Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit ... for early releases by ...

As revered as the music has been over the decades, the true power of Motown, suggests Vancouver’s Krystle Dos Santos, is the way it helped reshape the fabric of America. “Motown started in 1959,” says ...

Exploring the underappreciated work of Philadelphia soul artist Alfreda Brockington, the powerful vocalist who released a ...

Despite growing up in poverty, Motown soul legend Smokey went on to write the soundtrack to a million teenage lives. He returns to the UK this July.

HOW THINGS HAVE EVOLVED. Back in the 60's, recording studios were very different places. The equipment wasn't that ...

Berry Gordy might not have liked the idea at first ... Listen to the best of Stevie Wonder on Apple Music and Spotify. The reaction to the album was inevitably cautious, both within the company ...

such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, faced an uphill battle to get their (inner) visions approved by Motown’s head honcho, Berry Gordy, who was justifiably fretful about these fabulous singers ...