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#chrisisaak provided plenty of cheer, holiday and otherwise, last night in #detroit
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Chris Isaak brings hot show, holiday songs — and dogs — to the Fillmore Detroit
As he and his band worked their way through an audibled rendition of his “Blue Spanish Sky” on Tuesday night, Dec. 16, at the Fillmore Detroit, Chris Isaak quipped to the crowd, “…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A fine couple of hours wrapping up the year in music, as we do, for #anndelisiessentialmusic on @wdet.bsky.social Check it out 11 a.m. Dec. 30
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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#chrisisaak shares some holiday cheer in #detroit
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Rounding up the latest batch of music books, for those still in holiday shopping mode
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Music books: Memoirs, biographies, photo books, more out in 2025
Memoirs by Patti Smith, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, the late Robbie Robertson and other Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are among the substantial load of new music books that have arriv...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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If anybody knows how to do naughty AND nice, it's #chrisisaak
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Chris Isaak’s holiday tour is an annual pet project
“If I did all Christmas songs, three people would be overjoyed,” said Isaak, 69. “I feel like it’s my job to entertain those people who got dragged to the show, you know? I …
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December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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When you thought we've seen everything the season has to offer...
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‘Miracle on 34th Street’ musical is on tour for the first time and stopping in Detroit
“Miracle on 34th Street the Musical,” with three shows at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, has been around for more than 60 years, but seldom staged and never taken on the road until this y…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This week's rock talk with #bobandbrian on #1029thehog
in #milwaukee
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12/12/25-Gary Graff on Taylor Swift’s big weekend, Triumph’s Tour, Ozzy’s last words, and the rest of the Music News - 102.9 THE HOG
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December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Checking out this week's new music releases
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Nas-DJ Premier team-up and seven more things you need to hear this week
The long-promised collaborative album between hip-hop luminaries Nas and DJ Premier finally hits on the last major new music release week of the year. It's joined by new titles from 21 Savage, Juliana...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Hooray for holidays in the #detroit metro this weekend
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Saxophonist Dave Koz leads holiday music shows in the metro area this weekend
While the Grammys loom on Feb. 2, Koz — whose credits include playing in the bands on “The Arsenio Hall Show,” “The Pat Sajak Show” and “The Emeril Lagasse Show,&#8221…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Big music doings in the #detroit metro this weekend
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A cappella troupe Straight No Chaser’s return leads metro area music weekend
“It isn’t your grandfather’s a cappella anymore,” Seggie Isho said. “You’re not coming to see a concert. It’s an evening of entertainment. We’re not …
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December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Few, and maybe no other, artists have a track record of great guitarists like @paulrodgers.bsky.social . Talked to him about it...
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“He was my soulmate guitarist, and we were in sync musically. Sad we lost him. Such a tragedy.” Paul Rodgers on playing with Paul Kossoff, Mick Ralphs, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Steve Cropper, Slash and Joe Bonamassa
“I don't really know the secret of how guitarists create their own unique sounds,” Rodgers tells us, “but I know a good guitar sound when I hear it”
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December 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Thanks to Dave LewAllen for the podcast chat about the Essential 80s book
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The Dave LewAllen Podcast - Episode 60 - Gary Graff, music critic and author
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Ringing down the Jingle Ball last night at @littlecaesarsarena.bsky.social
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Jingle Ball 2025 offers sampler platter of pop at Little Caesars Arena
For pre-holiday concert goers, the annual Jingle Ball can be a full stocking or a lump of coal proposition — sometimes within minutes.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Look who's fighting the good fight again in 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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It's time to get Holidazed at @foxtheatredetroit.bsky.social
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Cirque du Soleil’s winter favorite comes to Detroit’s Fox Theatre this week
“Cirque Dreams Holidaze” was launched in 2007 and has remained a winter perennial for many. This year’s show has been refreshed by a new artistic adviser.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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This guy fronted a major band, then went on to discover some of the biggest artists of the last 40-odd years. Dude has some stories...
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Derek Shulman Looks Back on a Life in Music and the Memoir That Tells It All
Former Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman reflects on his music career, his new memoir, and the major bands he signed — including Bon Jovi and Nickelback.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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This week's rock talk with #bobandbrian on #1029thehog in #milwaukee
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12/5/25-Gary Graff reports on Aerosmith’s latest feat, New GnR, Ozzy’s Lordship, and more in Music News - 102.9 THE HOG
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December 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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New Zac Brown Band, Depeche Mode and 10 more things you must hear this week
We start the last month of 2025 with a potent batch of new music releases, including titles from the Zac Brown Band, Olivia Rodrigo, Sting, Depeche Mode, Scorpions, the Waterboys and others, as well a...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A fond farewell to the Doc of Rock. Looking forward to being part of the final broadcast today
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As retirement looms, Doug Podell recalls his favorite moments from 50 years in radio
The 73-year-old established himself as a fixture in the metro area music scene, whose name is deservedly held up alongside the legends he grew up idolizing, as well as other revered air aces such a…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Bocelli and a bunch more music in the #detroit metro this weekend
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Andrea Bocelli leads busy music weekend in the metro area
Bocelli will be watching next year’s World Cup. A longtime supporter of Inter Milan in Italy, he went blind after sustaining an injury while goalkeeping when he was 12. He nevertheless retain…
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December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Otis, my man!, and #thetemptations have a Classic @motownrecords.bsky.social me t ar @fordfield.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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For those getting into the spirit this weekend in the #detroit metro
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Festive holiday events fill the metro area this weekend
With Thanksgiving behind us, the winter holiday season is off and running, with myriad special events amidst the frenzy of shopping, cooking and decorating. This weekend’s sleigh-full of prod…
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December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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@hellskitchenbway.bsky.social review in #detroit, hot off the presses...
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“Hell’s Kitchen” brings contemporary Broadway heat to the Fisher Theatre
The stage musical, at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre through Dec. 14, may be drawn from Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys’ upbringing in that Manhattan neighborhood and built around songs from …
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December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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#jormakaukonen was there in the 60s -- and he remembers it!
#hottuna #furpeaceranch
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“We thought smoking pot in an alley on First Street in San Francisco seemed like a bad idea.” Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen on Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and other giants of San Francisco’s psychede...
The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live recordings from 1965
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December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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It's another year of Santa Koz for the holiday season...
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Dave Koz & Friends spread joy, unity with annual holiday tour
As saxophonist Dave Koz sets out on his annual holiday tour, he's also celebrating 35 years since his debut album as well as a Grammy Award nomination for his latest -- "Just Us," a collaboration wit...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM