Jeff Milo

1 week ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

If you seek a pleasant peninsula — look about you! But also, if you’re seeking out sensational singer-songwriters, then just stream the latest episode of MI Local, because there’s several new releases out this week by solo musicians and band leaders that you can catch live in the weeks ahead, including a stellar showcase coming up at Detroit House of Music.

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

One of the top reasons to tune in to MI Local every Tuesday is the live energy! Sometimes even I, as the host, can’t be totally sure what might happen! This week, for example, I was contacted by an esteemed Ypsilanti-based singer-songwriter, Kylee Phillips, who has been featured on WDET recently for her last album, “The Good Parts,” — turns out Phillips has a new song, “Devil I Know,” dropping on Friday paired up with a music video and, naturally, MI Local listeners were treated to an...

3 weeks ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

Singer-songwriter Ryan Allen has never stopped, literally. The metro Detroit-based multi-instrumentalist has never stopped writing, recording and performing. Even when his primary band, Extra Arms, is on hiatus, he’s at it again with a new solo album that drops this weekend, capped off by a show at Bowlero Lanes Lounge on Friday.

1 month ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

We love having local musicians hang out in-studio during MI Local, and this week I have to appreciate how Elisabeth Pixley-Fink made the late-evening drive in from her homebase of Ann Arbor so that we could talk about her new album, “Heartskin.” Pixley-Fink is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, band leader and poetic lyricist who, on her latest album, has woven together a particularly scintillating swath of guitar riffs and cathartic phrasings that taps into seminal riot grrrl energy, mixed...

1 month ago | wdet.org | Jeff Milo

Singer-songwriter Valerie Salerno started her ambient noise-rock/alt-country solo project — Dick Texas — about five years ago, building up to this Spring’s release of her debut full length LP “All That Fall“ (on Fred Thomas’ LifeLike Records). Salerno visited WDET Studios to talk about the new album and her upcoming show at Third Man Records next Saturday, May 10, with Winged Wheel.