via freep: Berry Gordy, the Detroit native who built Motown Records from a shoestring operation into a music, film and television empire, told a hometown crowd Sunday night that he is at last retiring. CLICK HERE to read full story
The hit musical about Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is coming back to Broadway this summer led by an actor who actually met the music icon long before he won the part to play him. At a party celebrating the opening of “Motown the Musical” in Los Angeles last summer, Chester Gregory shook hands with the […]
The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is calling on the Motown family to help Flint, Michigan residents during the manmade water crisis. Flint’s water supply became contaminated with lead and other pollutants when the city switched its drinking water source from Detroit’s water supply to the Flint River. “It’s lovely that Cher and Eminem and […]
Smokey Robinson has written some of the most beautiful and tender pop songs of the modern age, but he didn’t get where he is today…
Mathew Knowles, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment has released Brian Courtney Wilson from his recording contract with Music World Gospel. Wilson moved to his new label home, Motown Gospel, effective, April 4, 2014. As Knowles restructures Music World Entertainment and its Gospel division, he is making it a priority to help continue the […]
Maxine Powell, the mentor behind the smooth success and individual charm of Motown Records’ stars for almost five decades, died Monday, the Detroit Free Press reported. She was 98. Powell, who started as a personal development coach with Motown in 1964, was known for teaching Motown artists how to walk, talk and even think […]
An 1877 Steinway grand piano used by Motowngreats during the label’s 1960s heyday, and restored thanks to Paul McCartney, is back home in Detroit, officials announced Monday. Steinway technicians delivered the 9-foot Victorian rosewood to the “Hitsville, U.S.A,” building midday Monday and workers set it up in a former recording studio in what’s now the […]
Motown: The Musical will make it’s Broadway debut this spring, and by the looks of things, fans of the legendary Motown sound are for a treat. TheGrio.com has the exclusive first photos from Motown:The Musical‘s Broadway advertising and promotional campaign. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the musical stars Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (The […]
Producers of “Motown: The Musical” announced today that it will open on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 14, 2013, with previews beginning March 11, 2013. Tickets will go on sale to the general public October 1. As previously reported, Motown: The Musical will be based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry […]
“Sparkle,” a feature film about a musical sister act that’s set in Detroit at the peak of the Motown era, has been approved for $3.1 million in Michigan film incentives.
“Sparkle,” a feature film about a musical sister act that’s set in Detroit at the peak of the Motown era, has been approved for $3.1 million in Michigan film incentives.
John Legend, Jamie Foxx, Nick Jonas, Seal and other musicians busted out the Motown classics at the White House on Thursday for a group of cheering teens in the spirit of President Barack Obama and his wife’s musical youth. “Times have changed but the amazing thing is that that music is still relevant,” Legend said […]
