Exploring the origins of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine', the utterly iconic Motown masterpiece that Marvin Gaye made his ...

The year 1971 saw the release of a host of now-classic albums, including Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On? In a 2011 review of the album for Pitchfork, Ryan Dombal observed that it “marked the emergence ...

On his fourth album back in 1988, Bragg moved away from his raw guitar sound and political songwriting for more of a soulful ...

In “What’s Happening Brother,” a shimmering cut from his classic 1971 album “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye sings from the perspective of an American soldier who’s just returned home ...

As Benson reflected for Ben Edmonds’ 2001 book, “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” an indispensable account of the song and album: “The police was beatin’ on them, but they weren’t ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.”. But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a ...

Marvin Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 for his huge contribution to soul music in general and the Motown sound.

Marvin Gaye's life ended 20 years ago when his father shot him on April Fools' Day. But Gaye's musical legend has never stopped growing. Michael Eric Dyson, writer and University of Pennsylvania ...

Marvin Gaye was one of the most influential R&B singers of all time. He rose to prominence as a session musician in Detroit with Motown Records before releasing his solo debut album in 1961.

Marvin Gaye’s son has demanded his estranged wife be shut down in her attempt to gather information about trusts set up by the late musician, RadarOnline.com has learned.. According to court ...

Marvin Gaye and the Last Days of Motown," the single is also a template for what the album would become, both musically and in terms of substance. "It's all there -- problem and solution," he said ...