The Firehall Arts Centre will present A History of Motown by soul songstress Krystle Dos Santos from Wednesday, April 2 to Sunday, April 13, 2025. Experience the soulful sounds of Motown in a concert ...

DETROIT (AP) — The Motown Museum in Detroit has been resonating with a different signature sound — the rumble of trucks, the buzz of drills and the pounding of metal — as one of the most significant ...

It is no secret that the music industry is cut-throat and not for the weak. Add to that it being incredibly sexist and racist. Another sobering fact: Those behind the scenes in the music business, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Detroit music institutions are touting new exhibits exploring special chapters in their own stories. At Orchestra Hall, the ...

*June is Black Music Month, and few stories demand to be told more urgently than the one Dr. Margena Christian spent years uncovering. Her new book, “It’s No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s ...

A classic snare riff kicks it off—bah, bada bah-bah bah-bah bah-bah—and a chugging, urgent bass line propels the song forward. Three young women pop out from a wheel well, radiant in skirts and hair ...

T.G. Sheppard knows exactly how people at home may have felt when they were watching Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the most enduring record ...

It seems like every Detroiter has a Motown origin story. For Jamon Jordan, that story starts in his family living room, where his mother had an extensive stereo system and a sprawling collection of ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Just off the Strip, the legacy of Motown lives on through Motown Extreme, a high-energy tribute show that celebrates the iconic sounds of The Jackson 5, The Temptations, Stevie ...

Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend when City Historian Jamon Jordan delivers his third annual City Black History Month Lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at the ...