From the late 1950s through the 1980s, the “Motown Sound” was the kind of music that moved the nation. More than three decades later, East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance is ...

Local vocalist Roslyn Pratt will present a Motown tribute concert on Aug. 29 at the Cultural Center for the Arts Theater in downtown Canton. Pratt and other singers will perform songs by Motown ...

Sometimes, blending genres together can really make some musical magic. And on very rare occasions, Motown and Nashville will collide. There aren’t many songs out there that feature the talent of ...

Kem is leaving Motown to return to being an independent artist. After 23 years, R&B singer Kem is exiting his hometown’s legendary record label, Motown, to return to being an independent artist.

DETROIT – The Motown Museum will temporarily pause tour operations for approximately one year to complete the final construction phase of its highly anticipated expansion. Motown announced on Monday ...

The hallowed halls of Hitsville, U.S.A. are about to get a major facelift. Detroit’s legendary Motown Museum will close its doors to public tours beginning Oct. 1, 2025, marking the start of an ...

The Motown Museum’s Founder’s Day Celebration returns Sunday for an afternoon of music and performances to honor the institution and the woman who started it, Esther Gordy Edwards, the late sister of ...

Four former housekeepers for Motown legend Smokey Robinson have accused him of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit that he repeatedly abused some of them for years. The suit, filed Tuesday in Los ...

Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit. The West Grand Boulevard-based Tamla Records was launched by Gordy in 1959 as he began to build ...

A classic snare riff kicks it off—bah, bada bah-bah bah-bah bah-bah—and a chugging, urgent bass line propels the song forward. Three young women pop out from a wheel well, radiant in skirts and hair ...

PORTAGE, Mich. — In celebration of Black History Month, the City of Portage hosted its inaugural "Kara-Mo-Ke" event on Friday, a Motown-themed karaoke night. Attendees had the opportunity to pay ...

What if The Beatles had recorded Rubber Soul as a Motown album? Thanks to AI, you don't have to wonder what that might have sounded like, because an AI creator has reimagined the band's 1965 classic ...