However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

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As far back as he can remember, Dante Carfagna has collected soul records. He maintains his bounty in his third-floor walk-up apartment on a single floor-to-ceiling shelving unit, stacked with white ...

This article was originally featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Behind the Music, the digital magazine of the Sarasota Orchestra Friends. The Sarasota Orchestra Friends are a passionate group of ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

In its nearly 40-year history, the Chicago Blues Festival has frequently saluted the city’s vibrant soul-music legacy with all-star sets underscoring the connection between soul and blues. This year ...

This week we're mixing in some new, exclusive live performances from Thee Sacred Souls. That's all the excuse we need to ask for songs with "soul" in the lyrics. I'll take yours and, in exchange, ...

The ’90s, arguably, constituted the last era of rock music. When boy bands and pop stars put an end to rock’s five-decade reign over popular music, the decade of grunge and jangly college music was ...

A daytime soul music festival featuring live performances, community programming, and cultural celebration in Cathedral ...

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