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You can't find her on Google right now, but she can sing, rap and she is the new face in Motown who raps with the old-school swag. Watch: [[ This is a content summary only. Click on the titles for full stories... ]]

Bad sound on Broadway is one of my pet peeves, but at least Motown: The Musical delivers in that respect: The PA is a wonder. But beware the fugly sets, bad choreo and laughable book. My review's here . http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Digging this track by Motown's latest signee, STORi. An excellent vocalist + Trinidad James + stellar production + free download makes this an easy sell. Download for Free Here STORi on: SoundCloud | Facebook | Twitter // Ziad Ramley Related posts: Lulu James - Closer (Kidnap Kid Remix) James Blake [...]

Deke Richards, center, with Alphonzo Mizell, left, and Freddie Perren Deke Richards - RIP

Deke Richards, Motown songwriter, has died . Richards was one of the four members of The Clan, and - after the Clan disbanded - was one of the four members of The Corporation - alongside Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell and Freddie Perren. Both groups of songwriters were created by Berry Gordy, desperate to avoid the creation of more "back room superstars" after Holland-Dozier-Holland grew too large for the label. Although only partially successful at burying the characters of the team, both groups did well as creative forces. The Clan was short-lived, but produced a [...]

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Robby Hunter Band - Hard On Me [download here ] What's so good? Because my job is basically to compare bands you've never heard about to bands that you'll recognize, I'm going to go ahead and say that [...]

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Breakbot Song: Robby Hunter Band - Hard On Me [download here ] What's so good? [...]

• Robby Hunter Band - Hard on Me

Productor del lúbrico (y algo eclipsado por sus geniales hermanos mayores) " I Want You " de Marvin Gaye, y firmante entre otras cosas de la canción que da título a ese disco, la figura de Leon Ware exige un mayor reconocimiento, no sólo por su faceta como compositor de canciones y productor de increíbles grabaciones, sino también por ese pedazo de disco fabrica-bebés a su nombre que es " Musical Massage ". Leon Ware era un currante más de esa gigantesca maquinaria orquestada por Berry Gordy llamada Motown Records, como compositor y arreglista. En los créditos de [...]

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Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Alabama Shakes, Jamie Lidell, The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach Song: Har Mar Superstar - Lady, You Shot Me [download here ] [...]

• Har Mar Superstar - Lady, You Shot Me

They don't get any more legendary than this. From 1964, The T.A.M.I. Show ! Standing for Teenage Music International, this one-off musical variety show set the bar very high for everything that followed, and has never quite been matched. Get a load of this line up: Jan and Dean (Here They Come) from All Over the World Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode Maybellene [...]

There is something odd happening in London at the moment. There appears to be a giant glowing ball in the sky radiating small amounts of warmth. Some way its a meteor heading our way, I've heard rumours that it could be a giant spaceship and somebody even mentioned it could be The Sun. If it is the latter, then I offer this track up in tribute. May it be sunny for the rest of our days.

Bobby Rogers - RIP

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Getty Images SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group the Miracles and a collaborator with Smokey Robinson , has died. He was 73. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls says Rogers died Sunday morning at his home. Rogers had been ill for several years. He lived in the Detroit suburb of Southfield.

Richard Street - RIP

Damon Harris - RIP

Add to the list of unnecessary things in the world: this. "The brainchild of NYC pianist/arranger Scott Bradlee, A Motown Tribute to Nickelback offers an alternative take on Nickelback’s recorded legacy by painstakingly   converting the Canadian modern rock band’s hits into authentic Motown styles of the 1960’s and 70’s. "A Motown Tribute to Nickelback first rose to prominence in November of 2011, in response to an internet petition protesting Nickelback’s scheduled performance at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day halftime show. The resultant YouTube video, a tambourine-heavy cover of “How You Remind Me,” quickly achieved [...]

BJ The Chicago kid has been relatively quiet over the past couple months but today we get a new joint, featuring Bink Dog. This feels good. I definitely just want to hear more from BJ in general...Listen to this one below. Is this the Game "Wouldn't Get Far" sample?

“This last year was super boring; except for the month we made this record [ Wonderful, Glorious] .  It sounds like it probably took longer, but it was just a month.  The rest of the time I was twiddling my thumbs, bored out of my skull.” After two and a half years since the release of Tomorrow Morning , you can tell Mark ‘E.’ Everett is eager to get back into Eels mode again.  Even though this is one of the most forced, artificial situations in which you could [...]

Smoking! And in color...this is hot! Junior Walker and his band blow through a couple of skronkin' stomping soul dance songs, including an uptempo "Shotgun." This footage is apparently from an appearance at London's Ram Jam Club in 1967. Incredible! Hat tip to Voices of East Anglia