Motown News

A town centre club is to revive memories of the legendary Pemps nightclub. The Officers Club in Barracks Yard wants to reach out to the old crowd who regularly visited the venue in Dorning Street.

Whether singing doo-wop or signed to Motown, black boybands have been integral to pop, infusing it with soul, rhythm and blues.

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin will perform the Motown Historical Museum's Nov.

Fans of Fox's Glee might remember Bust Your Windows , a big musical number for the show's resident diva, Mercedes.

Mayer Hawthorne was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an affluent town just outside Detroit.

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early '70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder shifted the label's focus to more individual visions.

U.K. soul songstress Joss Stone gives her considerable pipes a good workout over the dozen tracks that make up "Colour Me Free!" And combined with a flawless Motown-style backing band, she puts together the best retro-soul record since Raphael Saadiq channeled the ghost of Marvin Gaye with 2009's "The Way I See It." "Colour Me Free!" plays like a ...

THE unmistakable sounds of Motown and Northern Soul will be rocking Cradley Labour Club this Friday.

Motown had one, so did Stax. Three soul-deep acts and one smoking hot band to back them up.

Smokey Robinson at the Roundhouse, review The legendary Motown singer finishes the Electric Proms in style Rating: * * * * * The lights dimmed, the drummer kicked off a slinky soul groove, and Smokey Robinson bounced onto the Roundhouse stage and into the kind of outpouring of shrieks and applause reserved exclusively for living legends with ...

Rod Stewart reinvented himself in the new millennium by exercising his distinctly soulful pipes on classic standards with his "Great American Songbook" collection.

As a child, David Cox was so hyperactive that no babysitter would look after him, so his mother, a dance instructor, brought him into the studio with her.

In this CD cover image released by J Records, "Soulbook" by Rod Stewart is shown.

Thurnby Lodge: Scraptoft Valley Working Men's Club, Grantham Road, is to hold a Children In Need charity show on Friday November 20, from 8pm.

MusicFest 2010 could be a five-day event - each day defined by different musical styles and venues.

CENTRIC announces a prestigious list of nominees to be recognized in the Network's first special, CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS SHOW.

Victoria Theatre Association and Key Bank are excited to announce the arrival of two of the most beloved and enduring singing groups of all time: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas and special guests, The Miracles! These legendary Motown artists will appear on the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center stage, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7 ...

Standing in the recording studio of the former Sun Records earlier this month -- where arguably the first rock 'n' roll song was recorded, where Elvis Presley was discovered and recorded his first hits -- I was at total peace.

TV presenters, radio dja TMs and music fans are all too guilty these days of casually referring to many artists as legends, when in truth, most have hardly earned the label.