Rancho Mirage, Calif. ― Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino here. The ...

A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving... Motown: Not the Same Old Songs Motown: Not the Same Old ...

Many commentators have drawn parallels between the unrest that has rocked the U.S. in the past week with what occurred in the late ’60s/early ’70s, when the combustible combo of anger over the ...

There were few ingredients more critical to Motown’s success than the system Berry Gordy dubbed artist development. At the Detroit label’s eight-house headquarters on West Grand Boulevard, the company ...

Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino. The 83-year-old Motown legend is ...