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On June 11, leader of The Beach Boys legendary pop composer Brian Wilson died at the age of 82. Below, Grammy-winning ...
Don Was knows he's onto something special with his new band. The nine-member outfit, dubbed Don Was & the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, hadn't yet played a concert together before Was booked the group an ...
Prince world-premiered his last band, 3rdEyeGirl, at the Dakota in downtown Minneapolis. Don Was, behind-the-scenes superstar, will world-premiere his new band, Don Was & the Pan-Detroit Ensemble ...
OK, Don Was, we get it. We understand your full-time day gig as president of Blue Note Records since 2011 keeps you fairly tied to its L.A. headquarters. But between assembling your Detroit All ...
Don Was talks about curating a lineup that included Norah Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Maren Morris, Sierra Ferrell and Wynonna Judd, and reveals the song Dave Matthews was set to perform with John Mayer.
Don Was is a musician, producer and splits his time between Detroit, where he was born and raised, and Los Angeles, where he serves as the president of Blue Note Records.
Don Was and Pan-Detroit Ensemble deliver a rock/R&B sound influenced by everyone from John Lee Hooker to George Clinton, to Mitch Ryder to The Stooges.
For nearly two decades, the Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue has been a Concert of Colors fixture — a celebratory night of Motor City music featuring a cast of homegrown performers.