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From Detroit to Global Sound: The Rise and Legacy of Motown Records

April 6, 2026

Motown Records, a company founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959, was created to provide a distinctive, polished sound that blended soul, pop, and rhythm & blues into what was often called the “Motown Sound” — a blend of pop melodies, tight…

Original Creole Orchestra: How New Orleans Pioneered Early Jazz

March 24, 2026

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The Original Creole Orchestra was an early New Orleans–style jazz ensemble whose national touring in the 1910s helped introduce New Orleans musical practices to broad American audiences and laid groundwork for later jazz developments.Sometimes called the Original Creole Band, the group formed in the…

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