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12:16 pm
Fri November 19, 2010

"Detroit's Child" - J Dilla's legacy grows

J Dilla at a drum set
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J Dilla at a drum set
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Every once in a while you stumble upon a story that passed you by. Here's one I missed from Paul Farber, a former arts intern here at Michigan Radio.

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Music
1:51 pm
Thu November 18, 2010

Striking DSO musicians schedule holiday concerts

Musicians perform
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Musicians with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform at a church in Bloomfield Hills to raise support for the strike.
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The striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians will play three holiday concerts outside of Orchestra Hall. The musicians have been on strike since Oct. 4, and since then have played several concerts in metro Detroit to raise awareness and money for the strike.

DSO management has cancelled concerts at Orchestra Hall through Nov. 28.

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Punk Rock Executive
2:59 pm
Tue October 19, 2010

Iggy Pop's Silicon Valley guitarist

Iggy Pop performs at the South by Southwest festival
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Iggy Pop performs at the South by Southwest festival
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I got hepatitis and moved back to Detroit

That's from a 2006 interview with James Williamson, the former and now current guitarist for Iggy Pop and the Stooges.

Williamson was describing his tumultuous time with a band addled by drug addiction.

Williamson left the rock and roll lifestyle and went on to a successful career as an electronics executive with Sony.

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