(Photo Credit: Jennifer Troche Walsh) Left to right: Johnny Rabb (drums/background vocals), Ed Roland (vocals/guitar), Jesse Triplett (lead guitar/background vocals), Will Turpin (bass/background ...

Stax Records spent decades spinning gold. The label nurtured a unique sound that blended R&B, gospel, blues, and country, eventually leading the way in a soul revolution. Stax became a home to icons ...

A voice smoother than molasses, a torchbearer of the neo-soul movement and a production unlike any other, winning four ...

There’s something about listening to great old-school style gospel songs that always seems to revive a tired soul. Over the years, gospel music’s most beloved vocalists have served up songs that have ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Bill Withers remains one of the most timeless voices in soul and R&B history. While his most celebrated tracks—like Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean on Me, and Lovely Day—are permanent ...

What’s better than a classic rock song? Well, while there are few answers that will satisfy the most ardent of classic rock fans, there may just be one thing that will get them to nod their heads. And ...

The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services. By Christopher R. Weingarten David ...

Released on Dec. 3, 1965, Rubber Soul was the moment the Beatles grew up. The record, the Beatles' sixth, reflected a band that had entirely transformed itself from the mop tops that burst onto the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Bobby Womack’s voice that hits you in the soul before you even realize what he’s saying. Maybe it’s the grit, maybe it’s the honesty—but whatever it is, it ...

Collective Soul are on their Co-Headline Summer Unity Tour with +Live+ and special guests Our Lady Peace and Greylin James Rue Like Weezer, Collective Soul released a self-titled album in the mid-‘90s ...