This Christmas season was a very special one for Donny Hathaway’s fans.

They knew each other almost all their lives, but in the many decades that Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin shared a…

If you grew up a lover of soul music, you know that today, Aug. 16, 2018, is a day to honor the memory of the…

When black people who are musically inclined choose to pursue a career as an artist, they are proclaiming that they not…

Did you know that R&B was renamed as “rhythm & blues” from “race music” by Billboard magazine in 1949? The name change…

Well, here’s a reason to be happy: Just in time to coincide with her Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Critics’…

In the world of women in music, there are queens, princesses, first ladies and even a duchess—but there has only ever…

The best Christmas songs are ones that can be played while sipping brown liquor.

What I’m about to do will possibly be THE most controversial and contentious list ever created. I want you to know that…

I’m aghast that 19,000 people disliked this video on YouTube, which only proves one thing: Nineteen thousand people…

I love the movie Cool Runnings. Peace be the journey and all that jazz. I especially love the part where Doug E.…

If you know like I know you don’t want to step to this Christmas season doesn’t officially begin until the first time I…

June is almost here—that means sunny skies, warm weather and black music, of course!