Motown may exist today as one of the biggest powerhouses in soul music, but everyone has to get the ball rolling somewhere.

Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...

Motown was musically open to all types of music and founded labels devoted to gospel and jazz. Gordy started one particular offshoot, called Mel-o-dy, "for those R&B and soul artists I wasn't sure ...

In 1971, he became the first Motown artist to negotiate a contract that allowed for complete artistic control of his music ... albums that largely covered jazz and pop standards.

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

Singer and songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is a Grammy-winning artist whose career (and 15 studio albums) spans five decades. She ...

The ‘King of Motown’ has been announced as an act at Sussex’s biggest jazz festival ... one of the most influential figures in music history. He was frontman and songwriter for Smokey ...

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

Four headliners to perform at the 2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival were revealed Tuesday - bringing a bit of soul, funk, Motown and rock ... Around" and many songs he wrote for other ...