Gordy

"...Deborah Hobart, Michael Roescher, Kristy Young and Doug Stone. Gordy is a fast-paced comedy about a young talking pig..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

"...creating music in the tiny basement studio of Berry Gordy's Detroit “Home of the Hits” (until Gordy moved the..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Liza

"...of grief. But this story (written by Hoffman’s brother Gordy Hoffman, who received Sundance’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Collateral Damage

"...there be any other kind?) and loving family man Gordy Brewer waging a one-man war against terrorism when his..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Bath

SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood

"...just so happens that in August, I met Berry Gordy...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest: Roger and Julie Corman Lifetime Achievement Award

The king and queen of the Bs get the royal treatment.

"..."I want to compare Roger to Berry Gordy, another great man from Detroit, because like Berry Gordy,..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Love Nest

First Comes Love...

"...run by a prissy, self-righteous born-again Christian couple named Gordy and Viv. They were all preachy and smarmy and..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Summit on Race in America: Motown at 60

Detroit pop icons continue in the name of love

"...group and their respective experiences with Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. Pride and joy lit up the faces of..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Yellow Handkerchief

Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.

"...of town with a twitchy, overenthusiastic young man named Gordy (Redmayne); riding shotgun is 15-year-old Martine (Twilight’s Stewart), a..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...essentially the tale of America's first black mogul. Berry Gordy, the grandson of a Georgia slave and her plantation..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tracks of My Tears

A new documentary, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, signs a light on the men behind the Motown sound, the Funk Brothers.

"...in Motown's Shakespearian rise and demise (label patriarch Berry Gordy as King Lear), suffered his own inglorious curtain call...."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Four Tops Lost & Found: "Breaking Through" (1963-1964) (Motown) / Marvin Gaye Lost & Found: "Love Starved Heart" (Expanded Edition) (Motown) / Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Lost & Found: "Along Came Love" (1958-1964) (Motown) / The T

Reissues

"...(Motown) "The Sound of Young America" was what Berry Gordy Jr. called it. Stamping out Fords on the Motor..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Motown vs. Stax

Local covers showdown Friday at the Cactus Cafe

"...Michigan, where Motown began. Founded in 1959 by Barry Gordy, Jr., the label’s original headquarters still sits there, a..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...through a tiny speaker of horrid fidelity like Berry Gordy heard it before he approved the mix. Revival spirit,..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

A Band Apart

Solo discography

"...future BoH tunes "Cornbread" and "Jenny Was a Keeper." Gordy QuistSongs Play Me..."

May 6, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Smokey Robinson Keynote Interview

"...Dave Marsh. Robinson gave credit to a pre-Motown Berry Gordy for signing his Matadors in 1958 (the group had..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

Four Tops

Box Sets

"...and Billy Eckstine. Even after they climbed aboard Berry Gordy's gold Caddy, the quartet was still cutting jazz sides...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Shinyribs, Transit Damage

Kevin Russell boomerangs back on supple, sultry full-band disc

"...home studio J&M, overseen today by Band of Heathens' Gordy Quist, the new album earns production by Los Lobos'..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Former Heartless Bastard Jesse Ebaugh Finds His Own Texas Touch

The Tender Things face hard truths on new LP

"...Texas Touch, out Friday. Recorded with Band of Heathens' Gordy Quist, the album found a home with the emerging..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Former President Jimmy Carter and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are second cousins, related through great-grandfather James Thomas Gordy,..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Faster Than Sound: White Horse and Sagebrush Regular Jordan Matthew Young Rises on The Voice

"You're just cool, man." – Nick Jonas

"...on a new album with Band of Heathens mainstay Gordy Quist. During our interview, he enthused over purchasing an..."

April 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

D.A.-Elect José Garza Taps Reform Advocates for His Team

It's a new day in court for Austin's top law enforcement office

"...change locally and across the country. It includes Gretta Gordy Gardner, who founded Ujima: The National Center on Violence..."

Nov. 18, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Medicine Men

The Band of Heathens' collective mojo

"...a deep-grooved soul tremble that carries through the club. Gordy Quist cuts a suave figure center stage, a slyly..."

May 6, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal

Before there was Michael Jackson, there was Diana Ross

"...introduction on his way to casting Motown despot Berry Gordy and lead Supreme Diana Ross as Mr. and Miss..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gordy Quist

"...Gordy QuistHere Comes the Flood..."

July 27, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

SXSW Picks 2 Click 2007

Birthing the Band – of Heathens

"...Singer-songwriters Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi, Brian Keane, and Gordy Quist were all showcasing regularly at Momo's, occasionally backing..."

March 2, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 59-61, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 2: 1962

"...The Satintones' "Going to the Hop," on which Berry Gordy and his extended neighborhood family are heard birthing the..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Last Dragon

"...Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carrey and Faith Prince. Motown's Berry Gordy produced this karate picture starring two one-named wonders, Taimak..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Supremes (Motown)

"...saw the Supremes as special," says Motown founder Berry Gordy in the tres chic liner notes to The Supremes,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Smokey Robinson, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30

"...in 12 years (produced by none other than Berry Gordy), the rapturous gave way to the divine. New classic..."

July 7, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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