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Angela Bofill, R&B balladeer with a dreamy, dynamic voice, dies at 70
Washington Post· 9 hours agoShe wrote many of her own songs, including the saxophone-backed ballad “I Try” and the funky “Too...
Cure Your 'Manic Monday' and Take a Listen to These Songs by The Bangles
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis song also made the Bangles the third female group to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, coming in...
How ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ Gave Gladys Knight and the Pips a Fresh Start
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn this week's episode of Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs' podcast, the hit's engineer and mixer...
Four Tops singer sues hospital ‘for putting him in straightjacket’ when he claimed he was famous
The Independent US via AOL· 7 days agoWe do not condone racial discrimination of any kind. We will not comment on pending litigation.” The...
A Picture Book Paean to the Golden Age of LPs
New York Times· 5 days agoKids don’t need to know what zydeco is, or that Mandy and the Meerkats are a nod to Diana Ross and the Supremes, to dig this spoof of vintage vinyl....
Taylor Swift vs. The Beatles: who's bigger?
The Week· 6 days agoWhen Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" arrived in Edinburgh last weekend, fans went so wild that seismological equipment picked up tremors almost four miles...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 14 hours agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
The Double Life of a 65-Year-Old Rocker: Heavy Metal With a Side of Ham
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoRobb Weir has played for tens of thousands at music festivals and performed countless gigs, but it’s...
‘Jackie’s Back’: The Best Mockumentary You’ve Never Seen Turns 25
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDo you know what you’re doing for Jackie Washington Day next month? You know, July 15, Jackie...
Jamila Wignot (‘STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.’ director) on how the story of the soul music label ‘is a...
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJamila Wignot understood going in to her assignment as director of the four-part HBO documentary...