Sam Pollard, the Peabody winning director of “Mr. Soul!” and “Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me,” has set another documentary feature called “The Sound of Philadelphia” about music icons Kenny Gamble, ...
Soul music is more than sound, it’s memory in motion. Through rhythm, roots and raw emotion, Pepperdine voices explore how ...
We're spotlighting different genres each week for Black History Month on WFUV. This week you'll hear funk, R&B and soul added to the mix. That prompts us to ask for songs from any genre with "soul" in ...
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 11:14 p.m. Aaron Neville has been in the soul music industry touring venues across the United States for over 50 years. Neville, who also plays the keyboard, is most ...
David Bowie had already conquered folk-pop and glam rock by the time he released the single “Young Americans” in 1975 from the album of the same name. With that track and album, he added soul music to ...
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, ...
Quiet storm began as a radio format. In the 1970s, a style of music emerged in popularity on the late-night radio airwaves – one which celebrated slow tempos, punctuated with soulful, intimate vocals.
Sam Ryder believes he has invented a new genre with his new album. The Space Man singer revealed that he has created the bold now 'frontier soul' genre after moving to the US to work on his second ...
Frankie Beverly has passed away at the age of 77, his family announced in a statement. The soul music world is mourning the loss of one of its pioneers, Frankie Beverly, who has passed away at the age ...