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Detroit Music
Overview
 Detroit has had tremendous impact on the world of
music. Detroit bands such as McKinney's Cotton Pickers and the Jean Goldkette Orchestra pioneered
early development of big band jazz in the 1920s. And legendary bluesmen such as John Lee
Hooker moved to Detroit from the Mississippi Delta, working factories during
the day and at night belting out what has become known as Detroit Blues. In the 1960s, artists such as Diana Ross
and the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5 created the infamous Motown Sound. The MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Bob
Seger, and Ted Nugent thrust Detroit powerfully into the Rock and Roll scene of the
1970s. The musical ingenuity continued
into the 1980s and 1990s as "The Belleville Three" fused disco,
electronic dance, and house music into Techno, now a worldwide phenomenon. And of course, we can't forget the
immensely popular fixtures of today's Detroit music scene, Kid Rock and Eminem!
Visit the pages below to
find out more on Detroit's significant influence on the world of music and
the major performance venues where you can catch a show while you're in town.
Jazz
Detroit Blues
Detroit Soul & Motown
Sound
Rock & Roll
Techno
Chene Park
Comerica Park
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Ford Field
Fox Theatre
Jerome-Duncan Ford Theatre
Meadow Brook Music Festival
Orchestra Hall
Palace of Auburn Hills
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