In 1974, the Cadillac High School Vikings won seven consecutive games and became football conference co-champs in Michigan. The team’s choice of pre-competition locker room music: KISS. Once word of the Vikings’ pre-game rituals reached the rock group itself, the four band members made a historical visit to Cadillac Michigan, where they hosted…
Diplo’s Mad Decent record label will bring the Mad Decent Block Party tour to the Detroit-area August 16, with the help of some of the label’s favorite associates. Mad Decent, a Philadelphia-based record label founded by DJ/producer/rapper/songwriter Diplo, has offered fans a “block party” concert tour, since 2008, showcasing current label artists in…
Detroit-native rocker Jack White had never played the Fox Theatre before Monday, July 28, 2014, and during his highly-anticipated return home, he promised to never do so again. “This is my only time at the Fox Theatre,” White said during the two and a half-hour performance. “It was the final piece of the…
In the early aughts, two musicians — separated both by genre and geography — decided to collaborate on a set of tracks that would eventually comprise a full-length album. Painstakingly created over ten months through a process of mailing CD-Rs back and forth, the project eventually adopted the name The Postal Service after the organization that assisted in…
Surf-music titan Jimmy Buffet performed to a sea of loyal Parrotheads Saturday, at Comercia Park, but only after discussing his history with Detroit, and his love for the state of Michigan, with Fox 2. During the more-than 15 minute interview, Buffet shares stories from his time “up north,” to his college days…
Amy and Ian Hicks have received national media attention regarding their one-of-a-kind wedding photos, and ultimately Detroit rap music video, inspired by a coincidental meeting at the abandoned Michigan Central Station. A photo, which surfaced on Reddit, claimed that the meeting of Detroit rap group 7262 and the Hicks’ wedding party had occurred…
Jack White’s Monday-night Lazaretto tour performance in Milwaukee ended with a surprise guest assisting on guitar for the White Stripes anthem “Seven Nation Army.” She was simply selected from the audience. In addition to covering Lorde’s “Royals” during the concert, White surprised the crowd by calling a young woman onto the stage. The fan danced, donned…
One of Detroit’s most legendary recording studios has announced a one-time event in celebration of rockabilly’s history in the Motor City. In addition to welcoming Craig Maki & Keith Cady (authors of Detroit Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys and Rockabillies), United Sound Systems recording studio will celebrate the rockabilly sounds of Detroit-native Johnny Powers, and Texas’ Jimmy…
Jack White’s label Third Man Records has announced the launch of a new publishing wing, Third Man Books. The imprint’s first title, Language Lessons: Volume I, is a box set comprising a 321-page collection of poetry, prose, and art, as well as a double-LP compilation. It will be commercially available August 5. Language Lessons comes in a hardcover…
The Smithsonian has announced that two of Detroit producer J Dilla’s production tools (custom-built Minimoog Voyager and Limited Edition Akai MIDI Production Center 3000) will be put on display within the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dilla’s equipment will be placed among memorabilia from artists such as: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald,…