Seattle seven-piece The Dip writes original songs that recall the classic soul music of record labels such as Stax and artists similar to Wilson Pickett. The band plays the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, ...

The first four songs on Springfield native John Legend’s new album sound best in the car. Preferably a Cadillac Eldorado with big round headlights and plush white carpet on the inside. But short of ...

Soul music in 1963 spoke to the times, but it also laid the groundwork for the future of R&B, pop, rock and roll, funk, and eventually hip-hop.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. The 1960s offered a soundtrack for a decade of immense change, producing tunes that have managed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Day Is Past and Gone” (JVC/Battle, 1956). Aretha Franklin’s prodigious talent was on full display in her first recording, ...

For nearly 40 years, the Rev. Huston Crayton Jr. has been leading Sunday services at the Lincoln Congregational Church in Brockton. His sister Joyce directs the choir. “I make sure all my songs have a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When people talk about the architects of Southern soul, names like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam & Dave usually come up first. But leaving out Eddie Floyd means missing one ...

Southern California is known as one of the primary hubs for the evolution of revolutionary music in the 1960s, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that groups like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, ...

A contemporary of icons like Little Richard and Etta James, R&B/soul singer Jackie Shane left an indelible mark on the music scene in the ’60s—and then disappeared for nearly half a century. Born and ...

From 40-odd studio albums over a 60-plus-year recording career, we pick 10 essential songs. With 40-odd studio albums over a 60-plus-year recording career, it would take many days just to listen to ...