in 1999, Ghostly International has become a worldwide tastemaker of electronic and avant-garde dance music. Valenti, a DJ and electronic aficionado, eventually…
Detroit heavy-soul duo Silent Lions have released a visual accompaniment to their January 2014 The Compartments track “Runnin’ Me Down.” The Matt Klein-directed video features a seemingly possessed young woman (Renee Granados) alone in her apartment interpretively dancing in frustration, anger, and eventually – exhaustion. The harsh, spiraling camera techniques capture the dark musical elements…
Tonight’s Detroit Music Awards ceremony will award Detroit musicians from all genres with one of the most well-known local music trophies in Southeast Michigan. The foundation’s members choose their favorite local representation of ten musical genres: Folk/Acoustic, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Country, Classical, Rock/Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop, Electronic and World. The three-part award process includes…
The Henry Ford Museum has announced an exciting new rock-n’-roll exhibit fit for a diva. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power (May 17 – August 17) will highlight the contributions of the music industry’s most influential and controversial female artists of the last half-century. The exhibition promises the inclusion of “music sheets, handwritten notes,…
Tom Weschler, legendary photographer, former roadie, and author of Travelin’ Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger, has spent more than 50 years documenting the entertainment industry in Detroit. Weschler’s photography collection, consisting of countless artists who have performed in the Detroit area, is the focus of his newly-published Indigogo…
Following the vinyl-collecting festivities of Record Store Day 2014 (April 19), Detroit-area pop/rock-duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. played to a sold-out audience at Royal Oak Music Theatre. Tickets for the highly-anticipated performance were offered by the band for less than a dollar ($0.89) and sponsored by 88.7 FM 89x. The concert featured appearances…
Detroit proto-punk trio Death has officially released its second archival full-length studio album within the last three years, titled Death III. After dipping into obscurity for more than 30 years, the surviving members of Death celebrated a reanimated success after one of their sons found a collection of master recordings in an attic….
Michigan-based production house Never Say Die MI has released the first video from The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 (a music video and recording series focused on intimate performances – this time in Detroit) which features a live performance by Jamaican Queens. Organizers, producers, and associates of The Living Room Sessions includes: Leah…
As part of Third Man Records’ celebration of Record Store Day 2014, Jack White successfully broke a world record with the “World’s Fastest Released Record.” The Third Man team aimed to beat the current record holder which, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is the Warchild charity album Help, recorded in September of…