February 8, 2018• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming...
December 28, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Bobby Womack encapsulates the New Year's Eve spirit on his 1978 release...
October 12, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Two classic versions of one classic song. Which is your favorite?...
July 27, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite?...
January 12, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Known primarily as background singers, the Originals got some help from Marvin Gaye and had their own hits...
June 11, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Undisputed Truth's hit was one of many in the storied career of producer Norman Whitfield...
December 18, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
An American classic turns 50 on Sunday...
November 20, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown...
June 19, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success...
May 22, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Jimmy Ruffin's biggest hit is a Motown classic...
March 13, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
A Motown immortal is celebrated in recent reissues...
October 25, 2013• Music, The Friday Five
It's the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community....
August 22, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Carl Carlton scored his biggest hit with a cover...
May 30, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes...
June 7, 2012• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
David Ruffin's final single as lead vocalist with the Temptations featured one of his finest performances....
February 16, 2012• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Isaac Hayes and David Porter wrote a string of hits for Sam & Dave in the '60s. Ken Shane recalls perhaps the greatest of them all....
January 4, 2012• Digging for Gold, Music
We're back after a brief pause for the holiday season, and we've got a couple of stone classics for you....
February 10, 2011• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Temptations' hit "My Girl" is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the...
December 5, 2010• Music, The Weekly Mixtape
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a...
October 7, 2010• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared...
August 19, 2010• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
It’s surprising to me that we’re now several months into Soul Serenade, and I have yet to feature a track by the Temptations....
June 3, 2010• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Levi Stubbs never left. While Diana Ross split from the Supremes, Smokey Robinson migrated from his Miracles, and David Ruffin took off...
April 29, 2010• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
I have mixed feelings when it comes to telling people about some of the shows I’ve seen. After all, the Beatles in ’64, Dylan...
October 20, 2009• CD Reviews, Music
The multiplatinum duo gets its first four-disc box, containing all the hits, a few deep cuts, and plenty of unreleased material. Ken Shane...
October 7, 2009• CD Reviews, Music
Last year, the Revelations featuring Tre Williams released their Deep Soul EP, which was not only one of my favorite recordings of the...
September 25, 2009• Bootleg City, Music
The career-spanning, four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates comes out October 13,...
February 18, 2009• CD Reviews, Music
I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of...
