Hitsville to the Keyboard: A Detroit Soul Weekend
Evan — Be There
Written and picked by a real person
Detroit has played a pivotal role in American culture. From hot rods to hot songs, Detroit is innovation and classic at the same time. So for the inaugural issue of this newsletter I had a dilemma: do we split the middle… "General Motors and Motown"?
Nah, there's too much history here to condense both of these themes into one weekend. So let's consider this week and next a double feature. Week one, a tribute to the voices and music that moved a generation, samples that continue to remix those voices for a new audience, and the through line: the food that fuels us.
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