The Funk Brothers step out of the shadows and into the open Friday night at Chateau Ste. Michelle. The R&B and soul group -- members of the legendary studio band at Motown Records in the label's ...

The Mothership will officially land at the Detroit Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 31, when funk god and godfather of modern ...

Pledging "there ain't no party like a Funk Brothers party," the former Motown studio band turned the lawn at Chateau Ste. Michelle into a giant dance floor. The veteran band that backed so many famous ...

The fire and fury of late Motown punk-funk legend Rick James will leap back to life this week when the brand-new stage musical “Super Freak: The Rick James Story” comes to Detroit. Written by ...

Joe Messina was by all accounts, including his own, a soft-spoken guy who was happiest while playing his guitar. But as one of Motown’s legendary Funk Brothers studio band, Messina spoke loudly with ...

Joe Messina, one of the star guitarists on the front line of Motown’s studio band, the Funk Brothers, died early Monday at his son Joel Messina’s Northville home, his son confirmed. He died of natural ...

Joe Messina, the prolific guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers can be heard on an array of Motown classics, died Monday, April 4, the Detroit Free Press reports. He was 93. Messina died at his ...

For the past seven years, Motown on Mondays at Madrone Art Bar has served as a haven for those looking to uplift their spirits to the sounds of funk, soul, and disco. The positive and embracing ...

Joe Messina, a jazz guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers helped build the bedrock of the Motown sound, died Monday in Northville. He was 93. Messina, a longtime Warren resident, died at 4 a.m.

Joe Messina, one of the original guitarists for Motown Records' in-house backing band the Funk Brothers, died on Monday at the age of 93. Born on Dec. 13, 1928, in Detroit, Messina began playing ...