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Motown

Soul 

Inside The Motown Vinyl Revival

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Diana Ross and the Supremes, Elemental Music, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth

Discussing Elemental Music’s stellar reissue campaign of the soul label’s classic LPs

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New Wave Pop 

WATCH: MA Jolie Fleur Shares “Let’s Get Out Of Here”

November 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Alexandria Leigh, Depeche Mode, Let's Get Out of Here, MA Jolie Fleur, Motown, Myke Adams

New EP, Detachments, out in December

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Soul 

Is That Enough: Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear at 45

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Anna Gordy, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Sly Stone, Tamla

Reflecting on the soul legend’s complicated masterpiece

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Soul 

Distant Lover: Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On at 50

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Tamla Records

Honoring a master class in sensuality

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Funk Soul 

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at 50

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Innervisions, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, Tamla Records

Looking back on a visionary album from a once-in-a-lifetime artist

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Funk Soul 

Blame It On The Sun: Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book at 50

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Brian Wilson, Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck, Marvin Gaye, Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Talking Book, Tamla, Tim Bogert, Tonto's Expanding Head Band

Looking back on the album that thrusted soul music into the future

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Soul 

Celebrating 50 Years of Two Philly Soul Essentials

September 8, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Cameo-Parkway Records, Eddie Levert, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Motown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Records, Soul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays

Looking back at I Miss You by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O’Jays’ Back Stabbers

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Disco Pop Soul 

Diana Ross Thanks Liverpool

July 12, 2022February 19, 2024 Stephanie Hernandez 1 Comment ” Chic, Diana Ross, Diana Ross and the Supremes, England, I'm Coming Out, LGBTQ, Liverpool, Motown, Nile Rodgers, R&B, Thank You, Tour, UK

Originally scheduled to perform in 2020, the Motown legend finally performs for her eager English fanbase with classics-packed set

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Pop Remembrance Soul 

LISTEN: In Memory of Mary

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Detroit, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Motown, RIP, The Supremes

Remembering the Supreme of our dreams

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Funk Soul 

LISTEN: Stevie Wonder at 70

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Detroit, funk, Happy Birthday, Motown, Soul, Stevie Wonder, Tamla

Wishing the Original Master Blaster a Happy Birthday with a joyride through his last 40 years on wax

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Psychedelics Soul 

Psych-Soul and Tevye’s Lament: The Puzzle of the Temptations

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People, The Band, The Beatles, The Funk Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations

A look back at a crown jewel of the band’s storied psychedelic era

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Blues jazz Punk Rock 

It’s 1969, OK!: A Half-Century of The Stooges

August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Dave Alexander, Detroit, Iggy Pop, John Cale, Motor City, Motown, No Fun, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

50 years ago, the eponymous debut from Iggy Pop’s proto-punk sounds brought a whole new funk to the Motor City

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Soul 

The Real Motown Magic

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boyz II Men, Diana Ross, Jodeci, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Stevie Wonder, The Funk Brothers, The Supremes

A revamped box set collects every No. 1 single out of Hitsville U.S.A.; all 10 hours’ worth!

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Soul 

On The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Diana Ross, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Motown, R&B, The Supremes

The reissue of a classic Supremes album brings new appreciation for what it means to be seduced by soul

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Hip Hop Rock Soul 

Coffey Talk Revisited

July 20, 2018July 21, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dennis Coffey, Jackson 5, Motown, Ringo Starr, Scorpio, Sixto Rodriguez

Time traveling with legendary Motown session guitarist Dennis Coffey

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