On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...

This post was updated Jan. 14 at 11:36 p.m. As New Year’s resolutions are put to the test and playlists are refreshed, ...

(Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) *R&B singer Muni Long revealed Thursday that the president of Atlantic Records asked her to write “soulful” songs for white artists, but she declined.

Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4. He was 84. PEOPLE Magazine reported that Askew had ...

Billboard’s Top Artists, along with the Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century, are based on ...

If you've been to a Teddy Swims show, you'll know he lays his heart on the line. There are countless videos of him sobbing as ...

Don had a very unique life as a musical artist, writer, producer ... One of the true architects of Memphis soul and R&B, Nix became a significant international presence in music while remaining ...

Observer caught up with the art space’s artistic director and president to learn more about what the institution has in store ...

Vandross longed for the same acclaim and freedom awarded to his white contemporaries in yacht ... “progressive R&B/pop.” “Yacht rock has to be conscious of Black music,” web series star ...

This book considers the influence on Elvis Presley of Black musicians, especially the gospel and R. & B. pioneers of the ...

A concerned listener might wonder at this point whether Swims should perhaps give therapy a go. But I’ve Tried Everything But ...