Motown. That record label born of the Motor City. The sounds and songs of Detroit during the decade were the kinds of things that could make you swoon, make you fall in love, or make you want to pick ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An acclaimed Motown group who got their start at Western Michigan University's (WMU) campus is reminiscing about their early days. "It was something. We started recording. We ...

Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But the Detroit label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records in 1959, was much more ...

Barbara Martin, one of the original members of the legendary 1960s Motown girl group, The Supremes, has reportedly died. She was 76 years old. The Detroit singer was part of the group when they signed ...

The New School Studio Orchestra and the Motor City Groove Ensemble are presenting "A Motown Spectacular!" featuring music ...

Wanda Young, a singer with the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes, whose 1961 hit Please Mr. Postman was a No. 1 hit, died Dec. 15. She was 78. Young died in Garden City, Michigan, her daughter, Meta ...

The first time Motown royalty Duke Fakir, the sole remaining original member of the Four Tops, saw a Motortown Revue in the early 1960s at New York's Apollo Theatre, he and the rest of the group ...

Dr. K's Motown Revue takes the audience on a genuine journey of the Motown sound that has you singing along with every beloved Motown hit. The band stays faithful to the roots of Motown, and with each ...

Do Elemental’s budget Motown reissues deliver? A clear-eyed review of Four Tops and Supremes albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Elemental Music’s affordable reissue series brings classic Motown ...

Detroit-born Motown is uniquely American, a melting-pot triumph with pop music craft at its heart and capitalist hustle in its gut.