“New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. But there are other cities.
Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New York City has been taken away from you. So my advice is:
find a new city.” – Patti Smith who lived in Detroit with her late-husband, a member of MC5, for over a decade.
Historically Detroit has a knack for turning out musicians and records that inspire entire eras of music. Every few years this city changes the game, from Diana Ross, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye at Motown to J Dilla, Eminem and Kid Rock. There were Unrelated Segments and MC5 holding up Detroit’s garage rock, The White Stripes impact on alternative music all the way to Carl Craig and the massive Detroit electronic movement. This place has something special. Erin met up with singer-songwriters / Detroit it girls, Alex Winston and Jessica Hernandez to find out if it’s something in the water.