When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images, Walter Looss Jr. Hard times often lead to great music, and that's never ...

I’m a big fan of emcees who do great concert intros, which is what this week’s recorded show is all about. We start with what is perhaps the greatest of them all: James Brown at the Apollo Theater in ...

Soul and funk music thrived in the 1960s and ’70s, and while other cities may be more widely recognized for their contributions to the genres, Washington produced some of the greatest musicians of the ...

I'm a big fan of emcees who do great concert intros. That's what this week's recorded show is all about. We start with what is perhaps the greatest of them all: James Brown at the Apollo Theater in ...

Great soul songs conjure hazy images of smoke-filled clubs, sweaty suit-and-tied horn sections shuffling through dodgy choreography, and singers so viscerally passionate you're afraid for their blood ...

Colorado’s last great soul-funk band was formed in 1966 in Phoenix, Arizona, where it was known as Freddi-Henchi and the Soulsetters. In 1968, founding members Freddy Gowdy and Marvin “Henchi” Graves ...

Host Erykah Badu, special honorees Babyface and Jill Scott, Tyrese and others also rock the annual fete. By Gail Mitchell, Billboard R&B/soul — in all its colorful glory — was celebrated during ...