Motown is both a style of music and a label, the latter beginning as straight R&B before later moving into styles like psychedelic soul and swing. It played an important role for the racial ...

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

If you’re a music artist ready to roam the less-traveled roads of Motown, there’s a new contest for you. A cover-song competition, open to musicians nationwide, has been launched by Detroit’s ...

Kid Rock's new album may be packed with down-home Southern themes, but he also sinks his teeth into one candy-coated Detroit chestnut. His cover of the Four Tops' 1965 hit "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar ...

This week, America will shatter someone’s “Idol” dreams the way that Chris Brown shatters windows (allegedly); it’s time to narrow the pool down to the official Top 10. The 11th-place finisher may not ...

World wide Webb: “I could not be more happier with the way my career has gone,” drummer Spider Webb says. Credit: Courtesy photo It may be easier to list all the superstar artists and legendary ...

For years, Gina Bloom daydreamed about fronting her own group. Playing drums in a classic rock cover band, she would often bite her lip while the crew’s singer belted out the tunes, her mind ...