Roy Ayers, the jazz-soul vibraphonist and bandleader behind 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine,' whose music became the backbone ...

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the ...

Mississippi is celebrating its legacy as the birthplace of southern soul with this year's Mississippi Southern Soul ...

ASTANA – No matter how advanced technology becomes, artificial intelligence (AI) will never replace true artists for its ...

Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “ Not Like Us, ” which is currently one of the most popular songs in the world. Curiously enough, throughout music history, most of the songs that ...

In his new memoir, J. Geils Band frontman tells a wild tale of recording with Aretha Franklin. Read an exclusive excerpt ...

Wilmington artist Hiroshi Sueyoshi, whose soulful sculptures and sublime ceramic pieces made him revered on the Port City's ...

Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I ...

Angie Stone, a soul and R&B singer behind hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” died ...

The boundaries of R&B continue to shift as each wave of artists puts their own twist on the multi-faceted genre, which influences — and is influenced by — local neo-soul singers. Neo-soul and ...

His “King of Neo Soul” title came from singer-songwriter Erykah Badu, one of the artists who partnered with him on his 2004 record, “Mahogany Vibe.” “I wrote the song because I felt it ...

Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.