In Soulful Remembrance: Cissy Houston (September 30, 1933-October 7, 2024)
Unquestionably one of the greatest 'voices' in contemporary music, Emily 'Cissy' Houston
Motown Spotlight: September 2024 – Tammi Terrell, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Pat Lewis, Tito Jackson
A varied chinwag this month as I'm highlighting a couple of books,
In Soulful Remembrance: Frankie Beverly
In soulful remembrance, we present this loving tribute to the superbly talented
VALERIE SIMPSON: Classic Soul 1971 Interview
2021 Introduction: A semi-finalist up for induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame ‘Female Artist’ category (having already been inducted into several other categories before, including ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘Motown Artist’ as a soloist and ‘Producer’ and ‘Songwriter’ as part of the Ashford & Simpson partnership), Valerie Simpson’s work as a solo recording artist first appeared in 1971 with the critically-acclaimed LP, ‘Exposed.” We revisit her first-ever transatlantic phone interview conducted by David Nathan, 40 years ago…
Motown Spotlight: August 2024 – The Four Tops
If we knew what our future had in store we would either
In Soulful Remembrance: Angela Bofill
In soulful remembrance of much-missed superb singer/songwriter, ANGELA BOFILL ((May 2, 1954
Motown Spotlight: July 2024 – Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Commodores and more
MOTOWN SPOTLIGHT - JULY 1974 We're still in the seventies but three
Motown Spotlight: June 2024 – Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Former Ladies Of The Supremes and more
MOTOWN SPOTLIGHT - JUNE 1977 It's strange, but we don't talk about
Motown Spotlight: May 2024 – Gloria Jones
When Gloria Jones hosted her "An Evening With.." for Paul Stuart Davies
Motown Spotlight: April 2024 – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Motown reissues have been few and far between these past months (years?),
