At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...

In “Sly Lives!” and “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the divergent expectations faced by White and Black musical artists become ...

Jessie Reyez, Sabrina Claudio, Kyle Dion, Macke Keane, Dende, and more released some of the best R&B songs this past week.

Sugaray Rayford The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) will celebrate its 48th Birthday Show, featuring Grammy-nominated ...

Uncovering the story of 'Snatch and the Poontangs', a bizarre sex-centric album recorded by R&B pioneer Johnny Otis and released under the pseudonym 'The Hawk'.

Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness has released a dozen and a half albums in the last 34 years, with her 17th album, “Back for Me,” scheduled for release from Blue ...

As 'Young Americans' turns 50, his friend and producer Tony Visconti recalls how the album marked the moment the singer ...

If you walked into any of the funky old blues joints of Oakland — Mile Hi Club, Esther’s Orbit Room, the Continental Club — throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, you were likely to run into Lee ...

Rod Stewart has always been a fan of soul music, and one song in particular has captured his heart. It's by a legendary soul ...

Discovery Park of America has announced the 2025 lineup for the free, family friendly summer concert series, “Rhythm on the ...

This year, we await a cosmic twist as Mercury – the planet of activity and ideas – goes retrograde in Pisces the next day ...

South Coast Winery Resort & Spa’s popular Rhythm on the Vine ® concert series, presented by the award-winning winery and ...