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 ...

Kem started his career with Kemistry Records. Now, after 23 years with Motown, he has scores a No. 1 hit, once again, on his ...

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 ...