Aretha Franklin was known as the queen of soul for her music, so it makes sense that she would be a big soul food fan. Here was her favorite dish.

This would have been in the mid-'80s, when Simply Red were just breaking through. The hero in question was none other than ...

Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

Young Aretha would meet visitors to the Franklin home from every walk of life, including some of the most prominent gospel musicians of the day (Clara Ward and James Cleveland), many of the great ...

Ghost Hounds, which SAVNT described as a mix of Lightnin’ Hopkins, the Rolling Stones, and Chris Stapleton, is the brain child of guitarist Thomas Tull, a media-shy billionaire whose past ventures ...

Todd Burge reflects on the songs and albums that shaped his year, including favorites from folk, rock, soul, and Americana.

Meghan Markle posted a video on Instagram this week in which the Duchess of Sussex showcases her personal playlist of ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

An exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum examines an Alabama region’s history as a recording mecca, ...

Joe Cocker transformed The Beatles’ With a Little Help from My Friends into a bluesy masterpiece during his legendary ...

Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician whose sound and politics reshaped modern African music, has been named the first African ...

After joining the band Heart and selling tens of millions of albums with hits like “Baracuda,” “These Dreams,” “What About ...