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James Franco Duets With Smokey Robinson On "Crime" (Video)

4607 days ago
PrefixJames Franco, who's in a band called Daddy, just released a duet he recorded with legendary soul man ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/james-franco-duets-with-smokey-robinson-on-crime-v/69795/ more info

James Franco releases new music

4613 days ago
TopixAnd today, the actor/artist/writer/director announced plans to release his first musical collaboration -- under the name Daddy -- with musician-artist Tim O'Keefe. Their debut album, MotorCity , will be out Tuesday and features guest vocals by Motown... more info

Smokey Robinson reinvents himself as a performance poet

4616 days ago
Guardian MusicMotown man will present six poems in a new spoken-word show, taking people on 'a walk through his history'Smokey Robinson is to perform his poetry at an event in Los Angeles this weekend.The former Motown singer will appear on Friday and Saturday at ... more info

Smokey Robinson stars in solo poetry show in North Hollywood

4616 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissBob Dylan famously called Smokey Robinson “America’s greatest living poet” for the exquisite beauty, pain and affection in lyrics to “Tracks of My Tears,” “Tears of a Clown” and so many other songs Robinson wrote and sang during his hey... more info

New band of the day: Pablo Nouvelle (No 1,321)

4664 days ago
Guardian MusicSwiss film-maker and musician who takes soul back to the future with a combination of new sounds and old samplesReading this on mobile? Click here to listenHometown: Bern, Switzerland.The lineup: Fabio Friedli (sampling, production).The background: F... more info

Review: Aretha Franklin at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre

4670 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissAretha Franklin has historically name-checked friends who show up at her concerts, and things were no different Wednesday during the Queen of Soul’s return to Los Angeles. Franklin, 70, acknowledged Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Motown Records fou... more info

Bob Babbitt

4679 days ago
Guardian MusicOne of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Tamla MotownThe bass guitarist Bob Babbitt, who has died of brain cancer aged 74, was one of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, that exclusive club comprising a doz... more info

Funk Brothers legend Bob Babbitt dies, aged 74

4680 days ago
Guardian MusicMotown hero laid down basslines on many of the label's most memorable hitsThe Motown session musician Bob Babbitt, one of the legendary Funk Brothers studio team, ghas died aged 74. Babbitt's bass playing pounded through sauch Motown classics as the ... more info

A quick chat with Smokey Robinson

4680 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissThe soul legend discusses his upcoming Bowl shows, his days in the Miracles and his humanitarian efforts in Africa.Smokey Robinson refers to himself on his Twitter feed as "Singer, Poet, Philanthropist." But when Pop & Hiss reached the soul-music leg... more info

Berry Gordy - Berry Gordy's Life Story Set For Broadway Treatment

4700 days ago
ContactMusicLegendary record label boss Berry Gordy is set to be the subject of a new Broadway musical The icon founded Motown Records in 1959 and subsequently discovered and signed such artists as Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Smokey Robinson Diana Ross Marvin ... more info

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