Exploring the life and times of Cassiano, the Brazilian artist who pioneered the sounds of funk and soul during the late ...

R&B legend Chris Jasper died on Feb. 24. He was 73. His family announced the news on his Facebook, noting that he was ...

On February 24, the music world lost a giant who helped create a “quiet storm” on 1970s radio. Roberta Flack hypnotized audiences with epically slow ballads and helped define a new approach to R&B and ...

Soul singer Bobby McClure sang with Sam Cooke, duetted with Fontella Bass, and collaborated with Swamp Dogg, but he fell ...

Elvis Presley and B.J. Thomas sang several of the same songs during the 1970s. However, one was more successful. Who was it?

For decades, cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the ... which was widely used from the ...

The wide-ranging collection of compositions including a disco instrumental adapted from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

Curtis Mayfield was short, and with his rabbity grin and small rectangular-wire-framed glasses hanging halfway down his nose, ...

At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...

His work in the 1970s as bandleader of the six ... sample-minded emcees plumbed his ample catalog and worked his music into theirs. His “King of Neo Soul” title came from singer-songwriter ...

Everybody Loves Sunshine hit-maker and jazz legend, Roy Ayers, has passed away after battling a long illness. He was 84.