This audio is no longer available. It's been 40 years since the first all-night R&B party at the Wigan Casino nightclub outside Manchester, England. The doors didn't open until 2 a.m., and its ...
In March 2020, festival producer Ais York Almahdi was in Miami promoting five spring break events when he received an unwanted phone call. The venues he booked for the events were closing because of ...
In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups. The Poets ...
The British R&B/soul scene has grown exponentially over the last few years, as is evident in our annual list of emerging talent. When we first launched the series in 2016, it was fair to say that the ...
Ahead of the 2023 Soul Train Awards on Sunday (Nov. 26), Billboard looks at how good of a precursor the ceremony has been for R&B and rap contenders at the Grammy Awards. By Kyle Denis Next year could ...
There was a recent flurry of media activity surrounding the release of Jamaica To Toronto, a compilation that exposes the "lost history of R&B and soul music in Canada. The CD, released on American ...
D’Angelo’s sultry vocal style — a mix of raspy texture and church-bred fluidity — set him apart from his peers.
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