It is incredible to look back at how Berry Gordy Jr.’s vision, starting on April 14, 1959, fundamentally integrated the American airwaves. That vision rendered a historic sound engineered by Motown ...

In postwar America, an epidemic of heroin addiction swept the world of jazz. Greats who developed a habit included John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. Nowadays, jazz has an ...

DETROIT - Despite the Motown Museum being closed for the next year, a new music exhibit will soon open. “Psychedelic Soul: A Journey Through Rhythm and Time,” will be located just steps from the ...

Sylvia Moy was the most successful woman songwriter at Motown in the 1960s. She worked on 15 gold and platinum hits, for artists including Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers, and Martha and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1929, Berry Gordy Jr. began his music career writing songs for artists like Etta James in the late-1950's. He then ...

The 5th annual Motown Downtown Music Festival began Saturday afternoon near Avenue C and Gray Street in Killeen, with hundreds of people filling up the streets excited to dance, listen to Motown ...

The “Motown sound” redefined soul music with pop hooks, orchestral sophistication, a legendary house band, gospel vocals, and an ever-present tambourine. All of it on top of a danceable rhythm ...

Performers have been announced for Killeen’s 5th annual Motown Downtown Music Festival scheduled for later this month. From 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 28, enjoy live performances by Lynxx As Michael Jackson, ...

It will be a while before you can come and get those Motown memories this weekend. After Monday, Jan. 19 — the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance — the Motown Museum will be closed for tours ...

Twas the official opening night of, “Santa Claus Is Comin’: A Motown Christmas Revue,” on Dec. 6, and all throughout Baltimore Center Stage (BCS), every foot tapped, every hand clapped and every heart ...

“A Motown Christmas” is airing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 9 p.m. You can watch it DirecTV, or on Peacock after it airs. The event will see the legendary music of Motown performed by Ashanti, Andra Day, ...

The brand new holiday special A Motown Christmas premieres on NBC Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 9/8c. Hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey, the new two-hour special features can’t-miss performances from ...