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Today on Stateside, we’re getting the inside scoop from former residents of the Brewster-Douglass housing projects about what it was like growing up in…

All this week on Stateside, we’re looking at the history of the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit. If you’ve ever wondered about why they were…

It's no secret that Michigan has turned out some powerful figures in the world of pop music. Musicians and artists whose influence rocketed out of…

DETROIT (AP) - A family spokeswoman says Don Davis, a longtime Detroit musician, composer and recording executive, has died at 75.Lisa Wilmore said Davis…

From Motown to Madonna, techno to gospel, jazz and blues, from Eminem to Kid Rock to Aretha, and much more, the Detroit area has been, and continues to…

If there's one song that captures the feel of Motown, Detroit, and America in the 1960s, it's Martha Reeves singing "Dancing in the Streets." On today's…

“Dancing in the Street,” written by Mickey Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter and Marvin Gaye, and recorded in two takes, less than 10 minutes, by Martha Reeves.…

Some serious learning is about to happen.Parliament-Funkadelic's "Mothership" will land at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.Here's the Mothership…

Detroit musicians who had to wait decades for recognition are getting some high-profile attention lately.The long-awaited discovery of Detroit musician…

Motown favorites, the Marvelettes, have been nominated for a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Starting out as a group of high school students in…