Local print-weekly Metro Times has released the initial lineup for their 17th-annual Blowout music festival, scheduled for April 30 through May 3, hosted in Hamtramck, Ferndale and Detroit. The event has grown in recent years, providing the Detroit-area with 300 local acts spread across more than 20 venues. Sponsors for 2014’s Blowout includes:…
UK-based music educators have chosen Detroit as the home of their third music education campus – welcome to The Detroit Institute of Music Education.
Eminem and Rihanna have officially announced their Detroit performance date for the highly-publicized, three-city summer Monster Tour: August 22 at Comerica Park. Tickets for Eminem’s hometown-leg of the tour will be made available March 28 at 10 am (EST), though prices are yet to be announced. Registration for pre-sale tickets, available 3/22…
Pharrell Williams’ Academy Award-nominated single “Happy” has gone viral on YouTube – again. Unlike Williams’ original 24-hour music video project (in connection with Despicable Me 2), this two-minute clip features the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences elementary school choir’s version of the song. The video was uploaded to YouTube on March 7 by Edward Bone…
Following initial rumors of a “duets” album featuring Neil Young and Jack White, listeners were silenced with a statement from Young assuring that this was not the case. Jack White’s Third Man Records label has been instrumental in the recording of Neil Young’s new covers-album – A Letter Home. Highlighting analog equipment and using…
In preparation for 2014’s Red Bull Music Academy (an applicant-only workshop/conference consisting of hand-selected musicians worldwide – this year hosted in Tokyo, Japan), Red Bull has set-up shop in the birthplace of Motown. A lucky (and talented) group of 20 hand-picked applicants from the Midwest region will push their creative boundaries with the help…
After a 66-42 vote on Thursday, the Michigan House of Representatives approved House Bill 5108 which could legalize ticket scalping statewide. Ticket scalping (reselling an event ticket for more than face value) has remained a misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in jail, or a $500 fine, in Michigan since 1931. Laws regarding the resale…
Detroit’s own Ted Nugent (otherwise known as “The Motor City Madman”) recently hit the campaign trail alongside Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott with some choice words regarding his hometown, President Obama and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Nugent, who recently took-up residence in Texas, has been a famously-outspoken advocate for the Republican…
According to reports from Billboard magazine, Bob Dylan will star in a new Detroit-centered Super Bowl advertisement for Chrysler (now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) during Sunday’s game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. Following in the footsteps of Eminem, Berry Gordy and Clint Eastwood, the 72-year-old folk singer will appear in…
CBS Radio has announced the debut of Detroit’s Boulevard: an online radio program which plays only Detroit artists. Powered by WOMC-HD3’s online platform, the streaming program looks to showcase a mix of classic Detroit artists, as well as new music made in the Motor City. Boulevard’s website promises the sounds of artists such as: Mayor Hawthorne, Dale…