Sam Cooke News

After my post on Mos Def, my book editor, the brilliant Chris Jackson, sends along the following note.

Austin-based Black Joe Lewis is a contemporary singer and guitarist with a bent toward vintage blues, soul, and R&B. Backed by his band the Honeybears, Lewis draws inspiration from such legendary "shouters" as Howlin' Wolf, Wilson Pickett, and James Brown, as well as smoother crooners including Sam Cooke and others.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACHThe sanctuary was cool, but The Soul Lifters were about to heat up Macedonia AME Church.

WEEKS before the final curtain fell on Michael Jackson's remarkable life, I noticed a startling similarity among some of my favorite artists that went far beyond the musical genre.

The Peaches & Herb coming to the Gallo Center for the Arts tonight aren't exactly the same hit-making duo from years past.

AUDIO: Ruthie Foster performs "Stone Love" Ruthie Foster brings her band as a headlining act to the Utah Arts Festival on June 28.

Though known for its blues roots, Chicago has also been home to some of soul music's biggest names.

Three things I know about Laura Gibson: She wrote all the songs on her new album, Beasts of Seasons , while living next to a graveyard.

"A change is gonna come," Bettye LaVette famously sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in January.

Toledo soul singer Tracy Haynes' influences are pretty much what you'd expect. Marvin Gaye, R. Kelly, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder... the usual who's who of rhythm and blues vocalists.

WHILE the professional moniker Seal sounds like a contrivance, in the manner of Sting or The Edge, it is in fact the first name of Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel.

American music defines African American culture. It is as broad as, the legacy of its people and as of Marian Anderson at the Metropolitan Opera, W.C. Handy's blues on Memphis' Basin Street, Mahalia Jackson's Gospel, Count Basie's blues, Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington, Lady Day, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Miles Davis, Lightning Hopkins, Nat King ...

Genres: Soul, Early R&B, Urban, Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, New Orleans R&B, Country-Soul, Contemporary Gospel, Pop-Soul, Smooth Soul Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Johnny Adams Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of ...

There's more to Carol Douglas than what meets the eye. On the surface she seems like your typical one-hit wonder disco star, but dig deeper and you'll find a beautiful diva with show business in her blood.

Nothing else matters about Tuesday night's competition final except what Adam Lambert did with Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come .

Willie Walker & The Butanes. 7:30 p.m. June 19, Pioneer Place on Fifth. Walker and his band pay tribute to the late Sam Cooke.

Adam Lambert has had ample opportunity to show off his rocker edge, his crooner side and his theatrical chops this season on "American Idol." But thanks to show co-creator Simon Fuller, on Tuesday night's final performance episode , the Los Angeles native got to dip his toes into some old-fashioned soul on a night when he was making his final bid ...

Ryan Seacrest said it best at the top of the show: Tuesday night's final "American Idol" performance episode was the decisive showdown between "the acoustic rocker versus the glam rocker ... Conway versus California ... the guy next door versus the guyliner." And when Adam Lambert and Kris Allen came down the center stairs, the difference couldn't ...

Amongst the chaos of a touring band's dressing room, Jemma Davies interviews Alex Vargas, lead singer of Vagabond.

When New York's Teenage Prayers blew into town for 2007's MidPoint festivities, their incendiary set at The Exchange was easily a highlight of the whole shooting match.