Soul Music
Soul music emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s as one of the most distinctive forms in the history of American popular music. For black Americans especially, soul music defined the 19...
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In fact their prose is more than simply passionate, it has captivated the music industry. At the 2003 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, Floetry took home three awards, including Best Single for ̶...
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Christina Aguilera says she's reading scripts in search of the right role to launch an acting career."I am looking forward to moving into another form of what I feel is another creative outlet for ...
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After an amazing past year that included crooning on OutKast's Grammy-winning Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Brown, 33, is ready to lace fans with buttery tracks like "Till (Your Legs Start Shakin)" ...
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Donnie-"Do You Know?" (2001) DH: Is this Donny Hathaway? B: No, but the artist's name is Donnie. It's obvious that whoever is producing his music has an ear for early '70s soul music. DH: That'...
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The Birmingham, Alabama native not only rocks the mic, she writes, plays guitar, and produces. All of the songs on her debut album, Mystory, which hits stores June 1st, are self-composed and arrang...
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On the lead single off her debut album, soul newcomer Leela James asks the music industry for a small favor. “Can we just put the thongs away and fall back in love with the music?”
It...
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Jaguar Wright has spent the last two years entrenched in a bitter breakup, and she's ready to let go of all the leftover baggage by releasing a fiercely confident, candid new album on her own terms...
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The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American music.Some of pop's most ch...
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Before we heard about 50 Cent being shot nine times, or witnessed the excessive arrogance of Kanye “Napoleon Complex” West – there was “neo-soul” dominating the land o...
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With a scratchy, husky voice defined by its piercing shrieks and guttural groans, James Brown didn't own the most beautiful pipes in music.While he wrote songs that touched on just about every aspe...
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