Detroit music

Detroit DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale on techno music, the city's legendary techno festival, and the gender gap within the music scene.

On today's show, Craig Mauger of The Detroit News discussed recent investigations into post 2020 election tampering, and author Dan Charnas explained his recent book on the life of legendary Detroit hip hop producer J Dilla.

Detroit-based creative, Sterling Toles, is best known for his deep catalogue of sounds, beats, and pieces. But he is also an accomplished visual artist. His first solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is called s(h)elves, and it's on view now through June 12.

Miz Korona's artistry extends from before her scene in 8 Mile through almost three decades of international touring, teaching, photography, fashion design, and beat production. Today, she’s getting ready to release a new EP: The Healer and the Heartbreaker.

Two separate lawsuits seeking to protect abortion rights have been filed in Michigan courts — one by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the other by Planned Parenthood. We talked about the legal argument they make.

Guitarist and founding MC5 member Wayne Kramer talks rekindling the legendary Detroit band's fire ahead of upcoming tour and album.

Congressman Fred Upton is retiring after over 30 years in office. Also, how dark money is shaping the race for Michigan attorney general. Plus, a conversation with Wayne Kramer, part of the legendary Detroit band MC5.

James Dewitt Yancy, better known as J Dilla, showed the world in his brief life that the city’s best musical days are not in the past, but still ahead. The groundbreaking hip-hop producer died in 2006, but his musical legacy lives on. On today's episode, a conversation with journalist Dan Charnas, whose book about J Dilla's massive influence on American music was published this month.

Michigan's new political maps didn't account for incarcerated people. Should that change? Also, a new effort to protect abortion rights in Michigan as federal protections shrink. And, the story of how one up-and-coming Detroit record label is taking off.

Multidisciplinary writer and songwriter Alice Randall joined Stateside to trace the connections between her Detroit upbringing, Southern heritage, and development as a Black artist.