(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Will Downing’s voice that feels like a conversation between old friends. It’s warm, wise, and effortlessly smooth—like a glass of red wine at the end of a ...

Cymande Cork Opera House ★★★★☆ It’s been a long road. Formed in London in the early 1970s, the group fused funk, soul, reggae, and jazz into a distinctive, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Billy Paul was a powerful and distinctive voice in the golden era of 1970s soul and R&B. While most remember him for his iconic hit “Me and Mrs. Jones,” his body of work reveals a ...

CAMERA SOUL is a powerful jazz-funk ensemble, produced by Mr. Marco Rossi of Azzurra Music (Verona) and released and marketed in the Americas by Kathryn Ballard Shut of TIMKAT Entertainment (Denver, ...

*For this holiday single Kenya had the honor of working with an amazing young and emerging producer named Estuardo Galeno Stapleton based in Nashville, TN. The musicians on the song include Dre ...

Hours after shutting down potential drama about their respective beauty brands, Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber each stepped ...

As the air turns crisp, Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club turns up the heat this November with a month of unforgettable performances. From Grammy-winning legends and soulful vocalists to acclaimed jazz ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born ...

FORT LAUDERDALE: A jazz festival on the sand doesn’t normally strike fear in people. But when the Oceans of Soul Jazz Festival came before commissioners for approval, neighborhood leader Bill Brown ...