Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Motown

“That move from F to Ab is either a clever allusion… or it’s an accident!” He’s one of the most influential bassists of all time, but did Motown’s James Jamerson make a mistake on this 1969 hit record?

How Jamerson’s ‘mistake’ helped set the foundation for The Temptations’ No. 1 hit

Guitar World

Michael Jackson messed up his iconic moonwalk at Motown 25, says Jeffrey Daniel

Michael Jackson messed up his iconic moonwalk at 'Motown 25', according to Shalamar star Jeffrey Daniel, who showed him the move in the first place.

BANG Premier

“It's a song with enough twists and quirks to make it stand out from the pop landscape”: A music professor breaks down Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!

We put Chappell Roan's Grammy-nominated hit under the musical microscope

MusicRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) review – retro soul with a retro lyrical attitude

The soft-alpha streaming sensation behind Lose Control returns with more of the same Motown and Stax pastiches, with the odd diversion into soft rock

The Guardian - UK

“The door burst open. It was James, who was late and had come into the wrong room. He started listening and said, ’No, no, that's not the way you do it,’ and grabbed my EB-3”: Jack Bruce on his chance meeting with Motown hit-maker James Jamerson

Speaking in 2001, the late Cream bassist recalled his encounter with Jamerson at the Record Plant in L.A.

Guitar World

Motown Christmas Special Celebrates Iconic Music Legacy

Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey host 'A Motown Christmas' special honoring legendary Motown classics with iconic artists.

Top News

“From the first chord, we both thought, ‘Wow’ – I quit my band and moved to Denmark”: How husband-and-wife duo the Courettes became one of the most exciting bands in the garage-rock underground

Guitarist Flavi Couri details the retro gear and inspirations behind the Courettes’ garage-rock expansionism – a sound that references Motown, Phil Spector and ’60s power-pop

Guitar World

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“l’d been listening to Jamerson for some time, but this was staggering”: Inside James Jamerson’s 10 seminal “B-Sides”

Anthony Jackson and James Jamerson Jr reveal the hidden secrets of Motown’s multi-track recordings

Guitar World

‘Young women from the ghetto were taken advantage of’: the power and pain of R&B’s ‘new jill swing’ era

The female counterpart to new jack swing, which exploded in the late 80s by fusing hip-hop, pop and R&B, was thrilling – but held back by sexism, racism and dodgy contracts

The Guardian - UK

"If you're going to do anything, do it full measure, don't equivocate, be all the way in": How the MC5's Kick Out The Jams became a rallying call for a generation

The title track of the MC5's debut live album was the incendiary call to arms that ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit

Louder

Soul singer Jalen Ngonda: ‘I don’t want to write something I can’t feel’

The Maryland-born, Liverpool-based soul artist is attracting a huge fanbase thanks to his extraordinary voice and sepia-tinged soul sound. He speaks to Roisin O’Connor about falling in love with The Temptations, the looming US election, and how his family discovered his once-hidden talent

The Independent UK

“George Harrison opened the door to reveal a Formula 1 car in the hall. He said, ‘We made it from a kit and can’t get it out of here!’” Former ELO bassist Michael de Albuquerque’s life and times

Mary Hopkin and Violinski collaborator on becoming friends with Roy Wood, reissuing his solo albums and stepping away from the “not very nice” music industry in favour of antique dealing

Louder

“We were courting Rick Rubin, who told us he’d listened to it with Tom Petty. ‘Wow!’ Tom said. ‘Now that’s something you don’t hear every day’”: Jet on the making of Are You Gonna Be My Girl and how it ended up in an iPod ad

“People talk about the song’s similarity to Lust for Life. It has that rhythm - but so do You Can’t Hurry Love and Town Called Malice”

MusicRadar

Tito Jackson obituary

American musician and founding member of the Jackson 5 who went on to have a solo career with his own blues band

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Tito Jackson was a lifelong musician, best remembered for his work with the Jackson 5

If you immediately start singing along to ABC, Blame It On The Boogie, I’ll Be There, Can You Feel It or Who’s Loving You you are a Jackson 5 fan – and for good reason.

MusicRadar

“An incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being”: Family and friends mourn Tito Jackson

Tito Jackson dies, aged 70

The Guardian - UK

Sunday with Eddie Marsan: ‘My potatoes are legendary’

The actor talks about Motown and meditation, and divulges his secrets for really crispy, fluffy spuds

Metal Hammer

"I'm an R&B singer in the body of a metal guy": Why Armored Saint recorded a cover of a Four Tops classic

American metallers Armored Saint are steeling themselves for a US tour with W.A.S.P. via the magic of Motown

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir obituary

Last original member of the the Four Tops, the US group known for hits such as Reach Out I’ll Be There and I Can’t Help Myself

MusicRadar

"He became just my hero, really": Paul McCartney's bass idol, 'incomparable' Motown session giant James Jamerson

We celebrate one of the greatest of them all

Top News

Four Tops Original Member Abdul Duke Fakir Dies At 88

Abdul Duke Fakir, last original member of the Four Tops, passes away at 88, leaving behind a rich musical legacy.

The Independent UK

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir death: Last surviving founder of Four Tops, dies aged 88

Singer founded beloved Motown group with Lawrence Payton, Renaldo ‘Obie’ Benson and Levi Stubbs in 1953

Evening Standard

Abdul Fakir: Last original Four Tops member dies aged 88

Abdul Fakir died on Monday of heart failure, according to a family spokesperson, with his wife and other loved ones by his side

The Guardian - US

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last surviving member of Four Tops, dies aged 88

The beloved Motown group’s co-founder died of a heart failure and had been struggling with bladder cancer

The Independent UK

Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88

The last surviving original member of the Four Tops has died

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.