Not everyone was ready for soul as a serious album music. Even today, many 70s Motown albums remain under-appreciated in comparison to their rock equivalents. There is, however, a slew of superb ...

Record labels come and go, but Motown Records left a colossal mark on the face of American music and popular culture when it hit the airwaves in 1959. Founded by Berry Gordy Jr with a small loan from ...

Motown Records played an outsized role in the music industry starting in the 1960s, introducing the world to some of the biggest musical talents of the century. The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie ...

The Beatles had an unmistakable connection to Motown. Outside of being huge fans of the cultural music movement, they were heavily influenced by it in their own music. After all, the band did ...

this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972. The interior has been left much the same from those magic music-making days, but there are also instruments ...

The young singer who recorded ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ went on, with Norman Whitfield, to co-write many of the most indelible songs in Motown history. If Barrett Strong was “only ...

The pop star named best new artist at Sunday’s Grammy Awards challenged her critic to donate $25,000 to struggling musicians.

De Passe is a giant in the music and entertainment industry … a trailblazing executive who moved Motown from Hitsville to Hollywood. She did it with raw talent and relentless determination.

February 7, 2025 • The fingerstyle guitarist builds worlds with her music; at the Tiny Desk, Yasmin Williams invites us into hers.

On this episode, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore of Kansas City public radio station 90.9 The Bridge, where Robert hosts the underground rock show Sonic Spectrum. January 31 ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...