January 5, 2018
Q&A: Ferndale Radio is on the air, looking for content and funding
If you’ve been surfing the airwaves (remember those?) around downtown Ferndale lately, you may have noticed a new non-commercial college-style...
Music Corner
December 24, 2017
8-Wood’s favorite albums of 2017
Let’s face it: 2017 was a brutal year. It made 2016, itself no peach, seem like the Good Ol’ Days....
October 29, 2017
PODCAST: Talkin’ beats with the ‘Godmother of House,’ Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale has been making house music out of Detroit since the 1980s, when the city was better known...
October 16, 2017
Where is rock-and-roll in the Trump era?
These are not high times for rock-n-roll. Pop music is ascendant, more kaleidoscopic and outrageous than ever. Hip hop continues...
January 30, 2017
New Ty Segall song ‘Break A Guitar’ brings the rock a weary nation needs
While 2016 saw plenty of great music released, the past few years haven’t exactly been a high-water mark for guitar-driven,...
January 21, 2017
Ferndale may see ‘Front Porch’ outdoor music festival this summer
Ferndale could play host to a new outdoor music festival that would involve bands playing acoustic sets on residents’ front...
December 17, 2016
8-Wood’s favorite albums of 2016
Even putting aside the bottomless darkness of the election year and the tenuous fate of the free world, if that’s...
November 2, 2016
‘Gimme Danger’ adds dose of humanity to Iggy Pop’s legend
It’s been a big year for Iggy Pop. In March, he surprised the world by releasing “Post Pop Depression,” an...
July 11, 2016
(Listen) Soul singer Charles Bradley gives a Black Sabbath ballad its proper treatment
This song isn’t a new release, exactly, as it was reportedly offered as a Record Store Day single in 2013....
May 28, 2016
The great, obscure ’90s Seattle grunge band that got away
Truly was a band from Seattle, a grunge supergroup of sorts that released a couple excellent records in the mid-’90s,...
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