Jerry Butler, a soul music giant who later served as a Windy City politician, has died following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee died at his ...

The Commodores needed to bounce back from the loss of Lionel Richie. "Nightshift" restored them to previous heights.

“Good music is good music” is an obvious maxim, according to Indianapolis entertainment legend Geno Shelton. But there have been some welcome and some less-welcome changes in the R&B/soul scene in ...

A veteran freelance journalist who specializes in music criticism, book reviews and feature articles about popular culture, Wolff has written or co-authored six books. This one is his fourth published ...

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For decades, a soft-touch style of soul music has found a strong Chicano and Latino audience in Southern California. A record label based there is helping it bloom. For decades, a soft-touch style of ...