The Latest Breaking News from Motown

Lamont Dozier, Motown co-songwriter and producer of hits such as ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ and ‘Heatwave,’ dead at 81

From 1963 to 1967, Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland crafted more than 25 top 10 songs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2022

Lamont Dozier: the Motown master craftsman who created miracles under pressure

As one third of a legendary songwriting and production partnership, Dozier produced a slew of indelible hits that expressed the joy and frustration of a whole generation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Lamont Dozier obituary

Member of the trio who wrote and produced songs that built the Motown legend and helped define popular music in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Motown stars celebrate a museum expansion that honors Hitsville

Motown-era buildings near the museum have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events.

WEKU · Aug 9, 2022

Motown stars celebrate completion of museum expansion phases

Motown legends Smokey Robinson, Otis Williams and Martha Reeves were among those who celebrated the completion of the first two phases of the Motown Museum's expansion

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

Smokey Robinson surging at 82, with biopic and 2 new albums pending: 'Retirement doesn't work for me!'

There is a very sound reason Motown music legend Smokey Robinson doesn't perform "The Impossible Dream," the classic song of hope and self-affirmation from the 1965 Broadway musical, "Man of La Mancha."

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Reginald W. ‘Sonny’ Burke, Smokey Robinson’s longtime pianist, arranger, dead at 76

The Motown legend said, “Sonny was one of the greatest musicians, I’m sure, to ever live.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022

Wendy Hilliard Is Raising Up the Black Future of Gymnastics

The Motor City native and U.S. national team’s first Black rhythmic gymnast has empowered more than 25,000 Black and brown youth across New York City and Detroit.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 30, 2022

Motown legend Diana Ross leaves fans wanting more at her Durham show - quite literally

The legendary singer played to thousands of fans at Durham Riverside but the show seemed to come to an abrupt end

Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2022

‘I don’t want it to end’: festival-goers’ joy at return of Glastonbury

Musical giants including Diana Ross and Paul McCartney helped audiences put uncertainties of past two years behind them

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022