Motor City Soul Club

Bringing the soulful sounds of yesteryear to the dance floors of today.

Upcoming events

WHO ARE WE?

On the second Saturday of every month, the MCSC crew and rotating guest DJs will have you filling the floor at Detroit’s Marble Bar!

The Motor City Soul Club was founded in April 2014 by Dan Austin and Brad Hales of Detroit's People's Records. Erica Aytes joined us in 2016 to form the MCSC's core Big Three. Our mission? To spread the amazing forgotten soul sounds of the 1960s and '70s and honor the singers, musicians, producers and record labels who created them.

Listen to our latest Soul Stomp, podcasts and more!

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Upcoming Soul Stomps
and other events

March 13

WDET-FM (101.9) - Ann Delisi's "Essential Music"

with MCSC's Dan Austin

Tune in at Noon EST

View past Soul Stomps & listen to podcasts

February 2020 – Soul Stomp

December 2019 – Soul Stomp

November 2019 – Soul Stomp

August 2019 – Soul Stomp

MCSC podcast: RON ISLEY of The Isley Brothers 78th birthday career retrospective with Dan Austin

May 2019 Soul Stomp

April 2019 Soul Stomp

March 2019 Soul Stomp

Seven years ago last week, the Motor City Soul Clu

Seven years ago last week, the Motor City Soul Club made its debut.

It's hard to quantify the amount of joy and happiness MCSC brings to my life. Given how our night has grown, I only hope that we've generated an equal amount for all the stomping feet and swinging hips we've packed onto the dancefloors over those seven years.

That first night at PJ's was a bit of a mess. We didn’t have a sound guy or much of a crowd. Luckily, over the years, that would change - dramatically. And luckily, over the years, @michigan_museum and I would be joined by @ericaannxvx , forming the core of the MCSC Big Three. We'd also be joined by guests from all over the Motor City and all over the world.

And word of our mission has been spread to many others thanks to the generosity of @anndelisi , who has allowed us to take over the airwaves for an hour each month - sharing some of "the greatest music" her listeners "have never heard." The number of e-mails from listeners clamoring for more has helped keep us going and let us know there is definitely an audience outside of the malted masses at Marble Bar. So we'll keep our 45-loving fingers crossed for something more. In the meantime, let @wdetdetroit know you want more soul on the dial!

@stephanierhoadeshume has been a godsend, documenting each month's event through photos and creating www.motorcitysoulclub.com. Big shout-out to her for helping us analog types go digital.

In closing, we don't know what's going to happen after COVID finally GTFO. So much has changed just over the last year. All we can hope is that we'll still have such an incredible venue to host our dance parties. We're hoping that we'll still have dancers who want to come tap their toes with us. It feels like everything we've built in the first six years is at risk, that momentum in jeopardy and the uncertainty that comes with cramming people 6 inches apart on a dance floor in an era when we need people to be 6 feet apart.

We just hope Detroit will still afford us the opportunity to put this incredible music where it belongs: in the ears of listeners and in the feet of movers and groovers.
-d.a.

Celebrating #Detroit today on #313Day with @anndel

Celebrating #Detroit today on #313Day with @anndelisi on @wdetdetroit

Happy 81st birthday to @classicmotown legend @smok

Happy 81st birthday to @classicmotown legend @smokeyrobinson! #detroit #northernsoul #motown #motorcitysoulclub

Yesterday would’ve been Nathaniel Mayer’s 77th

Yesterday would’ve been Nathaniel Mayer’s 77th birthday. The #Detroit R&B and Fortune Records great sadly passed away in 2008.

Incredible photo by @doug_coombe

#northernsoul #motorcitysoulclub

Mourning the loss of @classicmotown legend Mary Wi

Mourning the loss of @classicmotown legend Mary Wilson of The Supremes. The #northernsoul and music worlds have lost a giant and an ambassador. The #Detroit native was always kind, gracious and generous with her time to the press and fans. Gutted.

Happy 74th birthday to #Detroit’s own Spyder Tur

Happy 74th birthday to #Detroit’s own Spyder Turner! #motorcitysoulclub #northernsoul

On this day in 2006: Wilson Pickett died at age 64

On this day in 2006: Wilson Pickett died at age 64. Born in Alabama, Pickett moved to Detroit in 1955 at age 14. He joined the Falcons before striking out solo and becoming one of the best-selling soul and R&B artists of the 1960s. His best-known song is a cover of "Mustang Sally," written and originally performed by his former Falcons bandmate Sir Mack Rice.

#northernsoul #detroit #motorcitysoulclub

Happy belated 77th birthday to #Detroit's own J.J.

Happy belated 77th birthday to #Detroit's own J.J. Barnes! We missed the #northernsoul legend’s birthday yesterday.

Happy 91st birthday to @classicmotown founder Berr

Happy 91st birthday to @classicmotown founder Berry Gordy Jr. #northernsoul #motown #detroit

Oct. 30 marked 12 years since the passing of one o

Oct. 30 marked 12 years since the passing of one of the greatest talents in the history of #Detroit soul music. Andrew “Mike” Terry is responsible for the baritone sax on hundreds and hundreds of ‘60s #northernsoul records, from dang near every @classicmotown record to Golden World-Ric Tic to everything Jack Ashford and Lorraine Chandler did at Pied Piper. He was an incredible arranger and songwriter, too. Remembering a man sadly too often forgotten for his contributions to creating a sound that has never been beaten. Legend does not even begin to describe this unsung hero.

Happy 81st birthday to Eddie Holland, part of the

Happy 81st birthday to Eddie Holland, part of the incomparable songwriting trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland and a singer who also cut some great sides for @classicmotown. #motorcitysoulclub #northernsoul

Happy belated birthday to #northernsoul legend Bet

Happy belated birthday to #northernsoul legend Bettye Swann, who turned 76 on Saturday! In addition to recording a slew of great sides, she wrote most of her own material. #motorcitysoulclub

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