There is a good chance that as you read this, you can’t name an Aretha Franklin album. Sure, you know the hits — “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” “Rock Steady,” “Spanish Harlem” and so many more — that ...

In this 2015 photo, popular recording artist D'Angelo performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. He's set for a Verzuz battle on Feb. 27; his "opponent" has yet to be named. (Photo by ...

Aretha Franklin, a singer who began her career with gospel music and was later crowned the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday after battling a range of health issues. Often simply called “Aretha,” ...

Legendary soul singer Al Green knew what he wanted to do at the tender age of nine, when he performed with his brothers in the group The Greene Brothers. Green was raised in a strict religious home in ...

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James Brown was an iconic American musician who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues, soul, funk and protest civil rights music. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia ...

On this episode of Top 5, Toronto soul and R&B maven Daniel Caesar digs into the gospel deep cuts, from Kirk Franklin to Commissioned. Gospel, Caesar explains, is vital to his songwriting; he grew up ...

"It's soul music without the sex," says Bruce Watson, general manager of the stalwart Mississippi indie label Fat Possum, of the new, gospel-focused imprint that he and Big Legal Mess Recordings are ...

*Soul Music is more than a musical genre. It’s an original American expression of creativity, a unique cultural art form born out of pain, oppression, extreme pressure, and an eyewitness view of the ...

Great soul songs conjure hazy images of smoke-filled clubs, sweaty suit-and-tied horn sections shuffling through dodgy choreography, and singers so viscerally passionate you're afraid for their blood ...