Reflecting on a legendary career with Motown Records that included finding some of its most iconic talent and shaping its sound, William "Mickey" Stevenson, its former A & R head, believes it was ...

Philadelphia-based Lifeline Music Coalition has for over a decade sponsored jazz events which are eclectic in taste and attract fans by making the music listenable and providing enjoyable atmospherics ...

Four headliners to perform at the 2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival were revealed Tuesday - bringing a bit of soul, funk, Motown and rock 'n' roll to Rochester's Eastman Theatre for the 9-day ...

Jerome Collins is finding future success by looking back. A member of the iconic a capella group Straight No Chaser for more than a decade, the Allentown native takes the stage at the Boscov’s Berks ...

William “Mickey” Stevenson showed up at Hitsville [a.k.a. Motown] for an audition one day with an official-looking briefcase and a big, easy grin. Sharply dressed, hip, fast-talking, Mickey was street ...

One of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s original soul musicians is poised to perform an evening of music that influenced him as an artist, and he’s pulled together a noteworthy ensemble of musicians to ...

Shane Morrow, visionary and founder of Chattanooga’s Jazzanooga, will be bringing a handpicked group of musicians to Music Under the Stars in Cleveland on Sunday for an evening of Motown with a touch ...

In late 1971, after Diana Ross completed filming the Billie Holiday bio-pic Lady Sings the Blues, Motown put her in the studio to record an album of jazz standards to coincide with the movie's release ...

Marcus Belgrave, a jazz trumpeter who shared the stage and recording studio with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Cocker and a string of Motown artists, has died. He was 78. Belgrave ...

DETROIT — Reflecting on a legendary career with Motown Records that included finding some of its most iconic talent and shaping its sound, William “Mickey” Stevenson, its former A&R head, believes it ...