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Motown

[moh-toun] / ˈmoʊˌtaʊn /


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"There's a there's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she told me last year.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Yet Moy receives scant mention in the many books on Motown history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Neo-soul was christened by D'Angelo's own manager Kedar Massenburg, a US record producer who would later serve as president of Motown Records.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The Beatles did the same with the likes of Motown and Arthur Alexander.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

The Motor City, which hasn’t been dubbed Motown yet, becomes for a time the “Arsenal of Democracy.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides