A new Jackson 5 album is set for release on November 10th, around 40 years after the legendary band of brothers first appeared on the music scene. The album is called I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, and includes...
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After arriving at Penn Station in New York, we took the 'A' train to Harlem. After climbing the subway steps to the street, we were swept up in the crowd. As we walked, we moved along sidewalks with enthusiastic...
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Celebrity music producer Quincy Jones tells of his historic collaboration with Michael Jackson when "we made history together".In a special eulogy in the Los Angeles Times today,Quincy,my friend on...
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Robert Clyne, a cultural anthropologist with a PhD from Yale offers his opinions on many topics including race relations in America. For more pearls of wisdom and some great fight videos see...
I just received word from Bruce Aitken of the Cape Breton International Drum Festival, that Motown drumming Legend Uriel Jones has passed away. He died on Tuesday, March 24, in Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center...
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Uriel Jones, a Motown drummer who was the last surviving member of the legendary session band The Funk Brothers, has died at the age of 74 after complications from a heart attack. Jones famously performed with a string of hit makers including The Temptations, Marvin Gaye,...
White House to Honor Stevie Wonder Tonight, NOT White to Honor Stevie Wonder Tonight is the title of this footage, uploaded with malice to none ;-)A Special Honor event chock-full of moments surrounding the...
Motown - one of the greatest ever record labels is 50 years old today (12th January 2009). Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder - the list goes on and on - hit after hit after hit! Berry...
"Lindsay Lohan Not Ready To Finish Third Album Lindsay Lohan is trying to avoid the executives at Motown because she doesn’t want to be pressured into completing her third album. The actress/singer admits she’s refusing to return calls and messages from...
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Legendary Four Tops vocalist Levi Stubbs has died at the age of 72.He will be greatly missed for his incredible contribution to music. When the world falls apartSome things stay in placeLevi Stubbs' tearsRun...
Norman Whitfield, the architect of some of Motown Records biggest hits, has died in Los Angeles due to complications from diabetes. Along with collaborator Barrett Strong, Whitfield helped define the Motown Sound,...
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Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...
Well this should be interesting...and with T Bone Burnett at the boards at least the 'Tommy' machine will be in good hands. "The Who are planning a collection of vintage R&B covers, similar to the Motown and...
Dreamworks and Paramount have officially apologised to Motown Records founder Barry Gordon Jr. (by taking out an ad in Variety) and stressed that the movie was a work of fiction. Gordon never went public with his...
"DETROIT -- Joe Hunter, Motown's first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, has died. He was 79.
Hunter was a diabetic, but the cause of his death on Friday was not immediately known, his son, Joe Hunter Jr., told The Detroit News.
Hunter was...
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