It’s been almost two decades since their last album, but with a little help from some very famous friends, soul stars The Stylistics are back with a new 21-track record that’s taking the veteran band ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

Singer Frankie Beverly led the soul group Maze through a number of R&B hits in the 1980s. Beverly died on Tuesday at the age of 77. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: ...

In the mid-1960s, Clarence & Calvin started recording with producer Rick Hall at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After Scott was injured in a car accident, Carter launched a solo ...

The Charleston Southern Soul Festival will bring a showcase of classic R&B and contemporary Southern soul on Feb. 28 to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. The evening will feature powerhouse ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. I have compiled a subjective, non-exhaustive list of 50 Black ...

Making a band that puts out chart-topping hits is hard enough. But maintaining a successful musical act with members who get along is a whole other challenge. Whenever you put talented artists ...

It has been an absolutely brutal year for the R&B world with at least 11 notable singers dying. Each of the singers lost thus far have had a major impact on the industry through their career. The ...

Robbie Pardlo might not be a name that music fans immediately recognize, but there was a time in the early 2000s when he and his group, City High, were on the charts. And the group was all over MTV ...

There’s something about classic soul hits that makes them feel like they’ve always existed. Melodies and lyrics so eternal they seem to be of nature. Perhaps soul music speaks to the essence of what ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...