The ’90s, arguably, constituted the last era of rock music. When boy bands and pop stars put an end to rock’s five-decade reign over popular music, the decade of grunge and jangly college music was ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

As far back as he can remember, Dante Carfagna has collected soul records. He maintains his bounty in his third-floor walk-up apartment on a single floor-to-ceiling shelving unit, stacked with white ...

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In 1971, George Clinton, singing with his band Funkadelic, posed the musical question, "What Is Soul?" "A ham hock in your cornflakes," they sang, as one possible definition. Think about it. Today, as ...

This week we're mixing in some new, exclusive live performances from Thee Sacred Souls. That's all the excuse we need to ask for songs with "soul" in the lyrics. I'll take yours and, in exchange, ...

Until 2015, though, it appeared that soul as a mainstream genre was, for the most part, dying out. The few times that I remember hearing such '70s- and '80s-tugging melodies blaring at a public venue ...

THAT’S PAINTING HOUSE. WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1123 TONIGHT, A POPULAR MILWAUKEE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND YEAR. CULTURE BY DESIGN AND THE MARCUS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ARE HOSTING THE ...

(Los Angeles) Le chanteur américain de soul Smokey Robinson est visé par une plainte, déposée mardi à Los Angeles, de quatre anciennes femmes de ménage qui accusent l’artiste du mythique label Motown ...

The collection consists of printed materials, including programs, press kits, prints, slides and posters from various award presentations given by the syndicated television program Soul Train from ...