Motown. That record label born of the Motor City. The sounds and songs of Detroit during the decade were the kinds of things that could make you swoon, make you fall in love, or make you want to pick ...

Berry Gordy’s vision rendered a historical sound that was engineered by Motown Records that was headquartered at Hitsville ...

Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But the Detroit label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records in 1959, was much more ...

Otis Williams, the last surviving original member of The Temptations, has criticized the exploitative contracts Black artists faced during Motown’s 1960s heyday, calling them 'slavery-like.' In a new ...

Detroit-born Motown is uniquely American, a melting-pot triumph with pop music craft at its heart and capitalist hustle in ...

Do Elemental’s budget Motown reissues deliver? A clear-eyed review of Four Tops and Supremes albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Elemental Music’s affordable reissue series brings classic Motown ...

Otis Williams, the last surviving founding member of The Temptations, has spoken candidly about the exploitative contracts they signed with Motown in the 1960s, comparing them to slavery. He revealed ...

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 ...

Motown never had any shortage of pop hits, but one 1964 flop eventually resurfaced into the UK pop charts of 1982, infused ...

The city that brought us automobiles and Motown has seen tough times. But Detroit always rises again. By Amy S. Eckert Four women have accused the Motown legend of sexually assaulting them while they ...