Soul News & Features
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Features7 days ago‘At Last’: A Classic Ballad By The Young Etta James
The Mack Gordon and Harry Warren song was already nearly 20 years old when Etta cut it for her debut album.
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Features1 week ago
‘In Our Lifetime?’: The Troubled But Tantalizing Soul Of Marvin Gaye
Gaye’s final Motown album is now rightly seen as a record of huge historical importance and creative substance.
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News1 week ago
Nina Simone’s Greatest Hits Remix Set To Be Released, Hot Chip Version Of ‘Be My Husband’ Out Now
The project is out February 11.
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Features1 week ago
The 25 Greatest One-Hit Wonders Of All Time
No phrase in music riles up passionate fans and chart watchers alike quite like “one-hit wonder...”
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Features1 week ago
‘Our Love’: Natalie Cole Strikes Gold Again With Some Smooth Soul
Cole's fourth album ‘Thankful’ offered up her next R&B chart entry and later pop top tenner, the smooth and sultry ballad ‘Our Love.’
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Features1 week ago
‘Farewell’ Album: Diana Ross Says Goodbye To The Supremes
On January 14, 1970 in Las Vegas, Diana Ross appeared in concert as a member of the Supremes for the final time.
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News1 week ago
Lionel Richie To Receive Library Of Congress’ Gershwin Prize
An all-star tribute concert for Richie is set to be filmed in March and aired on PBS in May.
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News1 week ago
Rosa Hawkins Of ‘Chapel Of Love’ Hitmakers The Dixie Cups Dies At 76
The group's other hits included ‘People Say’ and their celebrated version of the New Orleans chant ‘Iko Iko.’
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News1 week ago
Ronnie Spector, Co-Founder Of The Ronettes, Dies At 78
‘Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer,’ read a statement from her family.
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Features2 weeks ago
Key Man: Hats Off To Hammond Organ Inventor Laurens Hammond
Our tribute to Laurens Hammond, the creator of the Hammond organ, whose fantastic invention features on some of the great tracks in music history.
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Features2 weeks ago
Stax ’68: Easing A Nation’s Sorrows, One Song At A Time
As political unrest swept the world in 1968, Stax Records faced a tumultuous year saved only by the legendary label’s own soul power.
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Features2 weeks ago
Best Albums Of 1974: 68 Records Worth Revisiting
The year featured some of the best reggae, Latin, and rock music the decade had to offer.
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Features2 weeks ago
The Rhythm & The Blues: A Salute To Jerry Wexler
The erudite individual from the Bronx devised the very term rhythm and blues, before going on to help define it at Atlantic Records and far beyond.
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News2 weeks ago
‘Black & Loud’: The Roots’ Stro Elliot Talks Remixing James Brown
With ‘Black & Loud,’ Stro Elliot is having a conversation with history, and demonstrating that no matter how many years pass, we’re still speaking the same language as James Brown and his...
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Features2 weeks ago
‘Shake’: Sam Cooke’s Heartbroken Fans Give Him A Posthumous Hit
Less than a month after his mysterious and tragic shooting, Sam was back in the charts with ‘Shake.’
