R&B icon Don Bryant, who died Dec. 26, had returned to the spotlight in recent years with releases that earned him his first ...

Also on Christmas, Keny Kerth Jass will swing out late in the afternoon at Rock ‘N’ Bowl with special guest Vince Vance. Doors open at 4 p.m. Admission is $5 cash per person. Later, at 8:30 p.m., the ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men domination, a rap masterpiece, Madonna's commercial comeback, and the rise of TLC.

The 1970s brought a revolution to R&B and soul music that changed everything. Artists started blending funk rhythms, social ...

Billboard's R&B/hip-hop team reveals the talented players who made major impressions this year. ‘Tis the season again: to make a list, check it twice (and a couple more times for good measure) and ...

Tony Blackburn OBE will present a new weekly programme called Tony Blackburn’s Sounds of Soul, airing every Saturday from 1 to 2am on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. The new show launches on 1 January 2026 on ...

R&B music in the 1990s was full of soul, passion, and smooth sounds. It was a time when singers shared stories people could feel about love, heartbreak, and real life. The music had deep meaning and ...

D’Angelo left everyone wanting more. An acclaimed neo-soul singer, guitarist, and producer in the 1990s and 2000s, he reimagined R&B, armed with a falsetto that grew into a euphoric shriek. Hits like ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Kocky Ka and reggie. By Kyle Denis Less than a week later, the worlds of hip-hop and R&B are still mourning late neo-soul pioneer D ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a nod to the divine messengers of his Pentecostal upbringing and the genius of Michelangelo, Michael Eugene ...

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer and musician who helped usher in the neo-soul movement, died Tuesday after a private battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 51. “The shining star of ...