Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in 1959 that became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history. It gave its name to the hugely popular style of soul music that it created.
In the past, I have used my first column of the New Year to reflect on prior year’s columns. My column appears each week in the Tribune’s Sunday edition. Do
For a project originally intended to focus on Third Ward’s Eldorado Ballroom, producer Drew Barnett-Hamilton decided to dive deeper into the cultural history of the blues and capture Houston’s distinct role in defining this revolutionary sound in popular Black music on film.