Jalen Ngonda's 9/26 show this evening moved to The Lager House in Detroit at 6pm. Great opportunity to see the soul singer up close.

Just heard sound check and I think he's getting ready to crush it...
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The story of my life (or, at least, one of several)...

At 2 pm today! Great Lakes Now panel. Great Lakes Outreach Media Nick Austin and me talking about some of our fav work from last year! Join us!

Many of today’s jazz musicians cite Dilla as a major influence, and you can hear Dilla’s “drunk funk” style played on many of today’s jazz records. This style was hugely influential to Grammy award-winning pianist, Robert Glasper. buff.ly/34m5363

Tonight at 8pm on WDET 101.9FM it's the #SoulSaturday 'Best of 2020' edition featuring 80 (!!) of the show's favorite selections from the year. That's right - 80 songs in 2 hours. Can we get it done? Find out tonight: wdet.org/shows/soul-sat…

We'll remember the life and career of #RuthBaderGinsberg all hour on Detroit Today with MI Attorney General Dana Nessel and former U.S. attorney Barb McQuade

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Today at 3pm on WDET 101.9FM join us for a special celebration of Ed Love's 60 years on Detroit radio with classic segments, stories and music hand picked by Ed himself - after Acoustic Cafe with Rob Reinhart and ann delisi.

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Well Chris Rizik, you just gave me the inspiration for another edition of #SoulSaturday

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Alvin Waddles on piano set to wrap it up big down here at Beacon Park with his jazz ensemble. #DetroitJazzFest #wdet

Enjoying Alvin Waddles and his group perform jazz at Beacon Park curated by the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, introducing artists and taking photos on a wonderful evening downtown! WDET 101.9FM #DetroitJazzFest #WDET

Born 85 years ago today in Louisville, Kentucky, Johnny 'Hammond' Smith was a legendary figure in the world of soul-jazz and influential in merging the genres with cuts like this classic off his 1975 release, 'Gears.'

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Tonight on #SoulSaturday we're debuting music off suai's latest EP #Abhyasa while also enjoying Marvin Gaye's 'Here, My Dear' LP on it's 40th anniversary and D'Angelo's Black Messiah on it's 4th, starting at 8p wdet.org/listenlive

80 years ago today, founding member of the Friends of Distinction, Jessica Cleaves, was born in Los Angeles, California. The group was responsible for several hits, but probably best well known for this single, also covered by Hugh Masekela.

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87 years ago today, Donald Byrd was born in Detroit. A legend in his own right as a jazz trumpeter and teacher, he was influential in fusing jazz with R&B vocals in the 70s with groups like 'The Blackbyrds.' What's your favorite Donald Byrd track?

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder's 'For Once in My Life' album! We're featuring select cuts from it, while also enjoy favorites from 2018, and showing the Prince/Janelle Monae connection right now on #SoulSaturday
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Setting up for tonight's Sidewalk Chalk return to Detroit and I'm definitely excited.

Bringing in new team members with WDET 101.9FM this afternoon and loving ever second of it.

The ASABA Trio right now at DetroitJazzFestival

Looking forward to hosting at the DetroitJazzFestival Waterfront Stage this afternoon and checking out the ASABA Trio from Japan at at 5:45p & the Delvon Lamar Organ Trio (!!!) at 7:45p
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Listen to #SoulSaturday on WDET 101.9FM 8p tonight for a chance to win tix to tomorrow's Raphael Saadiq MOCAD concert!

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