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The Cerritos Center welcomes Smokey Robinson back on Friday, April 18, as he celebrates 50 years of ‘Being With You.’ ...

Some music fades with time. Motown endures. On Wednesday, April 16, the Athens Theatre in DeLand will echo with the ...

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After a five-year hiatus from the stage, the singer’s live return at the Oakland Coliseum cemented his unmatched resonance as ...

As revered as the music has been over the decades, the true power of Motown, suggests Vancouver’s Krystle Dos Santos, is the way it helped reshape the fabric of America. “Motown started in 1959,” says ...

John Mercer Langston be­comes the first African American elect­ed to public office when he wins the po­sition of clerk of Brownhelm Township, in Ohio. Though not well known today, Langston was one of ...

Exploring the underappreciated work of Philadelphia soul artist Alfreda Brockington, the powerful vocalist who released a ...

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From the golden age of rap to present day, look at (and listen to) some of the most iconic funk samples ever used in hip-hop, and watch WE WANT THE FUNK! on PBS.