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 ...

Christmas is about to have a little extra soul this year. NBC is celebrating the holiday season with the classic sounds of Motor City in A Motown Christmas. The two-hour special is bringing together ...

The Virginia Theatre brought Motown to Champaign on Friday night with expressive choreography, soulful vocals and glamorous costuming that transported the audience right back to the ’60s and ’70s.

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is Broadway's record-breaking smash hit that tells the true story behind the beat that changed minds, touched lives and took the world by storm. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey ...

Through all the years of fame and success, through the spectacular run of hits in the '70s, the Spinners remained faithfully based in Detroit. But on Friday, the group headed down West Grand Boulevard ...