“I am not a politician,” Martha Reeves said last month  on a British TV interview program, adding, “You have to be dishonest to be a politician.” And whether or not she is a politician she made a strong case that her departure is little loss to politics. In her time on the HARDtalk show...
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Here’s a brand new release from Detroit-based producer Apollo Brown that just came out this afternoon featuring rare and exclusive material. It is essentially a precursor to Apollo’s upcoming full length album dropping March 1st. We first started talking about Apollo on this site last year when he was grinding harder than Kirk Maltby...
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Ann Arbor’s Andrew Cohen, AKA Mayer Hawthorne to music fans worldwide, has seen his career take off since he left Michigan and moved to Los Angeles several years ago. He’s got a record deal, his music is in fashion with fans of “Green Eyed Soul,” and he’s getting praises online from folks like Justin...
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Happy Birthday J Dilla. Today is February 7th, and for those that have that date permanently etched in their brains like myself, that means it’s J Dilla’s birthday. The legendary Detroit producer and emcee would have been 37 years young today. It’s hard to believe it’s already been five years since he passed away...
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In case anybody didn’t see Eminem representing the Motor City during last night’s Super Bowl, here’s the full commercial. It’s an ad for Chrysler entitled: Imported From Detroit, and the video footage does a good job of showing some choice scenery from around the city as Eminem drives the new Chrysler 200. There isn’t...
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The Hard Lessons announced via their tumblr page some news: Korin and Augie are expecting their first child in July.  That’s impending rock ‘n’ roll maternity leave for HL fans. “To all who have supported The Hard Lessons over the last 8 years and 700 shows in 6 countries, we would like to share...
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