American Songwriter

3 British Invasion Covers of Motown Hits That We Love

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

‘Dancing In The Street’: The story of The Kinks, Motown, and the worst cover in history

Back in 1965, when Motown was on top of the pop landscape, Ray Davies and The Kinks set out to record a Martha Reeves track ...
Digital Spy

Phil Collins for Motown covers album

Phil Collins has announced a new Motown covers record and four upcoming US shows. According to HitFix, the singer will release his first studio album in eight years, titled Going Back, this September.
The Repository

What's going on? There's a Motown tribute show in Canton led by Roslyn Pratt

Local vocalist Roslyn Pratt will present a Motown tribute concert on Aug. 29 at the Cultural Center for the Arts Theater in downtown Canton. Pratt and other singers will perform songs by Motown ...
Detroit Free Press

For Taylor music teacher Reggie Page, a Motown cover song became a life-changing moment

Taylor schoolteacher Reggie Page was intrigued last year when he got wind of an upcoming music contest. As a longtime saxophonist and music instructor at Quest Charter Academy, Page has long spurred ...

‘I can out-dance Bowie and Jagger!’ Martha Reeves on Motown, Dancing in the Street and smashing crockery with Dusty Springfield

Now 84, the voice of Heat Wave and Jimmy Mack is releasing a new album. She answers your questions on Marvin Gaye, popularising the roundabout and why she hates cover versions of her songs ...