One year ago, four friends sat in the Housewright Music Building at Florida State University dreaming of performing their own songs, perhaps something they now hint at in the lyrics “don’t take dreams ...

Candi Staton is a soul music veteran with a stirring voice that can convey the weight of anguish and the joy of rapture. Her new album, His Hands, is a rich mixture of R&B and country standards, ...

This year, the organisation received 159 applications, with 20% of applicants being female and 80% male. Samro remains committed to encouraging more female composers and authors to take advantage of ...

Ahead of her appearance in York as part of a Legends In Soul line-up, Candi Staton tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about the ups and downs of a life in which she just can’t find a good man and once tried to ...

Rhythm and blues is an inclusive term that captures a wide swatch of American popular music that began to infiltrate the mainstream after WWII. It grew out of disparate sources: delta blues, country, ...

The Southern African Music Rights Organisation is offering 70 bursaries for members to join an accredited Soul Candi ...