D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit. A meticulous, slow-to-boil ballad from the ...

The saga of the Allman Brothers Band is often framed as a tragedy, and not without reason. Just as they were gaining a national profile in 1971 thanks to their explosive live album At Filmore East, ...

HAS it got soul? Man, that’s the question of the hour. If it has soul, then it’s tough, beautiful, out of sight. It passes the test of with-itness. It has the authenticity of collard greens boiling on ...

Singer and composer Papon has started a new chapter in life, rendering ghazals.

Honky-tonk bars are a main attraction along Broadway, but Nashville’s music history reaches beyond country music to another distinctive sound: soul.

It's the best and worst time to be a De La Soul fan. "To sum it up in one word? Finally. Finally!" Maseo of De La Soul tells Double J's Karen Leng on Mornings. "For so many years to have been ...

After years of long delays and legal disputes, De La Soul’s catalog is finally available on streaming services. The bittersweet return follows the death of David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur at age 54 ...

Soul music may have experienced a golden age in the 1970s, but R&B legends, new and old, continued to release groundbreaking tunes in the 1980s. Dance music evolved, disco was far from dead, and the ...

When it comes to picking your wedding music, there are a plethora of genres to choose from — and if you prefer more classic music to modern hits, it can be even harder to decide on tunes to fit your ...

In 1971, George Clinton, singing with his band Funkadelic, posed the musical question, "What Is Soul?" "A ham hock in your cornflakes," they sang, as one possible definition. Think about it. Today, as ...