Detroit Free Press — The Grosse Pointe Park-Detroit border has been the site of tension for years. New art of famous Detroiters was conceived to bridge the divide.             more info

Dlisted — Two years ago, a judge declared that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams ripped off Marvin Gaye when making their date rape anthem “Blurred Lines.” The case is now officially done. And those dudes, who knew they were wrong in the first place, no... more info

Stereogum — Judgment in the "Blurred Lines" copyright lawsuit was finally settled once and for all on Monday when a California federal judge entered a nearly $5 million judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and in favor of Marvin Gaye's family. Thi... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — In honor of Michelle Obama's memoir, Motown curated a classic Motown playlist, which is being streamed on all platforms. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — During the '70s and '80s, the L.A. photographer documented Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and others onstage, at home and in the studio. more info

JamBase — Listen to Jim James cover Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" last night at the Lincoln Theatre. more info

JamBase — Listen to Amos Lee's take on the Marvin Gaye classic "What's Going On," which is featured on the new deluxe edition of 'My New Moon'. more info

Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info

Stereogum — Harriet Brown -- formerly of San Francisco, now based in Los Angeles -- makes poppy R&B music with experimental electronic undercurrents. His new album Mall Of Fortune is coming early next year on Innovative Leisure, and its latest advance single is ... more info

New York Times — He worked the wah-wah pedal with prodigious and playful subtlety on songs by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Maxwell, Herbie Hancock and many others. more info