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Talented Teens Channel Detroit's Legendary Singers

Posted 05.10.2012

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If you wish Detroit youth today produced music similar to sounds of the 1960s, you're in luck: For the next two weekends a group of talented teens wil...

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WATCH: William Levy Gets Handsy

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.24.2012

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After earning the nickname "The Latino James Bond" last week, William Levy returned to "Dancing With the Stars" last night with more intrigue and sex ...

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Detroit In Music

Posted 04.11.2012

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Detroit's been a music town for as long as most people can remember, whether you were in the crowd when MC5 played the Grande Ballroom or too young to...

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Remembering Marvin Gaye

The Huffington Post | Khristopher J. Brooks | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Men's Guide. Marvin Gaye, Celebrity Birthdays, Motown, Detroit, Singer, Musician, Black Music, R&b, Black Voices News

Marvin Gaye, the Motown recording artist whose smooth voice captured Americans in the 80s, would have celebrated his 73rd birthday today, had he been ...

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Diana Ross Turns 68: Her Iconic Style Through The Years (PHOTOS)

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Motown Records, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Diana Ross, Diana Ross Style, Diana-Ross-Birthday, Motown, The Supremes, Black Voices News

The month of March has been good to us, giving rise to a host of musical icons whose sense of fashion is as colorful as their sound -- from Chaka to A...

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Back to Tuskegee: A Conversation With Lionel Richie

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers, Tim McGraw, The Commodores, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Cash, Alabama, Little Big Town, Lionel Richie, Berry Gordy, Elvis Presley, Jennifer Nettles, Shania Twain, Jimmy Buffett, Diana Ross, Blake Shelton, David Foster, Darius Rucker, The Temptations, Conway Twitty, Luther Vandross, Richard Marx, Mariah Carey, Billy Currington, Kenny Chesney, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Willie Nelson, Motown, Marvin Gaye, Entertainment News

Lionel, how did you assemble your roster of country artists for your new album Tuskegee?

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The Queen Of Soul Gets Some Birthday Love

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Aretha Franklin 70th Birthday, Women, Video, Rachelle Ferrell, Detroit Musicians, Detroit Artists, Celebrity Birthdays, Aretha Franklin Birthday, Motown, Detroit Music, Women Singers, Women Musicians, Slidefreestyle, Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin, Detroit News

What would you say to a Motown legend -- and American icon -- on her birthday? Aretha Franklin will celebrate her 70th birthday this Sunday, March ...

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Enough With Politics.. I Want to Sing With the Funk Brothers!

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.29.2012

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I want to talk about something that actually inspires me: The Funk Brothers. Don't know who they are? Yeah... too many people don't. Let's see what we can do to remedy that.

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Caribbean Holiday Travel-Do's & Don'ts for Female Travelers

Chie Davis | Posted 02.13.2012

With reports of holiday travel finally sparking back to pre-recession life, I've compiled a list of Do's and Don'ts -- dedicated to my fellow solo female adventurers!

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Metro Times Launches Detroit Music Map

Metro Times | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Detroit Map, Metro Times Music Map, Detroit Music Map, Motown, Detroit Music History, Detroit Music, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit News

We love ourselves a good map, and we also love our rock and roll (and blues, funk, Motown, techno, hip hop, classical...), so hats off to the Metro Ti...

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Boyz II Men's Nathan Morris: There Are No Singing Groups Left

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Boyz II Men, Modern Hip Hop, Video, Dru Hill, Tlc, Modern R and B, R and B, Elvis, Motown, Nathan Morris, R&b, Michael Mccary, Twenty, Culture News

Remember how popular R&B groups were in the 1990s? Simple drum beats, group harmonies, coordinated outfits -- a time when TLC, Dru Hill, En Vogue, Jod...

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Detroit Royalty at the Bob Evans

Rick Sperling | Posted 01.23.2012

With Motown being Detroit's calling card around the world, why wouldn't the early pioneers be considered Detroit royalty? We do not do a good job of celebrating our own.

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Lions and Tigers and Pistons? Oh My! The Sports Teams of Detroit

April Rudin | Posted 01.21.2012

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I don't think that I will ever be able to root for any other teams than my own hometown favorites. My heart will always remain in Detroit.

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Paul's Latest Passion Project

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

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DETROIT — During a summer visit to a Motown recording studio, former Beatle Paul McCartney wanted to run his fingers along an 1877 Steinway gran...

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Soul Music Is What I Do

Nate Larson | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Otis Redding, Gospel Music, Soul Music, Nate Larson, Stevie Wonder, Motown, Entertainment News

Soul music is not for Black people, or White people, or Brown people, or Purple people; it's for anyone who's ever heard a melody\ and had it come together in such a way that it transports them to a place where only the music is powerful enough to speak for them.

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12 Other Songs Ashford & Simpson Wrote

IllDoctrine | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Jerry Lieber, Motown, Chaka Khan, Valerie Simpson, Funk Music, Ray Charles, Nick Ashford, Soul Music, Ashford and Simpson, Black Voices News

Tonight came the sad news that (along with fellow songwriting great Jerry Leiber) Nick Ashford passed away today. For those who know Ashford & Simpson...

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Songwriter Nick Ashford Of Ashford & Simpson Dies

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 10.22.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics ...

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New Collar: Detroit's Working Class Youth

Turnstyle | Posted 10.19.2011

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Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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From Jim Croce to MTM: A Conversation With Producer, Singer & Songwriter Tommy West

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2011

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Smokey Robinson To Be Honored During This Year’s ELLA Awards

Brennan Williams | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Ella Wards, Motown, Ella Fitzgerald, Pop Culture, Music, Smokey Robinson, Black Voices News

This week it was announced that music legend Smokey Robinson will be honored alongside Aretha Franklin and Sally Stevens during this year’s annual E...

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Fitz & the Tantrums: "Antidote to Autotune"

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Michael Fitzpatrick, Hamptons, Fitz and the Tantrums, Best Coast, Music to Know Festival, Motown, Dapkings, Sixties, Moneygrabber, Entertainment News

Fitz & the Tantrums are a six-piece band out of California and a wonderful throwback to the great '60s soul sound.

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Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.30.2011

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According to Joe Jackson, performing is the best part of the "madness" that he's involved in. It's better than being in the studio or anything else.

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Could 'Idol' Handle Motown Classics?

AP | By DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- "American Idol" finalist Naima Adedapo was on the move. The funky 26-year-old dance instructor from Milwaukee injected African dance c...

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Turtle Was Right: Conversations With Entourage's Saigon and Oprah/Seacrest Discovery, Graham Stookey

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Turtle, The Drifters, Red Rock Amphitheater, Swiss Beatz, Eddie Van Halen, Atlanta Rhythm Section, John Mayer, Atlantic Records, Stevie Wonder, Louios Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Q-Tip, Motown, Quincy Jones, Doug Ellin, Entourage, Ryan Seacrest, Stax, The Roots, Fatman Scoop, Black Thought, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Graham Stookey, Dianne Reeves, Gene Harris, DJ Corbett, Stephen Levinson, Lenny Kravitz, Phil Keaggy, Oprah, Jack Johnson, Jerry Ferrara, Jimi Hendrix, Saigon, Willow Smith, James Taylor, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Entertainment News

"The thing with Entourage is that it happened at a time when we weren't ready."

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Jazzy Mandarin & The Gate's Wide Open: Conversations With Dianne Reeves and Kurt Elling

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Was, George Duke, Jon Hendricks, Harry Belafonte, John Patitucci, Laurence Hobgood, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Elling, Tony Bennet, Blue Note, Rosemary Clooney, Motown, Carmen McRae, Good Night and Good Luck, Betty Carter, Michelle Obama, Bruce Lundvall, BIlly Holiday, Erykah Badu, Mark Murphy, George Clooney, Alexander McQueen, The 5th Dimension, Barack Obama, Dianne Reeves, Billy Childs, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Terreon Gully, Sarah Vaughan, King Crimson, Entertainment News

What happens when your elegant entertainer goes off script and speaks mandarin directly to a Chinese delegation in the White House?

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