Remembering Billy Stewart And Van McCoy, Two Lesser-Known D.C. Music Legends
Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Chuck Brown may be the best-known musical legends out of D.C. But they’re not the…
Tag: Soul
Review: Charles Bradley, ‘Changes’
Hear the new album by “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” which cleverly balances the vintage and the modern.
Abir Has A Voice, And She’s Not Shy About Using It
Abir Haronni grew up in Arlington, Virginia. But the D.C. suburbs didn’t offer enough hustle for her. “New York is…
Review: BJ The Chicago Kid, ‘In My Mind’
The Windy City soul man has established himself as a supreme collaborator; his Motown debut features guest spots from Kendrick Lamar and Chance The Rapper.
First Listen: The Suffers, ‘The Suffers’
The Houston band’s sound is steeped in what it calls “Gulf Coast Soul,” but it also channels ska, Southern hip-hop, classic soul, rock ‘n’ roll and especially reggae.
How Hardway Connection Found Fame In A Scene It Had Never Heard Of
Tune into WPFW 89.3 Saturday afternoons, and you’re bound to hear Hardway Connection. The Maryland combo wrote the upbeat earworm “Southern…
First Listen: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, ‘It’s A Holiday Soul Party’
The soul singer’s new collection of holiday songs seems destined to become a revisited classic.
Review: The Arcs, ‘Yours, Dreamily’
In his new band, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach plays immersive, funky R&B and soul that’s embellished with velvety harmonies, hissy tape recordings and lip-curling attitude.
Call It ‘Trap Gospel’: Pilate’s Synthesized Soul Music
Maryland soul group Pilate describes its new track “1000 Leagues” as a song “for the struggle” and “the spirit of…
Carter Barron And Fort Dupont Announce 2015 Summer Concert Schedules
Two popular summer concert series kick off this week in D.C., with Carter Barron Amphitheatre and Fort Dupont Park hosting their first…
Someday We’ll All Be Free: 100 Hours Of Soulful Protest Music
R&B music with a message isn’t a recent or strictly American phenomenon. Jason King explores the theme of protest music with an eclectic mix of soulful songs about resistance and revolution.
Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon’s Endangered Musical History
The Georgia town was home to Otis Redding, Little Richard and Capricorn Records, a label that played a key role in the birth of Southern rock. Now, many of the city’s musical landmarks are threatened.
How An Openly Gay D.C. Soul Singer Made Motown History
By the 1960s, the D.C. region could have been called a soul music capital: Out of it came Marvin Gaye,…