Soul News

Hits such as Hello and Easy are being rediscovered, and he headlines Barclaycard British Summer Time at Hyde Park in July.

This is a great album. I have been waiting for this album to appear since the mid 1970's. It's the best album I have heard so far in 2013.

L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti and wife Amy Wakeland watch the election returns on May 21, 2013, at the Hollywood Palladium.

On a Friday night, West Pico bar The Mint was host to a small, hardcore crowd of hip hop purists donning hi-top fades and African medallions.

Aretha Franklin has cleared her schedule for the month of June. The news comes on the heels of cancellation announcements she made about performances on May 20th in Chicago and May 26th at Foxwood Casino in Connecticut, reports Rolling Stone .

Aretha Franklin performed via satellite with American Idol finalists during the season finale episode on May 16.

The Apollo is honoring one of soul's greatest vocalists, Chaka Khan, at The Apollo Theater Spring Gala and comedian Wayne Brady has been tapped to host the extravaganza affair.

May 20, 2013 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- GKAM Records and SEI Entertainment are collaborating to present the CD Release " Subject 2 Change " and LIVE performance by World Renowned Bassist and Grammy Nominated Producer and Engineer, Antone " Chooky " Caldwell, at the Historic Blues Alley in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2013 for two shows, 8pm and 10pm EST.

RP Boo is often credited for helping to create the footwork genre with his 1997 tune "Baby Come On." Legacy is actually RP Boo's first-ever full-length release, but his prowess as a producer is readily apparent here.

In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours.

Mayer Hawthorne's latest has a bit of a hip-hop feel, unlike his past Motown-inspired albums.

You can talk about Memphis and the South, and say whatever you feel or choose to say but one thing that is certain and always be true, is that true talent resides right here in Memphis, TN.

When I'm nudged into Erykah Badu's backstage dressing room at the Brooklyn Museum, she's still recovering from a spontaneous outbreak of extended public adulation.

Farah Alvin , Anika Larsen , Patti Murin , Samia Najimy Finnerty, N'Kenge , Orfeh , Jarrod Spector and American Idol Finalist Erika Van Pelt will comprise the lineup for the June 10 edition of The Pop Show, part of the Broadway at Birdland series at Birdland Jazz Club.

The longtime lead vocalist for the Isley Brothers , Ronald Isley helmed the influential family group for over half a century, a period spanning not only multiple generations of siblings but also massive cultural shifts that heralded their music's transformation from gritty R&B to Motown soul to blistering funk .

James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul", would have been 80 this year. Perhaps being the "hardest working man in show business" finally caught up with him _ in 2006, at the age of 73, one of the greatest popular music icons of the 20th century passed away.

Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness, according to his daughter.

It was announced this week that the Australian soul-diva will perform REWIND: The Aretha Franklin Songbook tour at the Burnie Arts and Function Centre on July 4. Anu will perform a touching tribute to her idol, which features an array of Franklin songs with her own special touch.

All eyes were on the South this weekend as musicians and music lovers descended on Gulf Shores, Alabama, for the 4th annual Hangout Music Festival.

With apologies to Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and with assurances that I haven't left out the space in "a motion," this post addresses a question about whether a North Carolina local governing board has authority to oust one of its members.