This week, one of Michigan’s best received young musicians, Andrew Cohen — better known as Mayer Hawthorne — released an interesting EP of covers entitled Impressions. Despite containing only six songs, Impressions actually covers a lot of ground. It’s an adventurous project that ranges from covers of classic songs like the Isley Brother’s “Work...
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Today, Detroit music legend Stevie Wonder turns 61-years-old. He’s responsible for writing and singing some of the best soul songs of all time and has been a fixture in Detroit’s musical DNA since he was just a kid recording tunes for the Motown corporation. There’s no shortage of career highlights under his belt. For...
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Those who were there in the day, and serious students of R&B of yore, know the name and work of Belita Woods going back to her ’60s sides for Ollie McLaughlin’s Moira label and ’70s work with the group Brainstorm (she had the lead vocals on “Loving is Really My Game” and “This Must...
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Saturday was a wild night at the Old Miami. Capping off Scrummage Records‘ weekend Cinco de Mayo festivities with a bang, the club booked some of the most frenzied and noisiest bands they could find. Principal among them were the Japanese duo Pikacyu-Makoto, consisting of Pikacyu from the duo Afrirampo and Kawabata Makoto from...
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Legendary soul man Melvin Davis touched down in Detroit at PJ’s Lager House last night. The 69-year-old veteran packed the club and, by the end of the night, had the entire place rocking like the soul clubs of yore.  Prepping for his 17-date tour of Europe starting next month, Detroit’s Soul Ambassador and his...
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It was just a few months ago that we were telling you about 21-year-old Detroit emcee Lady Te. The Wayne State University student has all of the swag and rhyme cadence of an experienced music veteran even though she’s still fairly young and mapping out her own trajectory. If there’s one thing that Lady...
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