Motown nights are reborn as Detroit rediscovers voice

DETROIT - Five years after Detroit declared itself bankrupt, night life 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.