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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Stevie Wonder’s 75th birthday, plus new music from Ezra Furman

Ryan Patrick Hooper May 13, 2025

Blowing out 75 birthday candles for Stevie Wonder today! That’s always a pleasure on this show. I make it clear...

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"In The Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper inside WDET's studios in the Cass Corridor.
  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Broken Social Scene’s tribute album, plus new music from Baltimore punks TURNSTILE

Ryan Patrick Hooper May 12, 2025

There’s a new tribute album coming out to celebrate Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot It In People” album, with contributions...

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An exterior view of Fortune Records on Third Avenue in Detroit's Cass Corridor.
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  • CuriosiD
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CuriosiD: The untold history of Detroit’s Fortune Records

Jenny Sherman, Natalie Albrecht May 8, 2025

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, we answer...

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  • MI Local

MI Local: Interview with songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, premieres of Pretty Island, Low Phase + more

Jeff Milo May 7, 2025

We love having local musicians hang out in-studio during MI Local, and this week I have to appreciate how Elisabeth...

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Photo of singer-songwriter Valerie Salerno
  • Culture & Music
  • MI Local

MI Local: Interview with Dick Texas ahead of Third Man show, new Phabies, Neu Blume + more

Jeff Milo April 30, 2025

Singer-songwriter Valerie Salerno started her ambient noise-rock/alt-country solo project — Dick Texas — about five years ago, building up to...

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: BADBADNOTGOOD, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Smerz, Bon Iver

Ryan Patrick Hooper April 29, 2025

Kicking off the show with new music from BADBADNOTGOOD, who are coming to the Masonic Temple on May 13 with...

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  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove

In The Groove: New music from Nilüfer Yanya, Rodeo Boys, The Beths + more

Ryan Patrick Hooper April 28, 2025

Lots of back-to-backs today, spotlighting new stuff and old stuff from artists and comparing the results/the growth/the whatever. That included...

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This combination of photos shows Cubby Checker at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York on June 12, 2014, left, British singer Joe Cocker performing in Monaco on Aug. 5, 2011, center, and Cyndi Lauper at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 12, 2021.
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  • News

Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, White Stripes and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Associated Press April 28, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll...

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  • Culture & Music
  • MI Local

MI Local: Singer-songwriter Carmel Liburdi performs in studio, Detroit X Detroit showcase + more

Jeff Milo April 23, 2025

Singer-songwriter Carmel Liburdi joined me in the studio this week during MI Local to talk about her busy Spring, full...

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The album cover for The Cure's "Mixes of a Lost World."
  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove

In The Groove Pick of the Week: ‘Alone (Four Tet Remix)’ by The Cure

Ryan Patrick Hooper April 23, 2025

We waited 16 years for The Cure’s latest album — and it was well worth the wait. Fans and critics...

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Detroit soul singer Al Lindsey.
  • Culture & Music
  • Progressive Underground

The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘It’s Gonna Be Alright’ by Al Lindsey

Chris Campbell April 22, 2025

What’s up family? Chris Campbell here with The Progressive Underground, and it’s time for this week’s Pick of the Week....

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  • In The Groove

In The Groove: Mogwai returns to Detroit, goodbye to reggae legend Max Romeo

Ryan Patrick Hooper April 16, 2025

Went hard on Mogwai today and their excellent new album “The Bad Fire” (plus some throwbacks from their catalog) ahead...

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