The DSC is pleased to be hosting a Detroit Techno Tour on Saturday, May 24th, for those in town for Movement Electronic Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend in Hart Plaza. Our co-host, Andrew Virden, has been a friend and sonic ally for years. He was a Founder of the Detroit Movement Guide and the […]
DSC Founder Carleton Gholz and co-Vice President LaVell Williams were interviewed by the Boston Globe for the Boston Loves Detroit fundraiser in Boston on Saturday, March 22. It’s not all a Motown story,” says LaVell Williams, vice president of DSC. “Motown is wonderful, but there’s a lot more out there that’s dying off that no […]
DSC Founder Carleton Gholz was interviewed by Dig Boston‘s Chris Faraone for the upcoming Boston Loves Detroit fundraiser on Saturday, March 22. In the interview, Gholz says: The DSC is not a nostalgia trip. We care about the past because we want to know how we got where we are and where we are going […]
In partnership with Social Studies Boston we are proud to present a special night of dance music featuring Brooklyn-based, Detroit-raised, DJ Mike Servito.
United Sound Systems (USS) was the site of numerous well-known recordings, including those by the most popular artists of many genres. Jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, blues legends like John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, Motown stars such as Jackie Wilson and Smokey Robinson, soul singers such as Aretha Franklin and Isaac […]
The Detroit Sound Conservancy believes that Detroit preservationists need an accurate, sourced, linked, serviceable history of their city. We have been attempting to build such a useable past for Detroit music since 2012 via the DetroitWiki. The goal here must be to take musical minutia – the arcane knowledge of musical anthropologists, record collectors, and […]
Our founder, Carleton S. Gholz, will be emceeing this year’s annual Christmas Potluck Waltz this Saturday. From the Facebook event page: “For the third consecutive year, the Sights will fill Detroit’s stocking with the finest in live, local rock and roll. In the spirit of The Band’s The Last Waltz, the Sights’ Christmas Potluck Waltz […]
A Fundraiser for the Detroit Sound Conservancy featuring LipCity and BMG https://www.facebook.com/events/585190104847120 A year after hosting an eclectic fundraiser around the musical legacy of Zoot’s Coffee House, the Detroit Sound Conservancy returns with two extraordinary people for a night of extraordinary funk and soul. LipCity and BMG never met until the DSC brought them together […]
From all of us here at the DSC we want to thank everyone who attended and supported on June 22, 2012 at our Model Z party. Through this fundraiser we were able to raise some much needed funds for some basic bills for the organization. Special shout outs to Model D. (http://www.modeldmedia.com/) for supporting with food, drink, and raw muscle; Dion Fischer for booking the magnificent talents of Swimsuit, Little Princess, Danny Kroha, and Windy & Carl; and our fantastic DJs Lauren, Jon, Ben, Dion, Aaron, and Windy.
Detroit Sound Conservancy Formed to Preserve, Share Detroit Music History Scholar seeks to unite musicians, fans, industry with community conversations, preservation projects DETROIT (June 20, 2012) — Every day, lovers of Detroit sound lose another hero. Every day, lovers of Detroit sound lose another landmark. Every day, lovers of Detroit sound lose the opportunity to […]