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, ...

Now in its 48th year, the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco once again celebrates LGBTQ stories and voices, starting with a free Juneteenth block party featuring movies and music. But the ...

One of Los Angeles’ most celebrated dance nights is cutting the music short in Echo Park on Saturday after 14 years of funk, soul and sweat. Organizers of the Echo’s monthly all-vinyl ‘60s soul bash ...

The legends of 60's and 70's soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore and more in this ...

Aspiring a cappella and vocal group harmony singers are invited to audition for The Next '50s & '60s Pop, Soul and Doo-Wop Star, an ongoing worldwide talent search. The effort will culminate with a ...

“Soul!” was one of the first all-Black television talk shows that celebrated and highlighted the positive side of the Black American experience The SOUL Show on Channel 13, Produced by Ellis Haizlip ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Before “Soul Train” and before “The Arsenio ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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