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The Latest Breaking News from Marvin Gaye

“With Marvin Gaye, we could feel we were onto something extraordinary. We could feel the magic of Let’s Get It On from the beginning”: Meet Motown mainstay David T. Walker, the session guitarist behind some of music’s all-time classic albums

Walker’s Gibson Byrdland and Fender Tweed can be heard on hits by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5, and many, many others – and he’s never lost his original approach

Guitar World

Collection of unreleased Marvin Gaye songs found in Belgium

Questions surround ownership of demo tapes reportedly left by soul artist as a thank-you to his Ostend hosts

The Guardian - UK

Usher's Super Bowl Halftime Show Pays Tribute To R&B Icons

Usher's Super Bowl Halftime Show paid homage to R&B legends with iconic performances and musical tributes.

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“Marvin Gaye was used to hearing James Jamerson, so he had me overdub a second bass part to fill out the original track”: An untold story from Motown’s Studio A. How Bob Babbitt's '65 P-Bass drove Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues

By 1971, James Jamerson’s demons had started to affect his consistency, so Bob Babbitt was called for this Motown classic

Guitar World

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Still erasing Black & female rockers

Rolling Stone founder's dismissal of artists worthy of rockstar status is a sad echo from a backwards past

Salon

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner apologises after claiming Black and female artists aren’t ‘articulate’ enough for his book

Wenner’s interview collection ‘The Masters’ features conversations with white, male musicians such as John Lennon and Bono

The Independent UK

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner under fire for comments on female, Black rockers

The notable music journalist has been removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, the organization announced.

WEKU

Rolling Stone founder ousted from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame over ‘racist’ comments

Jann Wenner has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians

The Independent UK

Jann Wenner ousted from Rock Hall of Fame board after comments on Black, women musicians

Rolling Stone founder says new book covers only white males because others ‘just didn’t articulate at that level.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

Jann Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians

The Independent UK

One to watch: Jalen Ngonda

The Liverpool-based US singer channels the golden era of soul on a debut album full of killer choruses and shades of Marvin Gaye

The Guardian - UK

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Funk legends Fatback Band: ‘The US has cultural amnesia. Britain keeps our music alive’

Their raw dancefloor sound yielded a string of hits – and the first ever hip-hop track. Still touring in their 90s, they chart a career from Marvin Gaye to Glastonbury

MusicRadar

The iconic Roland TR-808 tracks that made a legend

Key cuts from seminal artists, including Kraftwerk, Marvin Gaye, Aphex Twin, New Order, Afrika Bambaataa and more

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Anohni’s cultural highlights

The singer and artist on Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece, the shameful price of peace in Afghanistan – and why Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a hoot

Evening Standard

Anohni and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross review: there’s always magic in that voice

Much more strident on her last album, Hopelessness, here she mostly sounds resigned and mournful

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Guitar World

Deon Estus moved to Dublin to play with Phil Lynott. He ended up giving George Michael (and Wham!) groove

George Michael could play bass – but it was Deon Estus who gave his songs groove, especially on 1987's Faith album...

Tribune News Service

Carlos Santana talks about last year's collapse on stage: 'I just ran out of batteries'

DETROIT — The last time Carlos Santana played Pine Knob Music Theatre, things didn't go exactly as planned.

Cinemablend

Why The Wonder Years' Dulé Hill Loved The Drag Storyline In Season 2's Premiere

Dulé Hill spoke about why he enjoyed the drag storyline in The Wonder Years' first episode of Season 2.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve followed Radiohead from the start – I recognise genius when I hear it’: Rickie Lee Jones’s honest playlist

The American singer loves dancing to Marvin Gaye and cleaning the yard to Bruce Springsteen. But which big shot singer-songwriter can’t she stand?

Guitar World

The legend of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On is that James Jamerson was so drunk he played the bass lying down

And yep, most of us can’t play those basslines standing up and completely sober

Fortune

Rihanna singing or an A.I.-generated fake? The music industry is threatened by the latest buzzy technology

The recording industry is at war against artificial intelligence that can mimic the voices and styles of musical artists.

Kiplinger

A Grandparent’s Guide to Today’s Popular Music

A guide for grandparents to today's popular music, including how to stream music online.

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