June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

The 1970s brought a revolution to R&B and soul music that changed everything. Artists started blending funk rhythms, social messages, and cinematic production in ways nobody had heard before. These 8 ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Well-known musicians and songwriters of R&B, blues, and southern soul were recognized during the 2nd annual Soul Music Awards at Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi on Sunday.

While Vaughan was an encyclopedia of blues, his tastes and influences also came from rock, R&B, and soul music, and he did his best to name-check his heroes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Podcast Canon, Benjamin Cannon analyzes the history of podcasts and interrogates how we talk about the art form. The way a ...

Soul. I’m writing about this because a friend of mine, who embodied the essence of soul, recently passed away. To me, Rob Scheuer was the epitome of soulfulness, both as a performing musician and a ...

If you’re a fan of soul music—or even if you’re just curious about this iconic genre—the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, should be at the very top of your must-visit list.