As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

The ’60s saw several new musical movements. From the U.K. came a host of foreign heartthrobs in what was dubbed “The British Invasion,” with the forefathers of that movement being the Beatles. Their ...

NBC will be ringing in the holiday season with A Motown Christmas. Hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey, the two-hour special will feature Motown legends and contemporary stars performing more ...

Members of the cast of the musical "Ain't Too Proud" bring to the stage the story of how the Temptations rose to fame on their strength of soulful harmonies and synchronized choreography that was part ...

Detroit's Motown Museum is one of the nation's top 10 music museums, according to readers who took part in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. The music museum placed sixth among the top 10 ...

In an unusual twist, five vocal performers gave us an immersive journey through this time, portraying the actual individuals of Holland-Dozier-Holland (H-D-H), as well as the talent who performed ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Motown has always been about more than music. As the soul empire turns 50 on Monday, its founders are looking back at its brand of music dubbed the "Motown sound" that remains ...

Sun was streaming through the atrium windows at Hitsville Next one recent weekday as local singers put the final touches on their bids for Motown glory. The latest edition of the Motown Museum’s ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

UPDATE: Capathia Jenkins is under sick leave and Valisia LeKae will perform in her absence for the "Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Music of Motown" performances this weekend. Ain’t nothing like ...