Let’s just make this clear up-front: ‘I’ll Provide’, the lead-track on the most anticipated new House/Techno release of this summer, Moodymann’s “Sinner”, took me by surprise. As with everything from the mysterious Moodymann (aka Kenny Dixon Jr.), we should expect the unexpected. The slick techno-groove hits hard, with a sound clearly inspired by the Purple …
Rob Chapman, Voyageur Press. 2016 That Old Black Magic AgainThe Barbarians were always more of a myth than an actual band. Rumors and whispers of a Rolling Stone’s tour without their lead vocalist plagued WRIF-FM “Home of Rock’n’Roll” in my hometown of Detroit. The core of the New Barbarians centered around the 70’s tour-alumni of …
Work was never really finished for the employees of Rextel Corporation. So when R24 and Q103 would glaze out beyond the huge window of their Life Dome, they knew they were taking the time. Both lived within a vast territory called “Life Dome 3”. By 2050 most of the world’s population lived within similar facilities. …
I thought it was to be another one of those business receptions I so often had to attend. Detroit Historical Society was hosting a reception that would include desert, coffee and exhibits of the civil rights movement and music history of Detroit. Two stories very much weaved together in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Just …
