Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang died Sunday in a Georgia car crash. He was 71. Sumler, known as "Chicago Mike," was a ...

Despite some minor hits in the 1960s, Chicago vocal group the Radiants couldn’t ride the soul-music wave they’d helped create.

From the fierce honesty of "Clean Up Woman" to the emotional depth of "Pain," these tracks capture Betty Wright’s timeless ...

The afternoon before the event, Ms. Arslett and Ms. McLean led a dance workshop at The Eastville Club, an old-school ...

Johnnie Taylor’s big break came with the ever-fabulous September 1968 single “Who's Making Love.” His ninth 45 for the Stax label, it went Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Up to this point, the ...

There aren’t many careers that have the longevity of music. Though performing live music requires stamina, dexterity, and ...

Golden’s friends, it turned out, were a motley band of misfits, underground outcasts who slummed around the East Village and Lower East Side. Drag queens, drug dealers, wannabe artists, and soon-to-be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. While it is no longer surprising to state that streaming ...

Those efforts evolved into a passion for the soul music scene of 1960s Chicago — an era populated with many artists and labels that never achieved commercial success and ultimately slipped into ...

If you also want the option to party and see great live music, then Easter is a good time ... The Tobago Rhythm and Soul Festival debuted April 17–20 of this year and generated significant ...