Soul music in 1963 spoke to the times, but it also laid the groundwork for the future of R&B, pop, rock and roll, funk, and eventually hip-hop.

Great soul ballads always seem to tug at the heartstrings. And any music called “soul” better do just that. Connect with the ...

For long neglected outside her own nation, Welsh composer Grace Williams is starting to enjoy her time in the sun again ...

Joss Stone didn't grow up in Mississippi, Alabama, Detroit or Chicago; she wasn't the daughter of a pastor, and she didn't sing every Sunday in a Baptist church. She didn't develop her love for gospel ...

In 2018, the monthly, local DJ party known as A Fistful of Soul closed up shop when the DJs realized they were getting too old to keep the party going all night long. Some of them, like founding ...

Classic soul music, which ruled the urban airwaves till the mid-’70s, survives these days mostly as a connoisseurs’ genre, preserved by dedicated indie labels. Emulating the chitlin’-circuit package ...

More than 450 young artists from around the world soon will arrive in Aspen, along with other artists, faculty and guests, for music instruction and participation in almost 200 performances. Tickets ...

The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. For the last ...

Mahesh Kale ’s Infusion arrived in Pune as an expansive musical conversation, where Hindustani classical roots met global sounds without compromise. Against a backdrop of piano, guitars, drums and ...