Sing karaoke with Lionel Richie!

While I am in a Motown mood, I should mention that Lionel Richie will be going on tour in Australia and New Zealand in March of 2011. I caught an interview of him. Richie had this to say about his show:

"Just tell them it will be the best karaoke night you could go to. Because that's a fact. We are going to have a big ole' karaoke jam with lots of funk and lots of ballads and there'll be romance and laughs and some great music."

If you want to warm up your Motown karaoke before you head to the land down under, stop in at MJ Cafe and Martini Bar on Sunday nights. Revelator Karaoke will be serving up the best Motown karaoke in the area. Singing starts at 7:30.


MJ Cafe and Martini Bar
A relaxed eatery and martini bar
6901 W. Brown Deer Rd
Milwaukee
(414) 377-2524

Motown karaoke at MJ Cafe on Brown Deer Rd

Some interesting connections between John the Revelator and Motown ...

My second eight-track tape was The Temptations Greatest Hits. (I am just a little bit embarrassed to say that my first eight track was John Denver. John Denver, by the way, is not generally considered to be part of the Motown sound.)

Michael Jackson was two months old when I was born. Two months after that, Barry Gordy started the Tamla Records, the first Motown label.

One of the highlights of my 2009 trip to New Orleans was singing some Motown and doo wop with Jay-Ray & Gee in front of the Hotel Monteleone.

photo by Michael Middleton

And now the most important fact...  Sven (in conjunction with John the Revelator) will be hosting Motown Karaoke at MJ Cafe, every Sunday night, starting Dec. 5. Karaoke starts at 7:30 PM.

MJ Cafe
A relaxed eatery and martini bar
6901 W. Brown Deer Rd
Milwaukee
(414) 377-2524