New York and L.A. saw competition from Texas as such performers as the Geto Boys and The D.O.C. pushed their way into the ...

Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul documents the tremendous impact immigrants from Jamaica had on the Canadian music scene in the '60s and '70s, and the barriers many of the musicians faced.

Jerry Butler served the city of Chicago as a Cook County Commissioner after leaving the Impressions and concluding his music ...

EXCLUSIVE: Maseo talks to AllHipHop about the impending release of the "Clear Lake Audiotorium" EP and what it feels like to ...

This Black History Month, catch up with 1991's electrifying 'Young Soul Rebels,' which still feels as urgent as ever.

The demolition of Kimmel Dining Hall on the Syracuse University campus this month brought down the final curtain on one of the most famous names in city music history. Jabberwocky, the intimate music ...

On a cold February night in Seattle the Tractor Tavern burned bright with the rapid-fire, intricate, kinetic drumming of Thai ...

Soul vocalist Jerry Butler, a.k.a. "The Iceman" died on February 20, 2025, at the age of 85. He had been fighting Parkinson's disease in the previous years.

Washington D.C. is making sure it gets the credit the city deserves for birthing go-go music by opening the official Go-Go ...

Sixteen years after guitarist Coleman Mellett was killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, his family sees the release of his album “Sing You a Brand New Song" as a powerful ...

His biggest hits included foundational Philly Sound songs "Hey, Western Union Man" and "Only The Strong Survive," written ...

Death Cab for Cutie made their major label debut with Plans.Though they had signed with Atlantic Records, the band convinced themselves this was just another album. But the GRAMMY-nominated Plans was ...