When you hail from the Motor City with a grandmother who sang the blues, and a cousin who was one of the original Motown ...

“’The Brax-Tone Experience’ is my unique rendition of blending R&B and jazz. J. Poww’s production effort, combined with the ...

Large companies focused on R&B and jazz – two of the foundation stones of soul music – already existed, such as Atlantic, Vee-Jay, and Chess, and were already established by the time Motown ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

Motown Records turned 66 on January 12. The nursery for soul giants like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, and The Miracles, it was home briefly to reggae ...

As the City of Subdued Excitement, Bellingham has inspired excitement with an understatedly influential music scene. Local ...

Desert Hills Presbyterian Church (DHPC) is excited to welcome vocalist Sandra Bassett to the stage for a concert on Sunday, ...

It’s difficult to imagine how the music industry would look today had Berry Gordy not founded Motown in 1959. As one of the most influential record labels in history, Motown helped to springboard the ...

Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent Berry Gordy plays the piano with Motown stars including Stevie ...

In the 90s, Brown began his solo career serving up a tasteful amalgam of George Benson-esque melodic lines over chugging, sensual smooth jazz grooves. Female guitarists are rare in jazz ...

Crafting a hit single is by no means an easy task, yet Berry Gordy Jr seemed to have the secret recipe. From the very early days of his label, Motown Records, Gordy oversaw the release of some truly ...

And with gold records by the Supremes, the Temptations and the Jackson 5, this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972. The interior has been left much the ...