Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village is gearing up to release a new album, its first in seven years. The group, now a duo featuring rapper T3 and producer Young RJ, dropped a new single on Friday, ahead ...

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 ...

Producers are rarely afforded the same credit as their artists, but Motown alumnus Mike Terry was essential in carving out ...

Michael Sumler, who was the iconic stylist, promoter and choreographer for the group Kool & the Gang, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 71. 11Alive, a news ...

The producers who created the legendary boy band cast the group around one heartthrob, who was selected before any other ...

Beloved ‘60s soul singer Brenton Wood, best known for his hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died. He was 83. The musician died from natural causes in his sleep Friday at his home in Moreno Valley, ...