The Latest Breaking News from Motown

INTERVIEW: From botched tours to monopolised ticketing and vanishing payouts, The Black Keys are speaking out against a music industry they say is rigged. Ahead of the release of their 13th album, ‘No Rain, No Flowers’, the band speaks to Mark Beaumont about why they’re not backing down

Motown legend Stevie Wonder has declared that he will continue performing on stage for as long as he can still "breathe".

Accompanied by the Hallé Orchestra, the 81-year-old singer’s voice shines during this relentless blast through the hits

James Jamerson's immense contribution to Motown Records in the ’60s and ’70s went largely uncredited – but his game-changing adoption of the P-Bass, coupled with his off-kilter technique, makes him an electric bass pioneer

Corvette engineers first uttered the phrase "King of the Hill" internally in the mid-1980s. Their majesty was a 1990 ZR1—that’s a 32-valve, 375-horsepower V-8 designed by the GM-owned Lotus Division and built in Oklahoma by Mercury Marine. It first drew Ferrari comparisons to a sports car that had pissed away…

His other favourites include Motown legend James Jamerson and — surprise — Ronnie Wood

The clavinet was a fresh and distinctive sound — and its most iconic recorded moment was on Superstition

The Motown singer and his wife have denied the allegations from the outset and say the claimants have fabricated their account for the purpose of extortion

Los Angeles police open investigation after lawsuit filed against Motown singer alleging sexual assault of four former housekeepers over many years

Smokey Robinson, 85, denies four housekeepers’ allegations that he sexually assaulted them from 2007 to 2024

The women have accused Motown star of sexual assault and employment violations. His attorney has called the lawsuit ‘an ugly method of trying to extract money’