Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson to Perform at Paramount in Jan.

Sunday Night: Boyz II Men at Mezzanine

Last Night: Boyz II Men Mezzanine January 18, 2009 Better than: All the Philly steaks you can eat It had been announced that, for this performance, the multiplatinum R&B superstars Boyz II Men would be performing tunes from their 2007 cover album Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville U.S.A., but I ha ... More >>

Green's Day

The Alternative Nation discovers the Rev. Al Green

The Little Animation Company That COULD

After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success

Soul Survivor

A nostalgic song-and-dance show, in which music is one man's heartbeat

The Boo Radleys

Find the Way Out

Love Machine

A boy and his Casio set up shop in Heartbreak Hotel

He'll Be There

Willie Hutch wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but he ain't done yet

Soul Searching

Willie Hutch wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but he ain't done yet

Stalemate

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Night+Day

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Thao Nguyen

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

S.F.’s Jamaican music revivalists populate the clubs with vintage sounds

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Smooth and Smokey

The Chess Records 50th anniversary reissues and the death of the blues

Exclusive: DJ Mini-Mix by Phoenix and Lampen the Laptop Hero

Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

Ghostface Killah talks about God on "The Apollo Kids"

Phoenix​Not to make a big deal out it, but much of the coverage of local DJs and producers on this blog has been almost entirely about males. We know there are lots of ladies out there DJing, making tunes, and doing the damn thing on a regular basis, but we'd be lying if we said we're not having t ... More >>

Get High on Motor City: Here's Detroit Rock 'N' Roll and the Fat Buds To Go with It

​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>