LIFESTYLE-US-DETROIT-ECONOMY-MUSIC

Dennis Coffey plays at Northern Lights Lounge on January 9, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Five years after Detroit declared itself bankrupt, nightlife in Motown is hopping again. Nightclubs and bars mixing the Midwestern city's African American musical heritage and a bubbling new creativity are sprouting up like mushrooms. And even Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul herself, wants a piece of the action unfolding from Corktown, behind the city's train station, through Midtown and all the way to the business district. / AFP PHOTO / JEFF KOWALSKY / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LUC OLINGA- "In Detroit, Motown nights are reborn" (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)