How to make old styles sound fresh? Dallas’ Silver Skylarks give a master class on the topic on The Number One Set and Sound, a debut album fusing ‘60s soul, ‘70s funk and ‘90s hip-hop into one ...

Seattle seven-piece The Dip writes original songs that recall the classic soul music of record labels such as Stax and artists similar to Wilson Pickett. The band plays the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, ...

Quinton Claunch had an impressive music-business career behind him when he and Rudolph "Doc" Russell started Goldwax Records in 1963. Claunch had enjoyed a career as a country songwriter and guitarist ...

For nearly 40 years, the Rev. Huston Crayton Jr. has been leading Sunday services at the Lincoln Congregational Church in Brockton. His sister Joyce directs the choir. “I make sure all my songs have a ...

The homeless man convicted of killing 1960s soul singer Betty Jane Willis during an attempted rape in 2018 will spend the rest of his life in prison. It took an Orange County jury just an hour to find ...

A contemporary of icons like Little Richard and Etta James, R&B/soul singer Jackie Shane left an indelible mark on the music scene in the ’60s—and then disappeared for nearly half a century. Born and ...

Michael Sumler, who was the iconic stylist, promoter and choreographer for the group Kool & the Gang, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 71. 11Alive, a news ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,’” has ...