Wade Kergan has combined his love for music with his talent selling records at Hello Records, the Corktown shop he co-owns with Ben Hall. Kergan worked in record stores for more than fifteen years; now he buys and sells them in his own brightly lit space with a polished maple floor and crisp yellow walls.
Hello Records has been in operation for about a year. It stocks hundreds of records, from soul to classical to country. "We're almost entirely used, so it really depends on what people bring us," says Kergan. "Detroit has such a rich music history, we get a little bit of everything." They also sell records online, which he says is necessary for any record business.
Kergan is wiling tol share stories surrounding any particular record, along with explaining its date, genre, and relation to other music, all without pretension. The 600-square-foot space is not expansive by any means, but the selection is more than sufficient to keep the attention of anyone interested in music. "This place is a little smaller than other shops so it's a little easier to navigate," says Kergan. "Sometimes you walk into a place and your mind is wiped clean by the vastness of what's before you."
Hello Records is currently open Sundays and Mondays noon to 4 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday noon to 6 p.m. It is located at 1459 Trumbull at Bagley. Call 313-300-5654.
Source: Wade Kergan, Hello Records
Writer: Ryan Kelly
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