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For every episode of State of the Re:UNION, we travel to a different American city or town and ask the questions; What makes Community? Who are the people that help bring it together? What issues do they face..? If you listen to the news, you've heard a lot about Detroit lately, none of it very good. This week SOTRU and host Al Letson travels to Detroit to move beyond the headlines and explore the Motor City.
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BeutifullIve never been near Detroit, but this piece tempts me. Its sounds like a new frontier. |
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BeutifullIve never been near Detroit, but this piece tempts me. Its sounds like a new frontier. |
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Host Al Letson, Produced by Zak Rosen, assistant producer Al Letson and Willie Evans Jr., Editorial and story consultation provided by Taki Telonidis. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Posted on September 14, 2009 at 08:49 PM | Permalink
Great Revelation About Bakers of Detroit
I love Jazz -- so your interview at Bakers' Jazz Club of Detroit grabbed me good. Where clubs exist for Blacks to play any form of Jazz there is usually some outstanding history with it! And it's something that's very UPLIFTING -- so whenever you bring in a little Jazz, it's going to sweeten whatever else went before (the good, the bad or the ugly, if you get my drift, of whatever was in a story about this city or that) and it can make it come off with a thumbs up as this one did.
I'd like to hear this aired all across America -- coast-to-coast -- and although there were certain parts I would like to have seen edited down as being to negative or too one-sided, it's OK overall and I'll give it five stars here.
There are two full one-minute breaks at 19 and 35 plus full 5-minute newshole. I would recommend offering an optional 5-minute piece insert for stations that don't cutaway for news.