Known as much for her activism as her distinctive voice, folk singer Baez started recording in 1960 and had three successive gold albums to start. She is famous ... soul and R&B as well as playing ...

Shannon Sanders, an African-American South Nashville native and award-winning BMI executive director of creative, reflects on decades of excellence.

Celebrating six decades of soul – from favorites by Stevie Wonder to The Weeknd and the Supremes to SZA – SiriusXM brought ...

Sam & Dave were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Legendary soul singer Brenton Wood died on Jan. 3. He was 83. His manager, Manny Gallegos, told Variety that he died from natural ...

Murder Inc. Records co-founder and music producer Irv Gotti has passed away joining other famous Black people we’ve lost so ...

The genre of R&B — short for “rhythm and blues” — mixed elements of blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and gospel and was pioneered ...

In the 1980s, Prince and his iconic album “Purple Rain” brought R&B and funk to the masses. For Black History Month, we’re ...

Jay-Z, 55, emerged as a surprise villain for Super Bowl LIX fans disappointed by Kendrick Lamar's halftime show on Sunday ...