Just minutes after Ron Holland became the fifth pick in June’s NBA draft, the sports world learned there was something unique about the teenage Detroit Pistons rookie: He was an old soul with a deep ...

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 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 ...

The iconic group racked up 12 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 songs during their career.

Luke McMaster has been a fan of Motown music since he was a young kid in Northern Manitoba, Canada, where there were no bands in his town, no music program in the school, and his brothers were focused ...

But it would be an injustice to Motown to simply give thanks to the gods of rock and roll and overlook the crucial impact ...

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 ...

Michael O. Mitchell (MJ: The Musical) and Brian Harlan Brooks (Motown: The Musical ) lead a cast featuring Derrick Baskin (Ain’t Too Proud); Najah Hetsberger (& Juliet); Melrose Johnson (Off Broadway ...

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 ...