Justin Walter

"Take Off"

The trumpet-keyboard player and company play jazz fusion that can tap into the genre's wooly excitements. Co-produced by Walter and Warren Defever. More at music.justinwalter.net. —W. Kim Heron

• Riding Michigan’s roads to ruin As state’s infrastructure crumbles, Lansing’s yahoos balk at funding road repair | 2/15/2012
• Fela's last laugh The father of Afro-beat’s long march to Broadway and Music Hall | 2/14/2012
• Political marketplace When it comes to politics of the highest bidder, we have the best government money can buy | 2/8/2012
• Moratorium & momentum As foreclosures loom, movement for a two-year halt gains traction | 2/8/2012
• Letters to the Editor Defending Prince Fielder and Detroit EMS | 2/8/2012
• Getting carded Fuming over how many months it takes for the state to issue medical marijuana cards | 2/8/2012
• Super sleazy Pete Hoekstra's disgraceful attack ad | 2/7/2012
• Mike Cox, reefer & Frampton Former state AG admits to inhaling and the MOR taste, backs dispensaries | 2/1/2012
• Democracy for dollars Where political might is held by a wealthy few and the corporations are just people too | 2/1/2012
• Netherlands’ coffee shop confusion Pot tourist ban doesn’t go off as smoothly as planned | 2/1/2012
• Prince Fielder and the poor folks Poverty slams poor kids; he gets $214 million; we're one sick society | 2/1/2012
• Amending the Constitution The framers made it very hard — and for good reason | 2/1/2012
• A Detroit community plans for survival The Lower Eastside Action Plan is more than a LEAP of faith | 2/1/2012
• The big dis A third of Americans live in big cities. A fifth live in rural areas. So who gets the attention in presidential campaigns? And why? | 1/25/2012