Thanks for your patience as we get started with this blog site. We’re starting to get visits from around the world, which is wonderful. We’ll have some audio for you soon, and hopefully we can broadcast next Wednesday. We appreciate your support and interest! New content will continue to be posted almost daily. We would appreciate any comments on each entry!
As a special weekend promotion, a free store record with free shipping (anywhere in the world) will be mailed to whoever wins this music debate. Keep it to a few paragraphs. We’ll pick the winner and display the entry on Tuesday August 1st, announcing the winner!
Here it is: Who’s the most important Detroit or Michigan area recording artist or group of all time, and tell us why!
3 comments
Comments feed for this article
July 29th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Geoff
I vote for Stevie Wonder. A prolific performer, entertainer, singer, and musician from an early age, he had many great albums and singles and influenced the direction of soul music. My favorite album is I Was Made To Love Her, Tamla 279. Stevie has recorded for over 40 years going strong, and is an American icon. He was and is a musical visionary, who mixed genres and wasn’t afraid to experiment. Who doesn’t love watching Stevie perform live, dark sunglasses on, head hung back, totally emersed in his music?
What do you think?
July 29th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Jess
Aretha Franklin’s music is timeless. Generations of women in my family can all sit around a sing Aretha songs. Her music infuses the listener with feelings of sexiness, power, attitude and soul.
July 30th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Justin
To stay on the soul theme, the Funk Brothers contributed the most to the popularization of black music to white audiences. The “Motown” Sound they created and performed gave the area its name. Without their talents Barry Gordy would have been just another guy with a failed record label.