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  News6 days ago

  Berry Gordy Among 44th Class Of Honorees At Kennedy Center Honors

  Also to be honored are operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz, 'Saturday Night Live' creator Lorne Michaels, stage and screen star Bette Midler, and definitive singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

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  Features3 weeks ago

  ‘It’s The Same Old Song’: A Race Against Time For The Four Tops

  Deft footwork was required to get the Tops' new single into stores on July 9, 1965.

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  Features4 weeks ago

  Supreme Tragedy: The Life And Death Of Florence Ballard

  The life of this founding member of the Supremes was filled all too briefly with adulation before it was sadly cut short.

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  Features1 month ago

  12-Year-Old Genius At Work: Stevie Wonder Debuts By His ‘Fingertips’

  His first singles chart appearance captured the improvised, call-and-response electricity between Stevie and a Chicago crowd.

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  Features2 months ago

  ‘Ridin’ High’: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Move On Up

  The group were still 'Ridin' High' even without the help of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

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  Features2 months ago

  The Best Music Museums Around The World

  Why do millions of people flock to Graceland or fly across the world to see The Beatles’ instruments? The best music museums offer historic time capsules.

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  Features2 months ago

  ‘Come And Get These Memories’: Vandellas Help Shape The Motown Sound

  'Come And Get These Memories' embodied the sound that Berry Gordy had been looking for.

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  Features3 months ago

  Mary Wells: Motown Icon And Soul Music’s First Superstar

  A pioneering and everlasting legend, Mary Wells was Motown’s first true icon, paving the way for an artistic freedom that others would come to follow.

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  In-Depth3 months ago

  The Great American Soulbook: An Awe-Inspiring Collection Of Songs

  Motown’s great songwriters were the foundations of the Great American Soulbook, an imaginary, but nonetheless awe-inspiring collection of songs written in the name of soul. But it did not come easy.

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  Features3 months ago

  All We Need: Motown’s Tragic, Terrific Tammi Terrell

  Tammi left us at a tragically young 24, but her elegant vocals live on.

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  Features4 months ago

  70s Motown: How “The Sound Of Young America” Came Of Age

  Having helped birth soul music in the 60s, Motown helped it mature in the 70s, creating classic albums and asking some of the biggest questions of the era.

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  Features4 months ago

  ‘A Quiet Storm’: How Smokey Robinson Invented A New Genre Of Soul

  Absorbing and life-affirming, Smokey Robinson’s ‘A Quiet Storm’ is one of the landmark soul albums of its era, and its innovations continue to resonate.

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  Features4 months ago

  Diana Ross: Celebrating Motown’s Supreme Talent

  From singing in Motown’s biggest girl group to earning Oscar nods and becoming a fashion icon, Diana Ross set the template for future stars to follow.

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  Features5 months ago

  Motown And Female Empowerment: How Detroit’s Finest Opened Doors

  The story of Motown is also a story of female empowerment. Its finest female talents took opportunities – and risks – to help give women a spotlight.