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Andrey Douthard on Paramita, House Shoes, and Detroit Records | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 23
Andrey Douthard is the founder of Paramita Sound, the Detroit record shop and collective that opened in 2014 and became a meeting place for the city'…
14 hours ago
Liz Warner on Electrifying Mojo and Detroit Techno | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 21
Liz Warner is an award-winning journalist and the host of Alternate Take on WDET, Detroit's NPR affiliate, where she explores music and culture in th…
1 week ago
Don Was on Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, and His Own Voice | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 20
Don Was is a Detroit native who went from playing bar gigs and gypsy weddings around the city to producing the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob …
2 weeks ago
Guilty Simpson on J Dilla and Detroit's Open Mic Scene | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 19
Guilty Simpson is a Detroit MC and one of the few artists J Dilla chose to build an entire album around, a rapper whose commitment to craft and story…
3 weeks ago
Bill Blackwell on 50 Years as Bob Seger's Tour Manager | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 19
Bill Blackwell has been Bob Seger's tour manager for 50 years, a career that puts him at the center of Detroit's rock and roll story from the sock ho…
4 weeks ago
Isiah Thomas on the Bad Boys and Why Detroit Never Got Credit | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 18
Isiah Thomas is a Basketball Hall of Famer and the captain of the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys," the back-to-back champions who played the game their o…
1 month ago
Nasaan on Proof's Legacy, Detroit Rap, and Kicking Down the Door | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 17
Nasaan is a Detroit rapper, director, editor, and world-builder who signed to Atlantic Records off the first video he ever made, and whose ERA 404 pr…
1 month, 1 week ago
House Shoes on Detroit Radio, J Dilla, and DJ Integrity | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 16
House Shoes is a Detroit DJ and producer who spent a decade as the resident DJ at St. Andrew's Hall, ran Street Corner Music as a label for over a de…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brenda Franklin Corbett on Growing Up With Aretha Franklin | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 15
Brenda Franklin Corbett is Aretha Franklin's cousin, raised in the Franklin family home in Detroit alongside Aretha, Carolyn, Erma, and Cecil, and on…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mary Cobra on the Detroit Cobras and the Art of the Cover Song | Living for the City Full Interview
Season 1 Episode 14
Mary Cobra is the founding guitarist of The Detroit Cobras, the band she started with singer Rachel Nagy that became one of the defining sounds of De…
1 month, 3 weeks ago