Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

When we caught up with Magdalena Bay at Primavera Sound a few months back, they joked that one approach to following up last year's acclaimed Imaginal Disk would be to simply never release another ...

DITZ have returned with the new single, "Don Enzo Magic Carpet Salesman", backed with the additional track, "Kalimba Song". After the release of their second album Never Exhale at the start of the ...

Experimental rapper Navy Blue has announced a new album, The Sword & The Soaring, due November 11 via Freedom Sounds. It has 16 songs and one guest (Earl Sweatshirt), and the blissfully jazzy lead ...

Andy Edelstein, Newsday's entertainment editor, supervises coverage of TV, celebrities, movies and pop music. He has written three books on popular culture, including "The Brady Bunch Book." ...

The Motown label dominated the music world throughout the 1960s as a steady stream of hits came forth from an outstanding variety of artists. But it’s fair to wonder what might have happened had not ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

We've compiled a list of the top 100 indispensable tracks from Berry Gordy’s pop and soul powerhouse. From "Little" Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5 to Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes and ...

When Berry Gordy founded Motown Records in 1959, few people could have predicted how it would soon transform the entire music industry. Gordy had a remarkable ear for talent and within months, he ...

John Lennon said Motown inspired one of The Beatles’ songs. He said the song was one of Paul McCartney’s best. Subsequently, he discussed his interpretation of the track. John Lennon felt 1 of The ...