Happy New Year, There is this huge music archive called the "313 Jukebox" which features music from Detroit at Gigantic Artspace down on Franklin Street. It's through January.
http://www.giganticartspace.com This is from the intro: Introduction from installation: Though far removed from America's so-called cultural capitals, Detroit is hardly just a down-on-its-luck Rust Belt factory town; in fact, the Motor City has been arguably the country's most important musical municipality over the last half century, breeding ground to some of the world's most potent movements: Motown soul, funk, punk, heavy metal, and techno, as well as currently being home to hip-hop's biggest star and a flourishing garage rock scene. The iPods in this installation are programmed with selections providing an audio overview of the last five decades of Detroit area music, a nearly 20 hour mix-tape of some of the finest and most essential recordings in pop music history. Put on some earphones and scroll through the songs, and you'll discover that Martha Reeves had nothing to worry about; when it comes to music, forgetting the Motor City is absolutely impossible. --Mike Rubin There is a list of the mixes here. Some obscure stuff. http://giganticartspace.com/313_jukebox.html JFC
