[youtube id=”PdXdjdep1Vc”] “X ²”  was released in ’96 by Electric Soul, which is one of many aliases used by techno/house  producer Mike Banks. The electro-funk track became a staple during late-night mixes on Detroit radio and was released as a single on Direct Beat and the label’s Techno Bass: The MissionContinue Reading
Detroit, Mich. – On August 2, 2014, Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts, an outdoor celebration of site-specific performance and installation art, will fill the courtyards, sidewalks, storefronts and gardens in and around Artist Village Detroit (17340 Lahser, Detroit, MI 48219) with engaging site-specific work from 3:00-9:00 p.m. Sidewalk celebrates theContinue Reading
[youtube id=”JQP_YLTmJ2k”] The Jit was a popular dance in Black communities in Detroit during the ’70’s and the ’80’s. The McGhee Brothers, who pioneered the dance as The Jitterbugs, are the focus of the documentary, The Jitterbugs: Pioneers Of The Jit. Haleem “Stringz†Rasul Ar-Rasheed, who is the founder ofContinue Reading
[youtube]9MrXIXI0tU8[/youtube] A press conference for the 7th Annual SCP/UR Backpack Music Festival was held in downtown Detroit yesterday. The two-day event held in New Center Park is designed to raise money to buy school supplies and backpacks Detroit Public School students. In the video clip above Derrick May and MikeContinue Reading