In celebration of Juan Atkins’ 35th anniversary of music making, the techno innovator has announced the release of a new Model 500 album, which will be available January 2015. The nine-track album, titled Digital Solutions, will mark Atkins’ third Model 500 LP and his first in 16 years. Though Model 500 remained virtually passive…
Next weekend will be one of many firsts for Maestro Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), as the conductor and music director will lead the world premiere of his own Endgames and the Detroit premiere of his wife Cindy McTee’s Solstice featuring DSO Principal Trombonist Kenneth Thompkins. The concerts will take place at Orchestra Hall and…
Detroit’s favorite funk collective will soon have its own signature drink – Will Sessions Stout – thanks to Black Lotus Brewery in Clawson. Will Sessions, the resident band of Motor City Funk Night, announced the new drink and its corresponding launch event on Twitter. Black Lotus Brewery will host the release party for…
Rockstar Games has unveiled the track list for an updated radio soundtrack in anticipation for the new Grand Theft Auto V gaming experience, coming to Xbox One and Playstation 4 on November 18. GTAV, which was initially released for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, debuted in September of 2013 earning $1 billion in…
The celebrated Detroit techno duo Drexciya will have their 2002 LP Harnessed the Storm reissued by the prolific Berlin label Tresor. The album was composed as the first of seven conceptually connected works (referred to by the act as “storms”) that James Stinson and Gerald Donald wrote over the duration of a single year. However, Harnessed the Storm is…
The Motor City’s favorite rap-rockin’ cowboy, Kid Rock, announced today that his new album, First Kiss, will be released on February 24 through Warner Bros Records — his first for the label. The record is largely produced by Kid Rock, with co-production by Dann Huff on two songs, and recorded at the artist’s studio in Michigan….
Carl Craig has already announced the reissue of his seminal album More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art, but now the second wave Detroit techno legend is ready to embark on another act of creative revolution. The veteran of the Motor City’s electronic music scene has shared details on an international event concept entitled Detroit Love. …
In celebration of Orbit Magazine’s 25th anniversary, Detroit-native author and radio host Rob St. Mary has successfully raised more than $20,000 to produce a book on the magazine’s history. The “heavily illustrated” book, “Re-Entry: The Orbit Magazine Anthology”, will showcase the local legacy of three iconic Detroit magazines: Fun, White Noise and Orbit. Before…
He’s already won 25 Grammy Awards and been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but on November 24, Motown icon Stevie Wonder will join another rarified group. The musician is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the…
Detroit’s own Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas made their television debut this week, when the group appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman Monday evening. The band performed “Sorry I Stole Your Man,” a track from their new album Secret Evil, which blends jazz, soul, rock and the powerful Motown-sound voice of Jessica…