The Beatles’ Paul McCartney congratulates the Supremes at a party after their London debut show. Motown is a record label that was founded in 1958 by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit. The label found ...

The story of Motown Records is a quintessentially American story about the American Dream, civil rights and entrepreneurship ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

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Back in 1965, when Motown was on top of the pop landscape, Ray Davies and The Kinks set out to record a Martha Reeves track ...

Motown --- the music and the label -- is central to the identity of Detroiters. The music is woven together with the city's legacy. But do younger generations feel the same way?

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...