His career was cut cruelly short, but Marvin Gaye remains the Prince of Motown, and our our playlist celebrates a legacy that remains as powerful as
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There are examples of records that gave a name to a whole genre (like “Rapper’s Delight,” which used the term “hip-hop” on wax for the
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From her beginnings as an outspoken queen of neo-soul to her later politically-charged salvos at the vanguard of contemporary R&B, Erykah Badu’s multi-hued, occasionally controversial
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Don’t worry, we’re not going to repeat the Bob Dylan quote about Smokey Robinson. We know you are sick of it being trotted out at
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More than two decades after the release of his last single, listeners will be able to hear a new James Brown song. Titled “We Got
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Marlena Shaw, the highly-renowned soul and jazz singer most known for her hit song “California Soul,” has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw,
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“Music has always been a huge influence on me,” celebrated filmmaker John Singleton told record producer Arthur Baker at the International Music Summit in 2016.
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For funk aficionados, James Brown’s 1969/1970 output represents the roots of a revolution – the watershed development of extended grooves from which disco, hip-hop, and
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The group that landed Motown’s first-ever No.1 and became the company’s first major girl group were still enjoying substantial success half a dozen years later.
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The Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is set to arrive in theaters on May 10, 2024. Curious to find out more about the film?