The 1970s brought a revolution to R&B and soul music that changed everything. Artists started blending funk rhythms, social ...

His family announced his death on his Instagram account.

R&B icon Don Bryant, who died Dec. 26, had returned to the spotlight in recent years with releases that earned him his first ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

The Grammy winner joins Charlie Puth and Brandi Carlile as part of the game’s pre-show performers. Nowadays, the relationship between rap and R&B is a hand-in-glove fit, a match that feels like it has ...

In 1974, Carlton hit the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Everlasting Love,” a cover of Robert Knight’s R&B song.

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist Aretha Franklin performing in Detroit, MI. Aretha Franklin’s "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" was released as her Atlantic ...

Carl Carlton, the voice behind 'Everlasting Love' and 'She's a Bad Mama Jama,' dies at 72. A soul and funk legend remembered.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time I listen to Aaliyah, it feels like I’m reconnecting with a part of myself—like flipping through an old diary or finding an old photo that still makes you smile. Her voice ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...