This week, I had two in-studio guests for MI Local, starting with a brief visit from Detroit-based soul/R&B balladeer Drey Skonie, leader of the Klouds band. The group treated WDET listeners to an exclusive preview of their new single, out this Friday, “Like A Train,” which you can hear about five minutes in to the show!
We got started with brand new tracks from Tiffadelic and Fizzy Fresh, and then segued into an interview with the aforementioned Drey Skonie.
The aforementioned Tiffadelic, with her signature blend of darkwave, synth and goth-electronica, will be having a release party for her album “Retrosynthesis Vol. 1 at The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale on September 26.
Fizzy Fresh are a new electro-pop duo that you can catch next weekend, at the D.I.Y. Street Fair in Ferndale, Sunday, September 21, at 4:00 pm, on Troy St. at Woodward Ave., next to the W.A.B.
Speaking of plans for live music, my second in-studio guest was the accomplished pianist and local music collective facilitator Justin Snyder from New Music Detroit, discussing this weekend’s Strange Beautiful Music 18.
Snyder’s bonafides include two master’s degrees in Collaborative Piano, one from the University of Michigan and one from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
New Music Detroit is a collective of musicians dedicated to performing groundbreaking musical works from the late-20th century to the present day.
They’re behind the annual multi-day new music marathon concert Strange Beautiful Music which runs the gamut of new music – from contemporary classical and world music to experimental “out” jazz, free improvisation, techno, electronica, neo-soul, ambient, and music that defies genre! Find info and tickets here.
Along with my conversations with Justin Snyder (NMD) and Drey Skonie and the Klouds, I also featured new music from indie-rockers MAS, who have an album release party on September 20 at the Lexington, along with a new song by Mountain Club (MTN. Club) ahead their album release party at the Lager House this Friday!
Two guests in one hour, plus a handful of local music premieres… what a night!
See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.
- “I Try” – Tiffadelic
- “Missing Piece” – Fizzy Fresh
- “Like A Train” – Drey Skonie & the Klouds
- “Beisbol Cats” – Mountain Club
- “This Is Over!” – MAS!
- “Ex-Lion Tamer” – Ryan Allen
- “Paranoid” – Idiot Kids
- “Beautiful ((Spaced Out))” – La Cecille (supercoolwicked)
- “San Trou Ni Fin” – Joo Won Park
- “Forest Clearing” – Alex Koi & Kirin McElwain
- “The Middle” – Na Bonsai
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