At the beginning of 1990s, R&B and hip-hop were no longer completely foreign to each other. While the early 1980s had seen the R&B establishment scoffing at the upstart rap genre, the latter half of ...

Neo-Soul, Neo-Soul. Where for arte thou, Neo-Soul? With all due respect to R&B/Soul s subgenre, Neo-Soul never really left, but became an acceptable addition to the R&B family (sans title). Kedar ...

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter will headline an evening of soul, jazz and R&B on Baltimore's Inner Harbor as part of the OK Sunday Series. We are now in 2020 and the movement is as strong as ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - For a few generations of R&B and soul fans, the sound of Don Cornelius’ deep, resonant voice is one of the signature sounds of soul, despite the fact that he never sang a note. Those ...

For the latest edition of Pursuit of Happiness, Harlem’s own Fergie Baby breaks down how basketball and unplugging from the internet help keep him on point. Nowadays, the relationship between rap and ...

Chart moments: Sentury’s 'Forever' claims the top spot on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay, while Ari Lennox’s 'Vacancy' enters the top 10, showing the genre’s strong radio presence. Genre evolution: ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

Robert Peopo Bryson, known as Peabo Bryson, has died. The R&B singer and songwriter was 75. The Grammy Award-winning artist ...

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

This list contains many of the year’s best-selling acts and, track-for-track, it looks like a fairly representative cross-section of 2013 pop. Except it’s not pop—at least, not according to the ...