Its core aesthetic was like nothing in hip-hop ... and together they forged the idea of what came to be known as "hip-hop soul" —music with the emotional heft of the former, the sample-heavy ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

As "Soul Brother No. 1," Brown acted as a cultural leader, writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, have investigated how the combination of music and images influences the aesthetic ...

Soul music has merged with many other genres since its beginnings in the 50s, fusing with styles ranging from blues and jazz, to hip hop and R'n'B. It continues to offer inspiration to artists today.

and southern soul were recognized during the 2nd annual Soul Music Awards at Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi on Sunday. Local and regional winners were among those awarded and recognized for ...

They transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show and recorded some of soul music’s most enduring hits, which also included “You Don’t Know Like I Know ...