Guardian Music — In 1971 Motown set up a Californian arm, Mowest. As a new compilation shows, it put out some terrific music, but it was a commercial disasterIf success was purely a question of aesthetics, then Mowest could have ruled the world. The label logo certai... more info

Mjsbigblog — Check out these great video interviews from Yahoo Music's Lyndsey Parker, conducted on Idol Press Day last week. Paul McDonald's first record post-Idol will be solo. Although he hasn't exactly lost his too-cool-for-school attitude about Idol, He'... more info

KEXP Seattle — Born Steveland Hardaway Judkins in 1950, the man we know as Stevie Wonder has lived his life sightless.  And has created some of the most intensely colorful music in the world.  He grew up in Detroit and at age 11 was noticed by The Miracles Ronny ... more info

ContactMusic — Stevie Wonder's celebratory set as he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at New York's Apollo Theater on Monday night (13Jun11) was disrupted when the soul legend lost his in-ear monitors. The Isn't She Lovely hitmaker was honoured at the Apollo's sp... more info

NME — Wonder joins Aretha Franklin and James Brown more info

Topix — The first time Stevie Wonder performed at the Apollo, he was just a child, and he remembers being so nervous, he dropped his bongos on the stage floor. more info

ContactMusic — Soul legend Stevie Wonder has been inducted into the Hall of Fame at New York's fabled Apollo Theater. The Isn't She Lovely hitmaker was honoured at the Apollo's spring gala event on Monday night (13Jun11), with veteran crooner Tony Bennett on hand t... more info

Soul Sides — Kevin “Sipreano” Howes helped compile and write the liners for the brand spanking new compilation on Little In the Attic: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown’s Mowest Story 1971-1973. The comp anthologizes 16 songs from the short-li... more info

Guardian Music — August 1963: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicPop on TV in the mid-60s was the chaotic and brash Ready Steady Go! – the audience milled about the studio while cameras pushed through; artists performed from fou... more info

Guardian Music — Soul man Geno Washington promises to get the party started, while Suggs plans a classical 'Baggy Trousers'Anna Calvi, singer-songwriter (performing 16 June)What do the Kinks mean to you?I remember my dad putting on "Waterloo Sunset" and being struck ... more info