When David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur of influential rap group De La Soul died last month, fans who wished to hear their work on music streaming services would have been unable to do so due to legal ...
When Thee Sinseers performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk series, they were given the option to perform in studio or record at home. Instead of heading to the network’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., the ...
HAS it got soul? Man, that’s the question of the hour. If it has soul, then it’s tough, beautiful, out of sight. It passes the test of with-itness. It has the authenticity of collard greens boiling on ...
Muni Long at the Winter’s Diary Festival at the United Center in Chicago (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) When Muni Long posted her Boosie Badazz-inspired video on December 26, 2024, she didn’t ...
Tangled Web: A weekly column featuring intriguing online music-related issues & destinations. This Week: Soul-Patrol.net, AllHipHop.com and BlueBeat.com. By Billboard Staff SOUL ON PATROL: The ...
Isaac Hayes’s legacy remains elusive. Even now, over a decade after the singer’s death, there is still no biography of him. Younger fans might remember him chiefly as the voice of Chef on “South Park, ...
Charles Bradley was part of the rebirth of authentic-sounding soul for Brooklyn’s Daptone label in the early 2000s Considered one of the founders of soul music, Ray Charles began recording in the ...
People who frequented clubs in the north of England during the 1970s will no doubt remember the tones of Northern Soul music that became the soundtrack of the nightlife scene during the period. The ...
(CNN) — You’ve seen the early episodes. Teeth gleaming, hips grooving, and oil-misted ‘fros bouncing to the beat. This was “Soul Train,” the music television series that served as Blackness’ ...