Earlier in the evening, William “Smokey” Robinson made the audience a promise: “We’re going to have a good time, get intimate, touch, feel and boogie.” And charity event or not, that’s exactly what the Motown architect and Hall Of Fame … Read the rest
When it comes to recalling the events and the activists that pioneered the Civil Rights Movement, the most common examples given include protest marches, public sit-ins, school desegregation and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
But there was one that symbolized the … Read the rest
*Another one of my greatest feats in my young journalism career: after weeks of hunting down the current Motown musical executive roster, finding his manager and e-mailing her practically every single week for MONTHS, I got the lifetime dream of … Read the rest
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Thanks to his fiery approach and flamboyant execution, Kirk Franklin has restyled, if not entirely revolutionized, contemporary gospel music. Long before his recent transformation