"What are you listening to Christy?" my mother asked. "Cousin Ray gave me this album, it is the group the Temptations," I replied. It was around 1968 and I was continuing to build my record collection ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four headliners to perform at the 2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival were revealed Tuesday - bringing a bit of soul, funk, Motown and rock 'n' roll to Rochester's Eastman Theatre for the 9-day ...

An eclectic mix of smooth jazz, soul and R&B artists will gather at the Westin La Paloma Saturday to celebrate Motown's 50th anniversary. Over the last five decades, Motown has launched careers for a ...

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.

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 ...

At the start of this turbulent new century, music documentaries had mostly been relegated to one-hour episodes of VH1’s Behind The Music or the BBC’s Classic Albums. While both series were highly ...