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“All these older blues players would come to Detroit to play local clubs. I was too young to get in, so I’d cut my hair short and glue a mustache on my face”: Tony Newton on playing with Gary Moore, Allan Holdsworth, and holding down the pocket at Motown

A blues, fusion, and studio veteran, Tony Newton is a low-end titan who has covered incredible stylistic ground over the decades, but to him, it's all about simplicity. He recalls the lessons James Jamerson taught him, his experiences playing with guitar legends John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker, and what…

Guitar World

6 best all-inclusive UK breaks to celebrate the New Year

To be wined and dined on New Year’s Eve and stew in a spa on New Year’s Day, check out the best packages to ring in 2024

The Independent UK

Rudolph Isley obituary

Flamboyant founder member of the Isley Brothers whose hits included This Old Heart of Mine and It’s Your Thing

The Guardian - UK

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Katherine Anderson obituary

Singer with the Marvelettes, whose single Please Mr Postman was Motown Records’ first No 1

The Guardian - UK

Temptations, Four Tops on hand as CEO shares what's going on with Motown Museum's expansion plans

The CEO of the Motown Museum says full construction on the final phase of the Detroit facility's expansion will get underway in the spring of 2024

The Independent UK

Still erasing Black & female rockers

Rolling Stone founder's dismissal of artists worthy of rockstar status is a sad echo from a backwards past

Salon

“He likes first takes is what I learned from Stevie Wonder”: Watch session legend Dean Parks talk Innervisions, Steely Dan and Larry Carlton’s “magic” ES-335

The definition of guitar greatness is tracking live with Stevie Wonder and being asked mid-take to play a guitar solo on a fat-necked acoustic

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Sunday with Nigella Lawson: ‘I spend much of the day pottering’

The writer and TV chef describes skipping breakfast, sipping a Campari in a hammock while reading, playing Motown to do the washing up and checking her phone in bed

The Guardian - UK

"All the things that happen during any revolutionary time brings out the best music": Vintage Trouble's Ty Taylor is ready for the revolution

They’ve been off the radar for a while, but Vintage Trouble have returned with new album Heavy Hymnals, and this time their blazing rock’n’soul is fuelled by heartbreak, social commentary and racial injustice. Just don’t call it a comeback

Louder

Chris Rea is an underrated blues-pop force – his soulful slide playing is well worth investigating

Inspired by the blues greats, the UK singer-songwriter developed a melodic open E slide style that’s very much his own

Guitar World

For decades no-one even knew his name. This month, James Jamerson will have a street named after him

How James Jamerson became a bass guitar hero: with tributes from Jack Bruce, Suzi Quatro and Paul McCartney

Guitar World

‘His head swelled up to about five times normal size’: The horrific car crash that almost killed Stevie Wonder, 50 years on

Days after releasing ‘Innervisions’, Stevie Wonder narrowly escaped death. On the 50th anniversary of the car crash that nearly took the musician’s life, Martin Chilton chronicles that fateful day – and the road to recovery

The Independent UK

Billy Joel review – from unhip megastar to precision-tooled entertainment machine

The older, wiser piano man offers up a generous performance of Motown, doo-wop, Tin Pan Alley and, of course, those beautiful ballads

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Santana talks about last year's collapse on stage: 'I just ran out of batteries'

DETROIT — The last time Carlos Santana played Pine Knob Music Theatre, things didn't go exactly as planned.

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Real Housewives of Motown’ showcases the women who stood proudly in the shadows of hitmakers’ love

Latest musical at Black Ensemble Theater features some of Motown’s biggest hits.

The Guardian - UK

‘An astounding rush of real-time creativity’: 40 years of the Smiths’ Peel Sessions

Not everyone finds it easy to listen to the Smiths now, but those early transmissions were utterly formative for this vital new band and their enraptured fans

Guitar World

The legend of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On is that James Jamerson was so drunk he played the bass lying down

And yep, most of us can’t play those basslines standing up and completely sober

The Independent UK

Famed R&B group The Spinners donate performance outfits to Motown Museum in Detroit

Henry Fambrough had a musical homecoming of sorts at “Hitsville U_S_A.”

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Daily Mirror

Lionel Richie opens up on a side of King Charles' personality 'no one knows about'

Lionel Richie has given a glimpse into the "amazing" sense of humour that King Charles has, with the Motown star even branding him a 'secret comedian' following his American Idol stint

Guitar World

Huey Lewis and the News’ Chris Hayes: “Am I an unappreciated guitar hero? Probably. But that’s OK”

The guitarist whose stellar solos and riffs graced Huey Lewis and the News’ era-defining songs – including I Want a New Drug and The Power of Love – reflects on his storied career and drinking sessions with Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Independent UK

Smokey Robinson turns on the seduction with new album 'Gasm'

Smokey Robinson’s new album “Gasms” finds the 83-year-old in a frisky mood, with the Motown icon writing a collection for the bedroom, with yearning across its nine tracks

Daily Mirror

Smokey Robinson claims he had an affair with 'beautiful' Diana Ross while married

Tracks of your Tears singer Smokey Robinson has claimed he an affair for 'about a year' with Diana Ross who he described as a 'beautiful lady' while married

The Guardian - UK

‘At 83, I still feel sexual’: Smokey Robinson on love, joy, drugs, Motown – and his affair with Diana Ross

The music legend has just released a fabulously filthy album. He looks back on his incredible life in songwriting, and his friendships with Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy and Aretha Franklin

Liverpool Echo

'Best club ever' where 'many a good night' was had in Liverpool

"We never stopped dancing"

Evening Standard

Ain’t Too Proud at the Prince Edward Theatre review: Temptations musical rolls out hit after Motown hit

Compilation musicals have had a bad press, but this is a hugely superior example of the genre.

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