Motown music is an integral part of my personal life and the journey of the United States of America. In many ways, I learned about love and tenderness from the Motown stars, and that passion opened ...

Inside the mythic Studio A exhibit at the Motown Museum, you can see an actual Gibson 335 guitar and wah-wah pedal Dennis Coffey would use in recording “Cloud Nine,” “Just My Imagination,” and ...

The great Motown sound not only influenced music in the pop arena but it also left its indelible mark on jazz. A few years ago I produced a podcast series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Motown ...

Jerome Collins is finding future success by looking back. A member of the iconic a capella group Straight No Chaser for more than a decade, the Allentown native takes the stage at the Boscov’s Berks ...

Motown was truly a sound that called out around the world. So it’s perhaps appropriate that the most extensive vinyl reissue campaign of the legendary label’s catalog is coming from across the pond.

Think about the music pumping through your headphones right now. Where did it actually come from? Every beat, every guitar riff, every lyrical flourish can trace its roots back to specific places ...

If you think of some of the most memorable songs from the twentieth century, there's a good chance one of the tunes that comes to mind is the product of Motown — a record label based in Detroit that ...

Here's a look at what is happening over the next week in the Buffalo area. "Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two Woman Show." 7 p.m. Thursday at the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda. Vicki ...

Joe Messina, the prolific guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers can be heard on an array of Motown classics, died Monday, April 4, the Detroit Free Press reports. He was 93. Messina died at his ...