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Three masked gunmen entered Cliff Bells jazz club at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, December 15, making off with $3000 and a customer’s stolen vehicle. The Detroit Police Department reports that the assault began when a 27-year-old employee was placing trash in a dumpster located behind the Downtown Detroit establishment near Grand…
Nothing Elegant (Amy Dreamcatcher and Lady Fantastic) have announced a 90s-fueld New Year’s Eve dance-party at Detroit’s Old Miami. The event will feature CoOwnaz artists Doc Waffles and Eddie Logix, Cold Men Young and singer Laura Finlay in a barrage of live hip hop and DJ sets. The event description says: “New Years…
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s annual meeting of the Governing Members included an announcement related to the organization’s highly-publicized financial obstacles Thursday, December 12. The event featured ushering Chairman Phillip Wm. Fisher, Mayor-elect Mike Duggan and approximately 300 DSO Directors, Trustees, Governing Members, Volunteer Council members, community leaders, orchestra musicians and staff members. …
Andre Drummond, forward for the Detroit Pistons, along with Pistons mascot Hooper, have been featured in a parody music video set to Eminem’s “Berzerk,” from his November release MMLP2. The Pistons promotional video is titled Hooper’s World: Berzerk and includes the authentic audio track from Eminem’s mega-hit. Hooper, the mascot horse, takes the lead…
Paxahau, the creative team responsible for Detroit’s Movement music festival, has released an official trailer promoting 2014’s Memorial Day-weekend electronic celebration, a new supply of available tickets and initial lineup. The festival’s official trailer arrived on December 10 to promote Wednesday morning’s two major announcements: newly available tickets and the revealing of Movement…
The promoters of Toronto’s North by Northeast arts festival/conference (NXNE) have announced the 2014 initial performance lineup, which includes St. Vincent, Omar Souleyman, Juicy J and Detroit’s own Danny Brown. The announcement arrived in conjunction with NXNE’s early ticket release package and the lineup for the festival’s interactive music-conference element (NXNEi). The interactive…
DJ Mo Beatz is Detroit’s faction of the infamous Heavy Hitters DJ crew. He is most well-known for his turntable dexterity, his long-time position at Detroit radio station FM98 WJLB and his role as Big Sean’s official DJ. The well-traveled DJ’s daily show on FM98 WJLB accompanies Detroit’s rush hour traffic: the…
BackBeat Detroit, a music-equipment retail pop-up, may arrive in downtown as soon as spring of 2014. Now two years in the making, BackBeat Detroit looks to serve the music equipment and supply needs of musicians in the city of Detroit while promoting Detroit-made products. The “music convenience store” will carry accessories, such…
Royal Oak Music Theatre is offering a generous Cyber Monday deal December 2, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for online customers only. The offer is a “buy one, get one free” (BOGO) for all concerts currently available for ticket purchasing. Tickets can be purchased directly through the Royal Oak Music Theatre website….
Saturday evening marked the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s premiere of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major and the world premiere of David Del Tredici’s Alice in Wonderland-inspired Dum Dee Tweedle from Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking Glass. The two pieces, completely different in style, instrumentation and length, created an undeniably diverse offering…