LaVonté Heard also directs the Verna D. Holley project which performed for the first time in December of 2023 after the Earl Nelson Singers ended. To celebrate the holiday season, more than five ...

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One of the largest private collections of soul music has a new home. A collection of 35,000 recordings of classic "sweet soul" music from Chicago have been donated to the Stax Museum of American Soul ...

In 2018, the monthly, local DJ party known as A Fistful of Soul closed up shop when the DJs realized they were getting too old to keep the party going all night long. Some of them, like founding ...

What’s better than a classic rock song? Well, while there are few answers that will satisfy the most ardent of classic rock fans, there may just be one thing that will get them to nod their heads. And ...

The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. For the last ...

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, ...

During his recent epic interview with Howard Stern, Bruce Springsteen confronted the inevitable question: At 73, is he thinking about retirement? “I can’t imagine it,” Springsteen responded. “I don’t ...

Acts on the bill include Durand Jones & The Indications, Thee Sacred Souls, La Lom, The Sinseers, The Altons and more.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This season at the Chocolate Church is a spirited combination of familiar ...

The song originally appeared as the title track of the Commodores’ 1985 album, the group’s final release with Motown Records, and was written as a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, who both ...

Kiss co-founder and vocalist Paul Stanley can’t wait to hit the road again. Like most, he’s been hunkered down at home due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but Stanley, who turned 69 in January, ...