If all goes according to plan the Don Was Pan-Detroit Ensemble will play a great many shows, for years to come. But none will be quite like Friday night’s, May 24, home town performance at Orchestra Hall (or perhaps Orquestra Hall, for those familiar with Was’ mid-90s ensemble Orquestra Was). Though the nine-member troupe of Motor City musical all-stars had played two club dates prior in the week, Grammy Award-winning Oak Park native Was (nee Fagenson) introduced the nearly two-hour show as its first proper concert. “We are set on a mission to congregate the indigenous sound of our home […]

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