The 1970s was an interesting time in regard to how the masses chose to label music genres. During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk ...

Revisiting the work of the incredible Philadelphia soul group The Trammps, who were instrumental in pivoting soul into the revolutionary sounds of disco.

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the ...

An inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Isley Brothers, Mr. Jasper also had success as a solo artist and producer.

Roy Ayers, the jazz-soul vibraphonist and bandleader behind 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine,' whose music became the backbone ...

For the last few years, Albina Music Trust has focused on celebrating, restoring and finding new audiences for the classic jazz, soul and gospel that was made in Portland in the 1960s and 1970s.

Jasper was an R&B singer-songwriter and producer credited with shaping the sound of the Isley Brothers in the ‘70s and ’80s. He, along with Ernie and Marvin Isley, transformed the vocal trio ...

rich heritage and innovative music events. In Chicago, the sweet falsetto-voiced Curtis Mayfield, along with the Impressions, blueprinted 1970s soul with message songs of peace and unity.

Frank Clement), music historian Colin Escott and Nashville soul singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian ... In 2023, another late-1960s and early 1970s-era regionally touring Nashville favorite ...

By Clay Risen Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence ... Stone was part of the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and 2000s, which blended traditional soul with ...